 | 2005 Faculty Exhibition: Herb Jackson, Cort Savage and Russ Warren Friday, Aug 26 - Wednesday, Oct 5, 2005 Van Every Gallery |
Sculptor Cort Savage will debut a new sculpture-based installation entitled Scattered Man and The Particle. For the featured work Scattered Man, Savage dismantled a human skeleton into all 214 component parts. He then painstakingly wrapped each individual bone with black rubber bands. The size of the bone at the resultant object’s core dictated the circumference of each dense orb (i.e., the bigger the bone, the bigger the ball). Viewed as a whole, Savage’s Scattered Man and The Particle conveys an overwhelming sense of isolation from the world, while addressing concepts of spirituality and mortality.
| New Sculpture by A. Balasubramaniam Exhibition Dates: October 14 - December 7, 2005 Talwar Gallery |
"...It is interesting to note that on the one hand the visual images and metaphors employed in his work are playful and childlike in their literalness. On the other, they are motivated by serious philosophical concerns and ideas and pose challenging questions for the viewer. For instance, in the work titled Self in Progress (2002) the image employed is that of a body sitting through a wall. The seeming impossibility in the perception of such an idea is juxtaposed with its actual embodiment in the form of the cast of the artist sitting on a chair through the wall. So this work raises issues about the nature of perception, illusion, reality and their boundaries...." - Suhasini Kejriwal, Catalogue Essay, Talwar Gallery, May 2002
 | Kirk Fanelly: Domestic Disturbances Friday, Aug 25 - Wednesday, Oct 5, 2005
Opening reception: Thursday, Aug 25 from 7-9 pm Smith Gallery |
Kirk Fanelly’s narrative paintings embody an incidental and mundane quirkiness that encourages us to examine our own unique and intimate worlds. He is a voyeur who catches us in our most private and potentially embarrassing moments–the moments we hope no one is around to witness. Armed with a keen wit and deft skills, Fanelly arranges humanity’s family album to illustrate an absurd world gone completely, if not disappointingly, normal. For more information:www.kirkfanelly.com
 | William Kentridge: Tide Table Friday, Oct 14 - Wednesday, Dec 7, 2005
Opening reception: Thursday, Oct 13 from 7-9 pm Smith Gallery |
Internationally renowned contemporary artist William Kentridge has captivated millions with his impeccably rendered animated films that poignantly illustrate both the direct effects and residual aura of apartheid in his native South Africa. This exhibition will feature the film, Tide Table (2003), in addition to a selection of related graphic works.
Photo courtesy of the artist andMarian Goodman Gallery
 | Untitled: Robert Lazzarini Sunday, Jan 15 - Friday, Feb 26, 2006
Artist Lecture: Saturday, January 14 at 6 pm in Tyler-Talman; Reception to follow in the Belk Visual Arts Center at 7 pm Van Every Gallery |
| The Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College presents the first comprehensive exhibition of works on paper by contemporary artist Robert Lazzarini. On view will be a collection of over 50 graphic works that parallel concepts explored in his sculpture such as serial imagery, spatial distortion, and transience. Highlighting this exhibition will be the debut of a series of three limited-edition woodcut prints based on variations of a 15th century German manuscript leaf selected from the Davidson College Permanent Art Collection. This marks the first graphic edition produced by Robert Lazzarini.
A full-color catalogue will be available. This exhibition and publication are generously supported by the Davidson College Friends of the Arts, the Herb Jackson and Laura Grosch Gallery Endowment, and by a generous grant from Wachovia Corporation in support of its commitment to education and the arts. For more information: www.robertlazzarini.com
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 | New Works by McArthur Freeman, II Friday, March 10 - Friday, April 14, 2006
Opening reception and gallery talk:
Thursday, March 9 from 7-9 pm |
I create narrative paintings, drawings, and installations exploring race, double consciousness, and the construction of identity. The paintings juxtapose children's book illustrations, fairy tales, and invented characters with historical narratives, images from popular culture, and social critique to create a wonderland that has gone awry, but is seductively beautiful. The images are surreal, yet they investigate many of the myths and absurd truths that exist in our real world experiences. Dark subject matter that is sweetened by cartoon-like figures, lyrical compositions, vivid color, and bulbous sensual forms, unify a host of iconic references in these painted environments. Painting becomes a way of exploring and confronting the images that we consume in order to create a dialogue between image, perception, and constructed reality. Through these open-ended narratives, I explore the displacement involved in the expectations of the utopian American dream and the reality of racism, mind colonization, confused notions of beauty, and hybridity.
–McArthur Freeman, II For more information: www.macfreeman.com
 | Annual Student Juried Art Exhibition Thursday, April 20 - Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Opening reception: Thursday, April 20 from 3-5 pm |
This annual exhibition of works by both art majors and non-art majors highlights works produced during the academic year. Pieces are selected by members of the Studio Faculty and awards of excellence are presented by a guest juror. Cash awards are made possible in part by Christa Faut Gallery, Cornelius, NC.
| Senior Visual Arts Majors Exhibitions
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