You’re invited to the opening reception for the new contemporary art exhibition, “Being without Being” on Tuesday, June 18, 6:00-8:00pm at the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery at UConn-Avery Point. Both the exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. Shadia Heenan (co-curator of the exhibition and UConn MFA student in Studio Art) and I will offer brief remarks, and the event will be catered by Mort’s.
Exhibition information:
UConn Avery Point & UConn School of Fine Arts are pleased to present “Being Without Being,” a multimedia exhibition featuring new work by UConn MFA in Studio Art students.
FEATURING
Olivia Baldwin
Elizabeth Ellenwood
Joe Caster
Shelby Charlesworth
Rachel Dickson
Paul Michael
Magdalena Pawlowski
Chad Uehlein
The perception of being can exist in two ways: as a tangible grasping, such as being human – all bones, flesh, and cellular mission – and intangibly, such as an emotional existence. In a non-linear manner, if we move from tangibility to the intangible, nearly invisible notion of being, we discover a state of “being without being,” suspended in multi-dimensional non-reality. Nothing is what it appears to be and feelings tend to guide us.
Some believe that the black-and-whiteness that a photograph captures tells us the truth. Yet, upon further inspection and multi-directional interrogation, the truth becomes a figment of particles grouped together without regulation, intention, or veracity.
This exhibition, entitled “Being Without Being”, presents works in various mediums by eight artists in order to examine the state of non-being – a space of indiscernible status. Ranging from photographs and paintings to sculpture and video art, the works are immediately abstract, whether in appearance, materiality, or through artistic intent. The show asks visitors to let their emotional responses guide them through the work. By avoiding an approach based on scrutiny and a desire to define the concept of being as we know it – as life, animation, tangibility – audiences can begin to understand the works in a more visceral way.
Co-curated by Shadia Heenan and Christopher Platts
“Being Without Being” is on display at the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, located on the second floor of the Branford House at UConn Avery Point (1084 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340).
On view Thursday, June 20- Sunday, August 11, 2019.
Gallery Hours: Thursday-Sunday 12-4PM
Opening Reception: Tuesday, June 18, 6:00-8:00PM