The Wilde Years: Four Decades of Shaping Visual CultureSchool of Visual Arts (SVA) presents "The Wilde Years: Four Decades of Shaping Visual Culture," an exhibition that celebrates designers, art directors and other creative professionals who have graduated from the BFA Advertising and Graphic Design Department at SVA.
Organized in recognition of Department Chair Richard Wilde's 40th anniversary at the College, the show will feature iconic and culturally significant works by select alumni from all four decades of Wilde's tenure.
The exhibition will be on view at the Visual Arts Gallery, 601 West 26 Street 15th floor, New York City, from October 9 - November 7, 2009.
"It is an honor to be recognized," says Richard Wilde, chair, BFA Advertising and Graphic Design Department at SVA.
"I am inspired by these alumni and proud of their accomplishments.
Many have become some of the most influential and creative people working in the business today."
Some notable works in "The Wilde Years" include advertising campaigns for Anheuser-Busch, Pepsi and Showtime; book jackets for James Frey's A Million Little Pieces, Hilary Rodham Clinton's Living History and Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao; CD packaging for 50 Cent, Annie Lennox, Eminem and Miles Davis; and theatrical posters for Rent, Chicago and John Leguizamo's Freak; as well as television commercials, music videos and more.
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