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September Issue
2009
Clemson University
in Clemson, SC, Features Works by Clarke Curtis, Nicole Foran,
Meng Jin, Sara Schneckloth and Art Faculty
Clemson University in Clemson, SC, is presenting the exhibit, Not Saying, featuring works by Clarke Curtis, Nicole Foran, Meng Jin and Sara Schneckloth, on view through Sept. 17, 2009, in Lee Gallery at Clemson University's Center for Visual Arts. The exhibit is being offered in conjunction with The Speed of Dark, the 2009 freshmen reading assignment. Lee Gallery will also present the Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, on view from Sept. 25 through Nov. 11, 2009.
Not Saying, the visual arts exhibition
examines several of the many themes of Elizabeth Moon's The
Speed of Dark, Clemson's current freshman summer reading assignment.
The book chronicles the life journey of an autistic savant, Lou
Arrendal as he navigates the corporate and social worlds of the
normals. Arrendal is presented with the option to become normal
and he struggles to interpret what normals are not saying and
also struggles to sometimes not say himself what he finds obvious.
Four artists are included in Not Saying. They are diverse
in culture, location, media and interests. Meng Jin from China
photographs the ceiling lights in corporate board rooms transforming
them into eerie, celestial images. From Texas, Nicole Foran pierces
paper making brail like drawings that describe physical sensations.
Sara Schneckloth makes dreamy, biological, white on black drawings
recording the mechanics of memory. She teaches at the University
of South Carolina. Clarke Curtis, a recent Clemson MFA graduate
uses printmaking to explore contemporary rites of passage creating
creatures that inhabit the fringe of the normals.
Denise Woodward-Detrich, Director of Lee Gallery finds that Not Saying speaks to a wide audience from sci-fi enthusiasts, to biologist, to students of communication or ethics.
Visiting artist, Sara
Schneckloth will be orchestrating a 10' x 10' drawing, Tractus
in Lee Gallery on Sept. 9 and 10, 2009. Students and all gallery
visitors are invited to contribute their unique marks. According
to Schneckloth, "By including the signature marks of multiple
student artists, the drawing will serve as an accumulation of
bodily gestures and additive materials. One can think of the drawing
as a symphonic movement, with each person's unique gestured mark
functioning as an instrument with specific tone and timbre. When
unified through the assistance of the 'conductor', the hope is
for a coherent abstract composition to emerge, with the parts
communing to make the whole."
Schneckloth will end her visit to Clemson University with an Artist
Lecture at 5pm in room 100, Lee Hall, Clemson University on Sept.
10, 2009.
The Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition offers art students and the university community the opportunity to see the most recent explorations of The Department of Art's faculty. According to Denise Woodward-Detrich, Director of Lee Gallery, "Visitors can expect the exhibition to offer a synopsis of the individual thoughts and studies of the eleven professors celebrated in their finely crafted works."
The exhibition will showcase the media specialties of each artist/teacher, Syd Cross, printmaking; David Detrich, sculpture; David Donar, animation; Lynette House, drawing, Christina Hung, bioart; Heidi Jensen, drawing; Todd McDonald, painting; Joey Manson, sculpture; Mike Vatalaro, ceramics, Denise Woodward Detrich, functional ceramics; and Anderson Wrangle, photography.
For further info
check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call 864/656-3883
or visit (www.clemson.edu/caah/leegallery/).
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