SPRING 2012 - Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts

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Under Construction: Part II
Curated by J. Susan Isaacs
DuPont II Gallery
February 17 – June 10, 2012
Artists in Part II: Alexis Granwell, Ron
Longsdorf, Michael Jones McKean, and
Yoonmi Nam.
Ron Longsdorf, 2011
Contraption: Devices in Art
Curated by Maiza Hixson
DuPont I Gallery
February 17 – June 24, 2012
C. Grant Cox, III, 2011
Contraption is a thematic exhibit featuring
ingeniously playful sculptural works that
invite interactivity. Wearable, audible, and
usable, these works encourage audience
participation. Artists: Tim Eads, Tracy
Featherstone, C. Grant Cox, III, Tyler Held,
Cynthia Norton, Lauren Ruth, and Joanie
Turbek.
Rebecca Murtaugh
Intimate Constructions
E. Avery Draper Gallery
February 28 – May 20, 2012
Rebecca Murtaugh, 2012
Intimate Constructions seeks to create a
sense of of ethereality through the use of
repurposed Styrofoam packaging and
discarded house paints. The insular nature
of Styrofoam is used both metaphorically
and literally. The installation places the
viewer in a position to question scale, the
nature of structures, and our place within
our environment.
Erin Murray
Municipalia
Beckler Family Members’ Gallery
March 2 – June 3, 2012
Erin Murray, 2012
In her paintings and drawings, Murray
investigates the architecture of
bureaucracy through the stripped down
buildings of Modernism’s municipal
structures, revealing the protocols of
officialdom by careful observation and
interpretation of what she believes to be
the underappreciated beauty of
buildings of authority and procedure.
Working with flat planes of color and
contrasting textures, the artist creates
powerful images of the American
architectural scene, revealing an
architecture that exclaims its purpose.
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