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artNOW: Baltimore Opening Reception
February 10, 2012
The Kohl Gallery's "ArtNOW: Baltimore" exhibition presents five Baltimore-based contemporary artists whose choice of media is vastly different, but the themes of the works are interrelated, reflecting upon the creative identity of their city. ArtNOW: Baltimore is the first of a series of shows slated to feature art from nearby cities, including Washington DC and New York.
Enlarge photos by Kristina Kelley '11.
Secretary in the Office of the Dean Sue Calloway demonstrates how to operate The efficacy of wishing, a piece by Christian Benefiel. Upon blowing into the first piece, the air operates a series of fans that inflate Dacron bags (next photo).
Christian Benefiel explains that The efficacy of wishing grew from an interest in "the action that separates hope from optimism."
Artist Rene Trevino addresses complex issues such as truth in history with his large work called Propaganda Series. The work is composed of many brightly colored images painted on Mylar depicting an array of subjects from Aztec symbols, to Greek heroes to the Washington Monument. Rene says of this piece "History is subjective... One person's hero is another person's villain."
Detail of Andrew Liang's wall piece Desert.
Andrew Liang's pieces combine playful colors, subjects and cartoonish lines into a wildly playful and imaginative narrative.
Detail of Propaganda Series.
Detail of Propaganda Series.
Detail of Propaganda Series.
Zuri Tannis '14 reads about Leslie Furlong's Parking Lot Series. This series of images were created by combining many different urban images to create modern landscapes in various states of decay. The series also included a video component which "explores how we move through our environment... how the accelerated speed at which we travel creates a shift in our perspective."
Ben is one of several works by Karen Yasinsky that use pixilation to simultaneously reveal and distort faces to address the difficulty of connecting with other humans. She also incorporates stop-motion videos into her exhibition.
