Immersion
November 14, 2008 - January 15, 2009
In today’s fast-paced, media driven world, moments of immersion can be fleeting. This exhibition presents matrixes and multi-layered works that invite our delving into subjects and images that captivate and hold our attention.
The exhibition features five artists from Moore College of Art & Design’s faculty whose work in various media deals with concepts of immersion. Participating artists include: Nicole Dul, adjunct faculty, basics and fine arts departments; Karen Lefkovitz, adjunct faculty, basics and photography & digital arts departments; Tara O’Brien, adjunct faculty, graphic design department; Alice Oh, associate professor, basics and fine arts departments; Theresa Saulin, adjunct faculty, fine arts department.
Nicole Dul presents two different images of immersion as it relates to the landscape. Her colorful, multi-layered paintings of Mexico present a rhythmic barrage of images that provide a snapshot of the many facets of a place and culture. Her black and white lithographs of stark and dilapidated interior spaces are emotionally evocative images that immerse us in a world of emptiness and despair.
Karen Lefkovitz’s photographs depict a child immersed in play. The images appear surreal in the way that they invite us to join into the fantasy world of a child’s imagination, where inanimate objects are transformed into a crowd of quirky characters who inhabit a child’s rich inner world.
One can easily relate to getting lost in a good book. For Tara O’Brien, books are a metaphor for the structure and process of creating a life. We delve into it, get lost in the pages, the action, the characters, never knowing how it will end. She creates stoppages and moments of reflection in each of her sculptural forms that serve as metaphors for contemplation of the story each of us is immersed in.
Alice Oh’s abstract layers of paint and repeated forms immerse us in a microscopic world of our own body’s physiology challenging us to look closer at the matrix and patterns of light and color of life’s cellular structure that simmers beneath every surface.
Theresa Saulin’s delicate, alternating smooth and densely textured, porcelain sculptures are physical explorations of philosophical ideas. Without beginning or end, the sculptures suggest forms from nature but, just as easily, they mimic the branching, burrowing, nonhierarchical structure of the internet. Saulin’s objects are both immersed in being about an endless process as well as a final product.
About Moore College of Art & Design’s Galleries at the Kimmel Center The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts provides two exhibition spaces on the Center’s Second Tier Promenade for artwork by students, alumnae and faculty of Moore College of Art & Design thanks to the generosity of an anonymous Kimmel Center donor. This year, Moore celebrates 160 years of educating women for careers in the visual arts. The nation's first and only women's art college, Moore's student-focused environment and professionally active faculty form a dynamic community in the heart of Philadelphia's cultural district. The College offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with ten majors. In addition, Moore provides many valuable opportunities in the arts through The Galleries, continuing education programs for professional adults, the acclaimed Young Artists Workshop for girls and boys grades 1-12, The Art Shop and the Sculpture Park. For more about Moore, visit www.moore.edu.
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