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gone viral
Coming soon to SUNY Fredonia’s Marion Art Gallery "Gone Viral: Medical Science and Contemporary Textile Art" curated by Associate Professor of Art History Leesa Rittelmann. "Gone Viral" features the work of three American and two British artists whose textile art explores a range of aesthetic, political and cultural issues related to current scientific and biomedical practice and research. Truly interdisciplinary in its scope, this exhibition is designed to encourage a dialogue between the Arts and Sciences sparked by artworks that lend visual form to often complex, abstract scientific and social concerns.
The range of media explored by artists Sonya Clark, Anna Dumitriu, Paddy Hartley, Lindsay Obermeyer and Laura Splan runs the gamut from traditional embroidering, knitting, hand-quilting and beadwork to non-traditional works made from stethoscopes, hospital sheets, intravenous tubing, digital video, photography and computerized machine-embroidery. The technical processes these artists employ vary as well but they share a conceptual interest in examining the sublime tension between desire and fear, physical beauty and abjection, and rational science interpreted via the purportedly “irrational” or subjective art.
In addition to the March 8th opening reception, several exciting events have been organized in conjunction with Gone Viral including:
Artist’s Lecture: Laura Splan
Feb. 21, 8:30 p.m., 209 McEwen Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Visual Arts and New Media’s Visiting Artist Program, the Department of Biology and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.
Artist’s Lecture: Anna Dumitriu
March 7th, 8:30 p.m., 209 McEwen Hall
Sponsored by SUNY Fredonia’s Department of Visual Arts and New Media’s Visiting Artist Program, the Carnahan-Jackson Foundation, the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and the International Studies Program.
Algae-Bloom Yarnbomb
Emmitt Christian Gallery, 2nd Floor, Rockefeller Arts Center, SUNY Fredonia
Opening Reception on March 8th 7 – 9 p.m. coincides with Gone Viral opening.
Installation made by students, staff, faculty and community volunteers.
Materials supplied by Walmart Corporation, Dunkirk Branch
Mystery Campus Yarnbomb
Made by students, staff, faculty and community volunteers to be installed by guerilla knitters at an undisclosed location in early March… stay tuned!
Materials supplied by Walmart Corporation, Dunkirk Branch
This exhibition and related events were made possible by the generous support and co-sponsorship of:
Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery Endowment
Carl J. Nordell Art Gallery Endowment
Friends of the Rockefeller Arts Center
Department of Visual Arts + New Media, Visiting Artist Program, SUNY Fredonia
Fredonia College Foundation’s Carnahan-Jackson Humanities Fund
Dean John Kijinski, College of Arts and Sciences, SUNY Fredonia
Women’s and Gender Studies Program, SUNY Fredonia
Walmart Corporation, Dunkirk Branch, NY
The Wellcome Trust, London, UK
gone viral
Coming soon to SUNY Fredonia’s Marion Art Gallery "Gone Viral: Medical Science and Contemporary Textile Art" curated by Associate Professor of Art History Leesa Rittelmann. "Gone Viral" features the work of three American and two British artists whose textile art explores a range of aesthetic, political and cultural issues related to current scientific and biomedical practice and research. Truly interdisciplinary in its scope, this exhibition is designed to encourage a dialogue between the Arts and Sciences sparked by artworks that lend visual form to often complex, abstract scientific and social concerns.
The range of media explored by artists Sonya Clark, Anna Dumitriu, Paddy Hartley, Lindsay Obermeyer and Laura Splan runs the gamut from traditional embroidering, knitting, hand-quilting and beadwork to non-traditional works made from stethoscopes, hospital sheets, intravenous tubing, digital video, photography and computerized machine-embroidery. The technical processes these artists employ vary as well but they share a conceptual interest in examining the sublime tension between desire and fear, physical beauty and abjection, and rational science interpreted via the purportedly “irrational” or subjective art.
In addition to the March 8th opening reception, several exciting events have been organized in conjunction with Gone Viral including:
Artist’s Lecture: Laura Splan
Feb. 21, 8:30 p.m., 209 McEwen Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Visual Arts and New Media’s Visiting Artist Program, the Department of Biology and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.
Artist’s Lecture: Anna Dumitriu
March 7th, 8:30 p.m., 209 McEwen Hall
Sponsored by SUNY Fredonia’s Department of Visual Arts and New Media’s Visiting Artist Program, the Carnahan-Jackson Foundation, the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and the International Studies Program.
Algae-Bloom Yarnbomb
Emmitt Christian Gallery, 2nd Floor, Rockefeller Arts Center, SUNY Fredonia
Opening Reception on March 8th 7 – 9 p.m. coincides with Gone Viral opening.
Installation made by students, staff, faculty and community volunteers.
Materials supplied by Walmart Corporation, Dunkirk Branch
Mystery Campus Yarnbomb
Made by students, staff, faculty and community volunteers to be installed by guerilla knitters at an undisclosed location in early March… stay tuned!
Materials supplied by Walmart Corporation, Dunkirk Branch
This exhibition and related events were made possible by the generous support and co-sponsorship of:
Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery Endowment
Carl J. Nordell Art Gallery Endowment
Friends of the Rockefeller Arts Center
Department of Visual Arts + New Media, Visiting Artist Program, SUNY Fredonia
Fredonia College Foundation’s Carnahan-Jackson Humanities Fund
Dean John Kijinski, College of Arts and Sciences, SUNY Fredonia
Women’s and Gender Studies Program, SUNY Fredonia
Walmart Corporation, Dunkirk Branch, NY
The Wellcome Trust, London, UK