FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEN

Dates: June 22 - August 18, 2006

Opening: Thursday, June 22, 6-8 pm

I-20 is pleased to present its fifth group show, Men, organized by artist

Ellen Altfest. The exhibition includes ten paintings of men made by women.

Loosely tied together by the vocabulary of representational painting,

the works in the exhibition are as varied as the artists themselves who range

in age from twenty-five to ninety. Men are portrayed with lust, empathy,

humor and derision. The images are candid and outspoken.

The exhibition's open-endedness encompasses the diversity of attitudes of

women today. Women have feelings about men they know personally, opinions

about male figures in power, and a complex spectrum of observations in between.

The artists in the show make work to satisfy their own personal and ideological

objectives. In this way, the exhibition is as much about the ten women making

these paintings as it is about the men represented within them.

Artists included in the exhibition are:

Ellen Altfest

Katherine Bernhardt

Chie Fueki

Hilary Harkness

Karen Heagle

Marina Kappos

Catherine Murphy

Jo Robertson

Ridykeulous

Clare Rojas

Sylvia Sleigh

A catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition includes an essay

by Jane Harris and a letter of protest by Ridykeoulous.

Next exhibition:

Joao Onofre

September 7 - October 14, 2006