The True Likeness exhibition opened in Davidson’s Van Every/Smith Galleries in October 2020. The exhibition is a portrait collection: an assortment of faces, an immersive visual diary of existing as a human being in all its complexities — a page written by each artist. It is raw and personal and expresses feelings of connection across differences. True Likeness paints a portrait of the intricate root system that forms the United States, one made up of individuals with their own stories, experiences, and history. True Likeness embodies the emotions shaped by our recent isolation.Its works carry a sense of questioning identity, self-discovery, crippling loneliness, and connecting...
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Sabine Gruffat Sandwiched, 2019Unity digital animation, 5:00On loan from the Artist On view in the E. Craig Wall, Jr. Academic Center from January 10th – February 20th, 2021. Please note: All buildings on campus, including the Wall Center, are only open to Davidson students, faculty, and staff due to the pandemic. Artist Statement: Sandwiched is a video game simulation. This work is a part of a series called Antibodies that engages with the ways video games and 3d animation represent (and misrepresent) the female body. Young avatars (such as this one) follows patterns, react to physics and stimuli, and may speak from a script. They don’t really eat,...
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Adrienne Lee '21Tell me where is the fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head?, 2019Plasma-cut steelWinner: 2019 Brain Art Competition, The Neuro Bureau (international) As the sun rose one day in late September, a blurry shadow cast down a hallway onto the concrete floor of the E. Craig Wall Jr. Academic Center. The source of this shadow was a steel sculpture displayed down the left hallway on the building’s first floor. I gazed for several moments at the intricacy of this steel structure before me. I decided to learn more about the work of art. The piece...
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Tavares Strachan (Bahamian, b. 1979)We Are In This Together (multi), 2018, Cobalt super blue, sky blue, traffic light green, green, clear gold neon, transformersGift of the Art Collection Advisory Committee (Malú Alvarez ’02, Charlotte Artus, Jane Avinger, Susan Baik, Ralph E. Blakely, Jr. ’67, Kat Belk ’46, Lisa Chidsey ’83, Kitty Garner ’85, Amy Clemmons King ’97, Jamie Knowles ’10, Nan Loftin, Joe Logan ’77, Fred Lopp ’63, Frank K. Lord ’89, John MacMahon ’95, Susan N. McAlister ’85, Dan McLawhorn ’70, Katie B. Morris, Marian Nisbet, Elena Paul ’85, Susan Ross, Lauren Sanford ’03, Ginny Newell ’78, and Lyn...
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Trevor Paglen (b. 1974)Dead Military Navigation Satellite (COSMOS 985) Near the Disk of the Moon, 2012Chromogenic print44 x 36 in.Gift of John Andrew MacMahon, Class of 1995 It is daringly familiar. At first glance, we recognize the moon: the glistening white against the saturated black. An endeared neighbor to the Earth, for centuries we have been familiar with the moon’s distinctive features—the mottled, dark-gray craters and the lighter shades that bubble across its surface. But still, our pale satellite never ceases to charm us. We share an intimate history with our moon, one which reflects one of the core spirits...
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