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Seen On Campus: Elijah Gowin ’90

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December 7th, 2023

Elijah Gowin '90 (American, b. 1967)Into the Sun 40, 2009Archival pigment printGift of Malú Alvarez, Class of 2002Since time immemorial, humans have recognized the sun as a creative force. We know warmth because of it. Flowers grow towards it, even the smallest ones. Fixed on a set course, our sun spins days and nights for lifetimes before and after us. But the sun is no mere timekeeper or distant gardener. It closes each day with a performance piece, tossing out sashes of color before flickering into oblivion. The sun is also cruel, scorching the very things it gives life to,...
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Claire Begalla ’24 | Unbound

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December 1st, 2023
On view: December 8-13, 2023 Reception: December 8, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Encompassing photography, printmaking, and animation, Claire Begalla’s works visually explore the manipulation of the human figure and its dynamic relationship with the surrounding landscape. Born in DeLand Florida, they will receive their Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Digital Screen Media Studies from Davidson College. Claire also studied Darkroom Photography and Ethnographic Photography at Temple University in Rome, Italy. Claire manages the photography of the Van Every/ Smith Galleries art collection and works as an Arts Fellow for Davidson Arts and Creative Engagement. They also worked as a Curatorial...
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Seen in Storage: AIDS Pyramid

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November 30th, 2023
On the eve of World AIDS Day, December 1st, we are taking a look back at one of the many works in our collection surrounding the AIDS crisis. Carl Tandatnick (American, b. 1956) AIDS Pyramid, 2015 Serigraph on paper 26 x 37in. Gift of the Artist Upon first glance, AIDS Pyramid looks like a simple repetition of the same two photographs of white and red blood cells. The border along the edges is unvaried and contrasting in black and white, while the middle areas play with scale and detail, offering us a closer glimpse into the cells. The top of...
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Seen on Campus: Hellen van Meene

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November 28th, 2023

In Dutch photographer Hellen van Meene's Untitled #68, a woman appears to sleep inside a couch. Eyes closed, her face looks tired yet tense, like she is caught up in a bad dream. The work plays with visibility; the woman is illuminated by light, but the cushions balance on top of her like they are meant to her from the world as she rests. Behind the couch is complete darkness; this couch appears to be not in a home but in a vacuum. It’s an otherworldly scene, even more so due to the woman’s soft white dress with lace detailing...
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“A Crack In the Hourglass, An Ongoing COVID-19 Memorial” by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

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November 20th, 2023

close up of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's A Crack in the Hourglass
"Soon, it will no longer be possible to delegate one's death to others. It will no longer be possible for that person to die in our place. Not only will we condemned to assume our own demise, unmediated, but farewells will be few and far between. The hour of autophagy is upon us and, with it, the death of community, as there is no community worthy of its name in which saying one's last farewell, that is remembering the living at the moment of death, becomes impossible.⁠" —Achille Mbembe, "The Universal Right to Breath," translated by Carolyn Shread (Critical Inquiry...
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