The Art Galleries are pleased to announce that Shaun Cassidy will be featured in a solo exhibition in Ross Gallery during Sensoria 2015.

The Sound of Everything, Violin, 2014.

His show, “The Sound of Everything,” will be on view from March 14 – July 15, 2014, with an opening reception scheduled for March 26. He will debut new work in this exhibition, filling both rooms of Ross Gallery.

‘Seth Rouser: Hands Held to Empyrean’ is on view in Ross Gallery through October 9.

EVENTS:
Reception: Thursday September 4, 5-7 p.m.
Lecture: Thursday, September 18, 2 p.m. in Tate Hall

Artist Statement:
My research in painting has led me to explore different modes of image making over the
past twelve years. My earlier works have a collage-like aesthetic, collocating various
realistically painted forms in an abstract space. Along side these paintings I have pursued
purely abstract images in the media of monotype, collagraph, mixed-media and polymer
lift (paintings on glass that are later pealed off and adhered to canvas). Both of these
bodies of work have influenced my more recent work, paintings of cloudscapes.

I am intrigued by the inherent ability of clouds to represent constant change, while
simultaneously evoking a sense of timelessness. A cloud accumulates, dissipates, and is
moved by unseen forces, much like a human life. In viewing clouds, one can read them
as tranquil or tumultuous, depending on their qualities. I find this constant flux of the sky
parallel to the human experience. The mind and the body are always changing and yet
there is a sense of a continuous self, or being. This is a curious state, we believe
ourselves to be distinct unified individuals, despite our being multifaceted compositions,
both physically and psychologically. I use the cloudscapes as a metaphor to explore this
state of being we call self. As one can see in the images, this work does not rely solely
on the subject of clouds to carry this metaphor; gestural mark making and emotive color,
my subjective moment as the artist, are also embedded. This combination of elements is
the visual vocabulary that I use to explore this mystery of what it is, to be.

Seth Rouser: Hands Held to Empyrean

Ross Gallery
August 18- October 9
Reception Thursday September 4, 5-7 p.m.
Lecture: Thursday, September 18, 2 p.m. in  Tate Hall

Seth Rouser will present a series of original paintings depicting cloudscapes overlaid with gestural marks and emotive color. These paintings are a manifestation of the artist’s thoughts on time, change, and the human experience.  Rouser uses his clouds to symbolize and confront existential issues and the significance of being.

Kyle Worthy and his solo exhibition “Anyone’s Ghost” (on view in Ross Gallery II through 8/7) were recently featured in Charlotte Viewpoint. The beautifully written article details his process, intent, and themes and gives great insight into the work. Kyle was also filmed for a video interview here in the gallery, in which he speaks openly about his work. Links to the article and video:

Click here to read the article

Click here to watch the video interview

Kyle Worthy’s solo exhibition in Ross Gallery II will be on view through August 7.

Artist Statement:

This abstract body of photographic work explores landscapes of my past. While specific to my personal history, I have removed any location specific context for the viewer, thereby encouraging them to draw from their own experiences when identifying with the images.

The work is created with intentional camera movements and digital manipulations. A selection of this original work is mounted and then undergoes an extensive finishing process that has been developed through experimentation. The technique involves hand applying cold wax medium, texturizing and buffering. The end result is a photographic work that is unique and unable to replicated as a print.

We have loved hosting the site specific installation “BURST” by Andi Steele. Not only is it experiential and invasive, it also has that handmade quality that the artist cherishes from her experience at Penland (she was here on a ladder for three days tying individual knots with help from Gallery staff).

The most interesting thing about “BURST” is that it’s hard to see from outside the gallery. Sometimes people will come in and say “where’s the art?”… then we show them that they are already standing in a site-specific installation. As they begin to walk through it, they feel like they are discovering something very special for the first time.

For those of you that won’t be able to see it, we wanted to share with you what it looks like to interact with the piece. A few days ago, we took pictures of our Gallery Facilitator as she walked through it. Click through the thumbnail gallery below!