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1st appeared 24 June 1999

UCSF's Diversity Artist Wins "Genius" Award

Artist Fred Wilson, who will be creating a campus art project that celebrates UCSF's diversity, was among the winners of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellowships announced Tuesday.

Wilson, a conceptual artist who resides in New York City, was one of 32 named to receive the award, often referred to as "genius grants." He will receive an unrestricted, "no strings attached" grant of $315,00 over five years.

Wilson, who was selected by the Chancellor's Subcommittee on the Diversity Art Project both for his talent and his willingness to be open to inspiration, has spent much of the last several months at UCSF, meeting members of the campus to get a feel for the people and the place. He will present his proposal for an art project to the Diversity Art Subcommittee in July. The project, to be financed by private donations, would go up by next February at the earliest.

Wilson is an artist who "explores the relationship between museums and works of art," stated the MacArthur Foundation. "He rearranges museum displays, reclaims pieces from museum storage to bring out hidden or neglected possibilities, and creates new installations that highlight important social and cultural themes."

Links:

MacArthur Foundation press release

MacArthur Foundation Fellows Program-Fred Wilson biography

UCSF Diversity Art Project

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