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Profs Talk Art: Dr. Rose Stremlau

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November 16th, 2024

The Last Thanks is featured satirizes America’s glamorized vision of Native Americans. Red Star sets up a table spread with processed foods that people on the Crow Reservation often eat. Conflating Thanksgiving with the last supper.
For this installment of “Profs Talk Art,” we talked to Dr. Rose Stremlau, a History Professor whose work focuses on the study of the Indigenous South; American Indian women, gender, and sexualities; families and kinship; federal Indian policy; and sexual violence in American History. She looked at Native American artist Wendy Red Star's The Last Thanks, a satirical photograph currently in Chambers building. Watch the video here (subtitles available). https://youtu.be/GJ-xax_9l3o?si=sSkg_XYoplRpEXRm What do you think of this work? We have over four thousand works spanning five centuries in our collection. If you want to see more of our collection, you can view the collection...
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PROFS TALK ART: Dr. Alison Bory

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November 15th, 2024

A teal and tan print on paper featuring 3 photos of dancers in motion.
For our next installation of "Profs Talk Art," we chatted with Dr. Alison Bory, chair and associate professor of dance, about Robert Rauschenberg's Ace from his series "Ruminations." Dr. Bory is currently researching queer representational strategies in Miguel Gutierrez’s trio of works, Age & Beauty, and is beginning a new project examining contemporary performances that create or utilize feelings of discomfort, disarray, or confusion. You can watch the video here (subtitles available). https://youtu.be/_mHLxgzmY04 What do you think of this work? We have over four thousand works spanning five centuries in our collection. If you want to see more of our collection,...
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Seen in My Room: True Blue

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November 15th, 2024

Ludovica Gioscia (British-Italian, b. 1977)True Blue, 2021Four color screenprint on stitched layers of acid free tissue paper20 x 16 in.Gift of Charlotte and Alan Artus When selecting my ArtMate, I knew I wanted something with vibrant colors. I planned a few possible options before selecting, but upon seeing True Blue in person, I could immediately envision the piece displayed in my room.  My dorm design features a lot of warm, natural colors: orange, cream, warm gray, and jade green. I wanted a piece that would match the mood of my room while still drawing the eye. The vivid orange in...
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The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art currently houses a trio of Van Every/Smith Galleries-owned works, which I had the opportunity to view courtesy of the Davidson Art Department’s Museum Crawl. During this special new event, a lucky group of students, faculty, and staff visited three major art museums in Uptown Charlotte. One stop on the crawl was the Bechtler, which now has a few familiar faces on its walls – in the exhibition Chance Encounters: Surrealism Then and Now, the Bechtler presents works from its own collection alongside three on loan from Davidson, including Heri Dono’s A Composition with Figures...
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A few weeks ago, artist Catherine Opie and curator Charlotte Cotton came to campus for the opening of Opie's new exhibition Catherine Opie: In Dialogue. As part of their time on campus, Opie and Cotton led a fantastic discussion on the works displayed, followed by a reception. The next morning, Opie and Cotton joined students and faculty from a variety of backgrounds for a more intimate lunch and Q&A session. I had the pleasure to sit with Opie at the Q&A and lunch. You can tell, straight from meeting her, that Opie is passionate about her work and also connecting...
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