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Alumni Highlight: Jessica Ruhle ’03

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March 27th, 2023

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This week, gallery intern Sarah Willoughby '25 had the opportunity to interview Davidson College Alum Jessica Ruhle '03. Jessica received a BA in Art History at Davidson College in 2003. After Davidson, Jessica went to graduate school at George Washington University, earning her MAT in Museum Education. In 2014, Jessica became the Director of Education at the Nasher Museum of Art on Duke's campus. In 2022, Jessica took over the role of Executive Director of the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana. In this interview, Sarah and Jessica discuss everything from her experience at Davidson College, to her career path,...
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Jacolby Satterwhite, We Are in Hell When We Hurt Each Other

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March 26th, 2023
Jacolby Satterwhite (American, b.1986) We Are in Hell When We Hurt Each Other, 2020 HD virtual reality video with sound RT: 18:07 Jacolby Satterwhite's We Are in Hell When We Hurt Each Other, now on display in the Van Every Gallery, is a part of his Birds in Paradise suite. Like much of Satterwhite’s works from the last decade, We Are in Hell When We Hurt Each Other may be considered a posthumous collaboration with his mother, Patricia, who used creative practices such as drawing and singing to cope with her schizophrenia. Patricia aspired to be both a pop star...
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New Acquisition: Bullet through Candle Flame

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March 22nd, 2023

Harold Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)Bullet through Candle FlameDye Transfer Print20 x 16 in.Gift of John Andrew MacMahon '95 There’s something about this piece that makes me want to reach out and touch it. Of course, if I did in real life, I would not only burn my hand from the candle, but also lose a finger from the bullet. But there’s something about this rich billow of heat, the liquid-like bubble oozing from the flame, the ripples from the bullet creasing like fabric that feel so luxurious and tangible. From far away, such vivid complexity could not be seen; thanks to...
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Laura Bullock ’23 | GOOSECHASE

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March 21st, 2023
On view: March 16th-24th, 2023Reception: Friday, March 24th, 4-5pm The artist with their painting, Inner-Child Laura Bullock (she/they) is pursuing a BA in Studio Art with a Gender and Sexuality Studies minor at Davidson College, NC. In their large-scale oil paintings, pastel drawings, and prints Bullock depicts personal hardship in a playful tone through interactions between self-portraits, idiosyncratic animals, and lively grounds. They received the Douglas Houchens Studio Art award (2022) and an Abernathy Endowment Grant sponsoring artistic research in Southern California (2022). Artist Statement: In my search for a romantic relationship, I have often encountered poor communicators, non-committal flight risks,...
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New Acquisition: Sandy Skoglund’s “Maybe Babies”

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March 15th, 2023

Sandy Skoglund (American, 1946-) Maybe Babies, 1983 Dye transfer print 30 x 37 in Gift of John Andrew MacMahon '95 Taking a first glance at this strange image, the viewer can see a number of blue and purple babies strewn about the image. Not only babies crawling and rolling on the ground, the babies are floating against a dark nighttime backdrop with neon and black ribbon forms protruding from black sand. In the background, the purple frame of house contains a window lit by a warm orange light, as a seemingly unfazed man looks out the window. Sandy Skoglund (b....
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