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Jacolby Satterwhite (American, b.1986) We Are in Hell When We Hurt Each Other, 2020 HD virtual reality video with sound RT: 18:07 Jacolby Satterwhite's We Are in Hell When We Hurt Each Other, now on display in the Van Every Gallery, is a part of his Birds in Paradise suite. Like much of Satterwhite’s works from the last decade, We Are in Hell When We Hurt Each Other may be considered a posthumous collaboration with his mother, Patricia, who used creative practices such as drawing and singing to cope with her schizophrenia. Patricia aspired to be both a pop star...

On view: March 16th-24th, 2023Reception: Friday, March 24th, 4-5pm The artist with their painting, Inner-Child Laura Bullock (she/they) is pursuing a BA in Studio Art with a Gender and Sexuality Studies minor at Davidson College, NC. In their large-scale oil paintings, pastel drawings, and prints Bullock depicts personal hardship in a playful tone through interactions between self-portraits, idiosyncratic animals, and lively grounds. They received the Douglas Houchens Studio Art award (2022) and an Abernathy Endowment Grant sponsoring artistic research in Southern California (2022). Artist Statement: In my search for a romantic relationship, I have often encountered poor communicators, non-committal flight risks,...

Lucas Samaras, Hook and Ribbon, 1972, silkscreen in colors on paper, 32 x 21.5in Gift of John Andrew MacMahon '95 Lucas Samaras is a Greek immigrant artist who explored themes of Surrealism and Expressionism. During his time studying at Rutgers University and Columbia University, Samaras dove into his own self-investigation. He created many self portraits using pastels to create different textures, eventually moving into the use of found objects to create abstract self-depictions. Samaras dove into self-investigation while he was in school, and themes of self-discovery and identity have driven his art since then. Entering a Surrealist domain, Samaras plays...