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The Van Every/Smith Galleries and The Light Factory are pleased to announce Poses and Projections, an exhibition of photography from the Davidson College Permanent Art Collection. The exhibition will be on view at the Light Factory from February 12, 2016 through March 25, 2016. Co-curated by Lia Newman and Lili Corbus, Poses and Projections highlights 20th century portraits, including work by notable photographers such as Andy Warhol, Diane Arbus, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Robert Mapplethorpe, Mary Ellen Mark, Duane Michals, Philippe Halsman, Harry Callahan, and others. This diverse body of work represents the wide variety of perspectives creative photographers bring to their...

On view through Oct. 25, at Davidson College’s Van Every/Smith Galleries is the ambitious work of Regina José Galindo. “Bearing Witness” is a survey exhibit of more than 20 performance pieces spanning 15 years. Curated by Gallery Director and Curator Lia Newman, the 41-year-old internationally acclaimed Guatemalan artists’ creative work includes video, sculpture and photos of her performances. “Bearing Witness” is a challenging exhibition for the everyday viewer. In her performances, she uses her unclothed body, self-mutilation, self-imprisonment and other strategies to objectify the exploitation of the powerless and to demonstrate a determined resistance against a culture of violence and...

"Extreme." That's one word you could use to describe Guatemalan performance artist Regina Jose Galindo's Bearing Witness exhibit, currently on display at Davidson College's Van Every/Smith Galleries. "Crazy," that's another word that many would use in regards to her extreme measures. But Galindo's messages are clear, her works leaving a permanent impression in the mind and stimulating dialogue about issues that need to be looked at more closely. "I am just a grain of sand that contributes to dialogue," Galindo says. "But sometimes it's really difficult to build a deeper dialogue." In Galindo's performances, she uses herself, both mentally and...