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2009-2010 Exhibitions / Events
Disobedience: Art as Agent of Change
December 14, 2009 - January 27, 2010
Wednesday January 27, 3pm - 5pm
Film Screening & Exhibition Closing
Welch School Gallery
Please join us as we screen films depicting the "Arpillera's" (political quilts) history and movement.
This will also be the last day of the Disobedience exhibition. If you have not had a chance to view it please come by.
Light refreshments will be served!
Disobedience: Art as Agent of Change pairs the exhibition of
Disobedience Archive, an ongoing, internationally focused video library
tracing the relationship between artistic practice and civil and social
disobedience, with a collection of documentary photos of the civil war
in Argentina titled En Negro Y Blanco (In Black & White). Disobedience
Archive presents itself as a comprehensive map of social conflict and as
a network of contemporary activism. These exhibitions examine the role
of the artist as political activist and explore the historic and
contemporary functions art can play in political discourse.
December 14, 2009 - January 27, 2010 Disobedience: Art as Agent of Change Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery
Join us on January 15, 2010 for a Symposium exploring these issues from 1pm – 5pm at the Rialto Center for the Arts
Speakers include:
Marco Scotini, Independent curator, Director of BA & MA Visual Arts and
Curatorial Studies, NABA, Milan, curator of the Disobedience Archives,
Fernando Reati, Director of the Center for Human Rights at GSU,
Kara Walker, Contemporary artists and MacAurthur fellowship recipient,
Tami Randahl Morris, expert in Peruvian arpilleras (political quilts)
Moderator:
Sylvie Fortin, Independent curator, art historian, critic and editor of
Art Papers
Also a Gallery reception will follow from 5pm – 7pm in the gallery
lobby.
On view:
Disobedience Archives, Marco Scotini
En Negro y Blanco, Fernando Reati
Losing Yourself in the 21st Century
Losing Yourself in the 21st Century
Losing Yourself in the 21st century is an exhibition of performative media by emerging women artists exploring issues of identity and subjectivity in the contemporary age. Diverse in both expression and medium, the exhibition features the work of several women artists chosen through a competitive online curatorial process.
Curated by Susan Richmond Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art History and co curated by Cathy Byrd Executive Director of Maryland Art Place and Jillian Hernandez a Ph.D. student in Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University, the theme of the exhibition is focused on a “loss of self”. They are especially interested in projects that address the intersection of new media technologies and gendered subjectivity.
Our exhibition opens on Thursday Oct. 1 with a reception from 6pm - 8pm and an Artist talk at 7pm by artist Saya Woolfalk about her work “Ethnography of No Place.” Woolfalk will transform our small gallery into a “NO Place”- a fictional future constructed for the investigation of human possibilities and impossibilities.” Other artists in attendance are Noelle Mason and Amber Boardman who also have works in the show. Future programming includes Video Screening by Shana Moulton, Nov. 2, Artist Lecture by Susan Faludi 6pm – 8pm and Nov. 13, Performance piece by Ali Prosch in conjunction with the closing reception 6pm – 8pm
The exhibit is free and open to the public. Free event parking is available at the United Way Garage, located at the corner of Auburn and Courtland avenues.
www.losingyourself.com
Shana Moulton, "Whispering Pines"
Saya Woolfalk , "Ethnography of No Place"
Images of the Apocalypse
June 17-August 12
Film Screening and Closing Reception
August 12, 4-6pm
"Is the Apocalypse the end of the world or a new beginning? does it have to be torturous and painful, or can it be transcendent and inspiring? Images of the Apocalypse explores these questions and encourages artists, and visitors to participate in the grand, dramatic vision of things to come inspired by the Western tradition of Revelation- and modern variations on it- which continues to spark our fears, hopes, and imaginations."
-John Decker, curator (2009)
The exhibition addresses destruction by man-made catastrophes , environmental tragedy, or a religious event and the end of life as we know it. The works featured in the exhibition were selected from Art & Design and Art History students, alumni and faculty. Works were chosen by jurors Tim Flowers, Pam Longobardi, & Ruth Stanford.
Artists include Emma adair, Nimer Aleck, Jarrod Amis, Jonathon Chang, Jennifer Clark, Kenny Davis (work pictured above), Patrick Davis, Henry Detweiler, Dahlan Foah, Larissa Erin Greer (work pictured above) Yoochung Hilliard, Ricardo Jabardo, Etienne Jackson, Stephanie Kolpy-Chamblee, Lia Kramer, Patricia Lacrete, Carol LeBaron, Faith McClure, Larry Millard, Naomi Prindville, Oliver Smith, Nikki Starz, Ian Stedmon, Jessica Westbrook, & Eric White.
SEe: Graduate Photography Exhibition
August 17-September 25
Opening Reception
September 3, 5-7pm
An exhibition of graduate photography student works…
The Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design at Georgia State University is hosting an exhibition of graduate photography work from surrounding schools.
SEe aims to increase communication between our shared communities of like-minded artists and to bring awareness to the importance of a graduate photography program. The works featured represent the talents, innovativeness and skill of a diverse body of students within the Southeast.
Join us in welcoming them to our University and showing our support and our appreciation for what they do.
"Photography is a literature of light."
-Moses Oliver
Photos from 8 southeastern graduate programs including University of Georgia, Georgia State University, SCAD – Atlanta, Florida State University,Eastern Carolina University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Louisiana State University, Georgia Southern University.