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Source: Martha Scott, 785-532-7718, marthas@k-state.edu
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News release prepared by: Caitlin Muret, 785-532-7718, cmuret@k-state.edu

Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008

K-STATE BEACH MUSEUM OF ART EVENTS TO LEAD VISITORS INTO THE WORLD OF BLAB!

MANHATTAN -- Two upcoming talks at Kansas State University's Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art will take on the world of contemporary graphic art and comics illustrated by the current exhibition "BLAB! A Retrospective."

Bill North, senior curator at the Beach Museum of Art, will lead a gallery tour of the exhibition at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18. He will talk about BLAB! and why he selected the works in the exhibition.

BLAB! began in 1986 as a self-published fanzine devoted to EC Comics, the publisher of Mad magazine, "Tales from the Crypt" and other comic books. BLAB! has since then evolved into a highly regarded outlet for contemporary graphic artists. Chicago-based graphic designer and art director Monte Beauchamp created it as a way for artists to work outside the creative limits of commercial graphics and illustration.

Another opportunity to learn about contemporary graphic art is a lecture, "From Highbrow Comics to Lowbrow Art: The Shifting Contexts of the Comics Art Object." Comics scholar Bart Beaty, who is an associate professor of communications studies at the University of Calgary, will speak at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, at the Beach Museum.

"What I am really interested in is the way that these artists take things that are generally not considered art, like comic books and toys, and repurpose them in ways that make us question how the boundaries between art and popular culture are drawn," Beaty said.

"BLAB! A Retrospective" is on display through Nov. 2. For more information, call 785-532-7718 or drop by the museum on the southeast corner of the K-State campus at 14th Street and Anderson Avenue. Free visitor parking is available next to the building. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays; and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. The museum is closed Mondays.