The Ashland
University Coburn Art Gallery and the Department of Art and Design proudly
announce the opening of Obsolescence, a group exhibition of new
works which examine the idea of extinction, on view from August 31- October
15, 2017. The exhibition was curated by the Coburn’s director Cynthia Petry and
includes the following artists: Mike Richison, Judith Brandon, Robyn Moore and
Adrian Hatfield.
Richison is a
professor at Monmouth University in New Jersey, where he teaches Motion
Graphics, History of Graphic Design, and Typography. Much of Richison’s work
deals with manufacturing, consumerism, evolution, appropriation, and
obsolescence. Amidst the detritus that is continuously thrown away,
he searches for connections and relationships between materials and
concepts while utilizing 3D printing technologies.
Judith Brandon
attended the Cleveland Institute of Art where she earned a BFA in enameling and
drawing. Brandon has been awarded numerous Best in Shows across the country for
her large dynamic drawings as well as an Ohio Arts Council Grant and several
solo exhibitions. Brandon’s work has currently been accepted into the National
Weather Biennale in Norman Oklahoma and Drawing Discourse and
international juried show at the University of North Carolina, Asheville.
Nature makes
Brandon expand with wonder and shrink with trepidation at the possibility of
being devoured by it. To be an artist on this planet, with so many losses and
so many discoveries and Brandon addresses this juxtaposition through her
paintings and drawings.
Robyn Moore is an
Assistant Professor of Photography at Morehead State University in Morehead,
KY. Moore has had her work exhibited widely, including at the South Australian
Museum (Adelaide, SA, Australia) and the National Archives of Australia;
Sydney College of the Arts in Sydney, Australia; the Texas
Photographic Society in Johnson City TX; the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in
Laurel MS; the Meridian Museum of Art in Meridian MS; the Danforth Museum of
Art in Framingham MA; Harvard University’s ‘Composer in Red Sneakers’
collaborative project series; the Cambridge Art Association in Cambridge MA;
the San Francisco International Film Festival; the Ann Arbor International Film
Festival; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Moore’s Present,
Near, and Deep is a series of photographic artworks that focuses the
investigation of biological remains and traces, such as fossils, bones, and
preserved scientific specimens, through the creation of images made with
hand-coatedliquid silver gelatin photographic emulsion.
Adrian Hatfield
is an Assistant Professor of Painting at Wayne State University. Hatfield has
been showing his work both nationally and internationally with solo and
two-person exhibitions which include Altered States at Jack the Pelican Presents
in Brooklyn, NY, Recent Work at ARC Gallery in Chicago, IL and Suitable
Illusions at the Northern Arizona University Art Museum. Recently, Adrian was
invited to take part in the NES Artist Residency in Skagastrond, Iceland.
Hatfield’s work
consists of paintings and collages that sample and recombine art historical
imagery, specifically from the industrial revolution and Romantic era, as well
as scientific imagery to reflect on current and imminent environmental
concerns. As he explores this dualistic theme through the remodeling
of art-historical and scientific imagery, the resultant pieces are mournful,
unnerving, and yet oddly hopeful.
An opening
reception is planned for Thursday, August 31; from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The
gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 12 noon to
4p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and is free and open to the public. For more
information about the reception or exhibition, call 419.289.5652 or visit us on
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