Exhibitions

FACULTY SHOW/TRIENNIAL: IMAGE

Hiram Van Gordon Gallery (Tennessee State University) / 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd. January 9, 2023 - February 9, 2023

Nuveen Barwari, Jose Luis Benavides, Briana Burtsell, Laura Cavaliere, Samuel Dunson, Cynthia Gadsden, Xingkui Guo, Eric Jackson, Courtney Adair Johnson, Carlyle Johnson, Michael McBride, Jane Allen McKinney, Tricia Townes, Kaleena Sales, Donna Woodley

We process more images than ever before; they say we can individually compute 10-12 images per second. Where does that put the artist, the professional image-maker? What images do you want to contemplate or consider? What images do you slow down to view? We typically look around us for images and what seems most relevant. We look at family, friends, lovers, or community, and we look at culture, what we are exposed to, and what we want to see. Past, present, and future reflections all permeate the artist's viewpoint. As a professor and artist, you become responsible for teaching/leading the viewer into something, anything, by the image chosen to explore. Image looks at the artist's responsibility as an image maker, be it playful, severe, subtle, or direct.