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Art gallery to open new exhibit Joshua Julian Reporter
The ISU Art Department will unveil its MFA Art Exhibit featuring mixed medium artwork by artists Edward Tufte, Josef Albers, and Paul Rands on November 7. Barbara Racker, University Curator, said that people will be able to view recent works by four MFA candidates; Sangjun Baek, Alan Bundza, Petra Nyendick and John D. Shearer, at the University Art Gallery, in the Center for Performing and Fine Arts, and MA candidate John Schartung at the Bare-Montgomery Gallery, in Fairbanks Hall.
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Racker said the exhibitions include a diversity of mediums, from monoprints and digital prints to audio, video and mixed media installations. Baek will introduce his Samsung myPhone advertising campaign and packaging designs. The design principals of Edward Tufte, Josef Albers, and Paul Rand inform his work. Bundza’s mixed media installations include drawing, painting, sculpture, photography and printmaking. Using images of man-made objects and drawings of celluar organisms, he explores the ongoing relationship between manufactured and natural environments. In her mixed media and acrylic sculptures, Nyendick
explores how grid systems revolutionized the world. Her sub-narratives include the perception and distortion of reality, the isolation and fragmentation of contemporary society and consumer culture. Nyendick said “experimenting with materials that are unfamiliar to me is a thrilling experience. I like to explore combinations of the opaque, translucent and transparent; the visible and hidden. No absolute truths exist within my work, and irony or delusion may lurk beneath the surface. This establishes an interactive dialogue with the viewer and encourages use of memory and imagination to complete that which is concealed and indiscernible.”
Shearer’s documents regarding his autobiography marks his triumph over a life-threatening disease. His photographs have appeared in numerous regional and national publications. Schartung creates complex monoprints with five mediums - watercolor, woodcut, linocut, foiling and Chine Collé. He uses texture to give weaker colors dominance over more vibrant colors. The exhibition will be free to the public and will run from November 7 through the 22. Guests will be able to meet the artists at a reception in the University Art Gallery on Friday, November 11 from 5 to 7 pm. For more information, contact Barbara Racker at 237-3787.
University Speaker Series: Heidi Cullen Wednesday 7 p.m. Tilson Auditorium
Crimonology Speaker Series Thursday 2:15 p.m. Holmstedt Hall 117
Sycamore Session Auditions Thursday 6 - 8 p.m. Arena B93
The Gallery Program has been in existance since 1985 anc seeks to collect, preserve, and exhibit contemporary art work as well as deepen the understanding of the visual arts. (Photo courtesy of The University Art Gallery facebook page)