For this installment of "Profs Talk Art," we talked to Dr. Dave Wessner, a Biology Professor whose work focuses on HIV/AIDS education and researching viral pathogenesis. He looked at Canadian artist Shan Kelley's Disclosures, a three-work series of needle-perforated parchment and printed paper. Watch the video here (subtitles available). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msvr1XQGDwc 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 around campus, online through the collection portal on our website, and by appointment in collection storage at...
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WE, Jaume Plensa, London Bridge Station Most liberal arts colleges tend to be accused of being bubbles with a designed separation from the world; to protect from the harshness of “real life” and offer a safe space to test out ideas. But this also entails that one could easily carry out their day to day lives at these colleges without any knowledge of the outside world. Wrapped up in their immediate daily routines of classes, sleep, food, and friends, it is quite possible to mark the ends of your relevant world at the end of the campus grounds. Davidson College...
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For our next installment of "Profs Talk Art," we talked to Dr. Anthony Pasero-O'Malley, former Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies. His current research focuses on contemporary Spanish and Latinx theatre for social change. Dr. Pasero-O'Malley talked about Regina José Galindo's Extensión. Watch the video here (subtitles available). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QQmWaaMKuQ 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 around campus, online through the collection portal on our website, and by appointment in collection storage at the...
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Case JerniganZizouRisograph on paper17 x 11 in. I saw it and I knew it. This was the artwork that I wanted in my room. It took me quite some time to actually place why I had loved this work so much. I liked doodles and comics but I am completely disinterested in wrestling or soccer and care even lesser for its athletic figures. The work is not particularly colorful and is mostly greys and whites. And least of all, I do not speak French. No, it ultimately wasn’t the content of the sketches that made me love the work, it...
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Gallery interns Sarah Willoughby ’25 and Rory Mullis '26 recently curated an exhibition for the lobby of the Cunningham Theater building on campus. Religion is a performance. A performance of faith, of identity, and of culture. This performance can be used as an imposing force on others, or a way of expressing yourself and your history. Performance can be used to scare or encourage, to hate or comfort. Art often captures these performances, offering snapshots into real life and dream worlds, the spiritual and the tangible. Our show started with alum William Ferris’ two works," C.L. Redwine, Coahoma County" and...
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