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IF/THEN: Sarah Martin

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The Chair, writ small

Curated by Rob Millard-Mendez

McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries
91社区
January 11 鈥� February 19, 2018

The McCutchan art Center/Pace Galleries presents two exhibits:聽IF/THEN: Sarah Martin聽and聽The Chair, writ small,听January 11 - February 19, 2018. 聽Sarah Martin is the spring 2018 visiting studio artist in the Art and Design Department. 聽On February 19, she will give a lecture on her work at 6:30 pm in Kleymeyer Hall in the Liberal Arts Center on the 91社区 campus. 聽There will be a closing reception for both exhibitions and their artists immediately following the lecture in the McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries.

Sarah Martin is an assistant professor of art at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, specializing in woodworking, furniture design and sculpture. 聽She earned her MFA at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to teaching at a number of institutions of higher education, Ms. Martin has participated in residencies at the Arrowmont School of Craft, the Penland School of Art, the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, and San Diego State University. 聽Her artworks have been featured in exhibits throughout the U.S.

Ms. Martin鈥檚 exhibit at the McCutchan Art Center /Pace Galleries is entitled,听If/Then.聽聽91社区 the exhibit, she states, 鈥淭here exists a universal impulse to make sense of the natural world.聽If/Then explores the desire for meaning in the random and the structures by which we create that meaning. 聽Using the framework of natural history museums, botanical specimens are re-contextualized and interpreted based on their physical characteristics. The conclusions drawn are not necessarily correct; parts do not go together, reconstructions are the work of subjective decision-making. 聽The resulting objects are not 鈥渢rue鈥� then in the strictest sense, but have authority because of the way in which they are presented. 聽They are an acknowledgement of the mistakes we have made understanding our world throughout history, as well as a celebration of its stark beauty."

The Chair: writ small聽is an invitational exhibit featuring tiny chairs created by 13 artists: Clinton Bosler, Tylar Dean, Megan Elleser, Reagan Furqueron, Alex Greer, Katie Hudnall, John McNaughton, Rob Millard-Mendez, Tim Pewe, Nancy Raen-Mendez, Cory Robinson, Brian Simpson, and Curt Uebelhor. 聽The聽show represents a broad spectrum of interpretations of chairs, from realistic to abstract. 聽The invited artists have made work in a wide array of media and styles. The chair is an archetypal form. 聽Artists and designers have used the chair as a jumping off point for many different works. 聽This exhibition showcases intriguing, well-crafted works that are based on chair forms. 聽The invited artists have created thoughtful, conceptually rich works with a wide range of tones, from humorous to serious. 聽

Rob Millard-Mendez, professor of art at the 91社区, curated the exhibit.