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Monumental Shonibare Sculpture Blows onto Campus this Fall

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October 24th, 2018

Monumental Shonibare Sculpture Blows onto Campus this Fall
Yinka Shonibare’s Wind Sculpture (SG) I (2018) made its debut in New York City this past March with much media attention. Resembling a large scrap of fabric or a sail waving in the wind, the sculpture features Shonibare’s signature use of Dutch wax print and remarkably was the artists’ first public work in New York. Thanks to the Public Art Fund, the 3-ton solid fiberglass sculpture remained on view in the Doris C. Freedman Plaza of Central Park through October 14. In advance of Wind Sculpture (SG) I’s permanent installation on the Davidson campus, we collected some of the exciting...
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“Watch a painter mature in this Davidson exhibition” in the Charlotte Observer

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February 9th, 2016

Installation at DCAG
You’ll see vibrant evidence of a painter maturing and developing in “Russ Warren: Works 1971-2015,” a 44-year survey of the longtime Davidson College art professor’s career. It’s now on view at the college’s Van Every/Smith galleries. Warren, born in Houston in 1951, grew up surrounded by art, from Picasso to Mexican muralist Rufino Tamayo, and says he’s always been inspired by Mexican masks, “Day of the Dead” folk art and colonial paintings – especially in their disinterest in realism. A student of art history generally, he’s been more recently influenced by Roy de Forest, fellow Texan James Surls and Chicago...
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Poses and Projections: Portraits from the Davidson College Art Collection, a new exhibition at The Light Factory

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December 10th, 2015
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...
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“Exhibition of work North Carolina native Kent Williams on display at Davidson College” in the Charlotte Observer

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December 10th, 2015

Ukiyo, 2010, oil on linen, 54 x 50 in., Tia Collection
Los Angeles artist Kent Williams makes imaginative, unique figurative pictures full of intrigue, ambiguity and haunting allure in his solo exhibition “Native Bone and Far to Home.” His subjects, only partially visible in “Tomorrow,” for instance, coexist in an edgy and energetic visual tableau. They float comfortably in and out of spaces he paints using gestural brushwork and passages of decorative pattern. Both facets create a flattening visual effect. The realistic figurative elements, combined with seemingly unrelated areas of the composition, make for an irresistible Rubik’s Cube-like puzzle to decode. The artist often foreshortens his subjects, to heighten the viewer’s...
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“Davidson College exhibit challenges viewers to confront abuse,” in the Charlotte Observer

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October 22nd, 2015
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...
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