In a process that integrates the past into the present through the re-use of art history's forms, patterns, and figures, Aptekar challenges the passivity of influence and the burden of Old Master veneration.
This exhibition proudly continues a long tradition at the Sordoni Art Gallery of showcasing the unique achievements of the Art Faculty at Wilkes University.
Hands of a Displaced Sudan is an exhibit of some sixty photographs by Ryan Spencer Read, a member of Group M35. It chronicles the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.
By calling attention to the physical object, Johnnie Winona Ross allows the viewer to feel a sense of transendance beyond the weight of the object itself.
Old Master tradition, sacred myth, and now modern pathology and film noir are the sources that collectively inform the works in this exhibition. The real and the imagined, the present and the past all have equal weight.
Though empty of people, his photos of intimate landscapes are filled with the evidence of humanity. With clarity and simplicity, Kenna's images suggest rather than describe, offering up just a few elements of the landscape, leaving it to the viewer…