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Christo (American, Bulgarian-born, 1935-2020)Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele, Piazza del Duomo, Milan, 1970Colored photolithography on cardboard14.5 x 19.5 inOn loan from John Andrew MacMahon, Class of 1995 Christo's Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele, Piazza del Duomo, Milan and Michelle Van Parys's Men can be found on view in Chambers Building. Please note: All buildings on campus, including Chambers, are only open to Davidson students, faculty, and staff due to the pandemic. These two photographic prints are paired together to further contemplate the current socio-political environment in which we dwell.   Christo’s Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele, Piazza del Duomo, Milan depicts the site-specific, temporary...

Ezra WubeMela, 2011Stop motion animation using paper clips, 1:41On loan from the Artist On view in the E. Craig Wall, Jr. Academic Center from August 16 - October 3, 2020. Please note: All buildings on campus, including the Wall Center, are only open to Davidson students, faculty, and staff due to the pandemic. We are planning to re-screen videos at a later date when the campus opens to the community! Sign up for our mailing list to stay in the loop. Ezra Wube (b. 1980, Ethiopia) is an artist working in animation, painting, installation, and video. He immigrated to the...

Andrew CaldwellFearful Fascination, 2019Lens-based new media incorporating still and moving images, 3D and motion graphics techniques, 2:00On loan from the Artist On view in the E. Craig Wall, Jr. Academic Center from August 16 – October 3, 2020, along with three other works that address the themes of migration, displacement, and belonging. Please note: All buildings on campus, including the Wall Center, are only open to Davidson students, faculty, and staff due to the pandemic. We are planning to re-screen videos at a later date when the campus opens to the community! Sign up for our mailing list to stay in the loop. In...

Epiphany Knedler810 Dickinson Avenue, 2018Video, 0:06On loan from the Artist On view in the E. Craig Wall, Jr. Academic Center from August 16 - October 3, 2020. Please note: All buildings on campus, including the Wall Center, are only open to Davidson students, faculty, and staff due to the pandemic. We are planning to re-screen videos at a later date when the campus re-opens to the community! Sign up for our mailing list to stay in the loop. Epiphany Knedler (b. 1995, American), the South Dakota-born artist, is now working in Greenville, North Carolina. While Knedler has been celebrated for...

We are excited to present AN ENVIRONMENT ENDURED curated by Adrienne Lee ’21 and Emilie Hoke ’21. This exhibition features works from the Van Every/Smith Galleries Permanent Art Collection that encompass “environment.” As curators of the exhibition, we sought to introduce a variety of works that narrate environmental issues that loom, whether seen or unseen. Together, the works situate human beings within an affected, changing climate, and offer an introspective moment to reevaluate one’s relationship to the environment. AN ENVIRONMENT ENDURED is on view at the Hamilton W. McKay Atrium at E. Craig Wall Jr. Academic Center from August 17 – December 8,...