{"id":209322,"date":"2022-09-13T21:56:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T01:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/?p=209322"},"modified":"2022-10-09T21:57:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T01:57:35","slug":"university-galleries-opens-fall-exhibitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/2022\/09\/13\/university-galleries-opens-fall-exhibitions\/","title":{"rendered":"University Galleries Opens Fall Exhibitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

This fall,\u00a0Montclair State University Galleries<\/a>\u00a0will present two new exhibitions:\u00a0\u201cNothing Under Heaven,\u201d by Joseph Liatela<\/a>\u00a0in the Segal Gallery and\u00a0\u201cCase Studies 1: Damien Davis \u2013 OLD CURRENCIES\u201d<\/a>\u00a0in the Kasser Theater lobby, both on view through Dec. 9, 2022. The exhibitions and programs are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

Expanding the Galleries\u2019 footprint, Director Megan C. Austin and Curator Jesse Bandler Firestone initiated \u201cCase Studies,\u201d a new exhibition series in the Kasser Theater lobby. \u201cCase Studies\u201d pairs solo presentations from contemporary artists with objects in our collection. \u201cCase Studies 1: Damien Davis \u2013 OLD CURRENCIES\u201d brings together new and recent works by Damien Davis, on loan from Uprise Art, that explore Blackness through symbols, shapes, colors and digital technology.<\/p>\n

In the Segal Gallery, Joseph Liatela\u2019s \u201cNothing Under Heaven,\u201d is the artist\u2019s first solo museum exhibition. The works explore the need for connection, pleasure and agency within oppressive systems and unite spaces of communal experience \u2013 churches, medical institutions and clubs \u2013 through a range of mediums and interdisciplinary analysis to depict how promises of salvation and healing come close to loss and grief. By connecting these different environments, Liatela reveals how their similar contradictions impact the way we perceive ourselves and each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cMuch of this show explores how the materials of grief and celebration overlap, as well as how bodies hold and repurpose history,\u201d Liatela says. \u201cFor example, a gesture can reach across empires and decades, the dance floor can be a place to move again with the ghosts of friends lost to AIDS, or to pay pilgrimage to queer and trans ancestors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alongside works by Liatela are objects from the University\u2019s permanent collection by Andy Warhol and baroque painter Carlo Dolci. Liatela finds company with his chosen ancestors Andy Warhol, the Archangel Gabriel who has historically been depicted without a fixed gender (painted by Carlo Dolci), and James Baldwin to whom the title of the exhibition pays homage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ecstatic joy shared on the dance floor, the yearning for salvation in a church and the discomfort or alienation felt in the waiting room at a hospital are all blurred and recategorized. These emotional experiences are meant to be contemplated and moved through,\u201d says Firestone, who also serves as the University Galleries\u2019 exhibition coordinator.<\/p>\n

The Segal Gallery will also host a series of scheduled events to promote the exhibition and engage the University community. An opening reception and live performance will be held on Sept. 22 from 4 to 7 p.m., and Liatela will be in conversation with Firestone on Sep. 26 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Firestone will lead a curator\u2019s tour on Nov. 3 from 1 to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Artist Liatela said his intention for the exhibit is to inspire students and the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been wonderful to collaborate across different departments at the University in order to bring this interdisciplinary exhibition to life,\u201d Liatela says. \u201cMy hope is that this exhibition can be a space where students and the public can move, think, learn and envision new ways of existing with one another in a world that exceedingly requires us to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Director Austin explains that both Davis\u2019 and Liatela\u2019s works align with the Gallery\u2019s mission and curatorial vision.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important that our exhibition programming sparks dialogues across disciplines and unearths complex conversations,\u201d Austin says. \u201cThe \u2018Case Studies\u2019 series of Davis\u2019 will offer an extension of our space beyond the walls of our primary gallery and into our neighboring exhibition space in the Alexander Kasser Theater. Both Davis and Liatela\u2019s evocative work asks the viewer to observe, reflect and question their own views. It\u2019s these points of engagement with art and community that are at the heart of what we do at the University Galleries.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Segal Gallery is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from noon to 5 p.m., Thursdays from noon to 7 p.m. and on select Saturdays by appointment. The Kasser Theater lobby is open Tuesday to Friday, from noon to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

For additional information, visit the University Galleries website at\u00a0montclair.edu\/galleries<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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