January 31, the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design will bring
internationally recognized artist, Josh DORMAN, to our ATLANTA campus.
DORMAN WILL BE A PART OF A COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE, visit graduate
studios, and attend an opening RECEPTION FOR HIS SOLO-EXHIBITION,
“HIGHER GROUND,” in the Welch School Gallery Lobby. The musical
PERFORMANCE WILL TAKE PLACE AT 5:30 in Kopleff Hall; DORMAN'S STOP
MOTION ANIMATION VIDEOS WILL BE SET TO A SCORE WRITTEN BY SCHOOL OF
MUSIC ALUMNUS CHRIS CASE AND PERFORMED BY FOUR GUEST MUSICIANS.
Painter Josh DORMAN’s use of historical signifiers make visible the
timeline of human progress, while speaking to the dire implications of
our technological achievements, and so-called dominion over the
natural world. DORMAN’s current work continues to suggest a
prophetic narrative playing out on a metaphorical stage, revealing
tension between evolutionary timelines, both human and ecological. He
references the alteration of the natural world, pointing to the
devastating result of climate change and the disappearance of species,
but through a veil of otherwise innocuous if not highly celebrated
expressions of human ingenuity.
Josh DORMAN WAS BORN IN BALTIMORE, Maryland in 1966. He lives and
works in New York City and in the Catskill Mountains. He received a BA
from Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, and an MFA from Queens
College, Flushing, NY. His work is represented by Ryan Lee Gallery in
New York City, Koplin Del Rio in Seattle, and John Martin Gallery in
London. His shows have been reviewed in ArtNews, Art in America, LA
Times, BOMB Magazine, The Paris Review, Modern Painters, ArtForum, and
The New Yorker, and has been the subject of essays by acclaimed
authors Paul Auster, Nam Le and Michael Chabon.
“HIGHER GROUND” will be on view from January 13 – March 1 in the
Ernest G. Welch School Galleries and will include drawing, painting
and stop-motion instillations by Josh DORMAN IN BOTH THE LARGE AND
SMALL GALLERIES. The EXHIBITION IS CURATED BY PRINTMAKING FACULTY
STEPHANIE KOLPY.
Curatorial Statement:
"I first saw Josh DORMAN’s work in New York, Chelsea District in
2008. I instantly fell in love with his visual language and prophetic
compositions that seemed to unbury past neglects of humankind. His use
of historical signifiers—depictions of architectural, agricultural,
and scientific advancement, for example—have a way of making visible
the timeline of human progress, while at the same time speaking to the
dire implications of our technological achievements, and so-called
dominion over the natural world. DORMAN’s current work continues to
suggest a prophetic narrative playing out on a metaphorical stage,
revealing tension between evolutionary timelines, both human and
ecological. We see highly astute yet subtle references to our
permanent alteration of the natural world, pointing to the devastating
result of climate change and the disappearance of species, but through
a veil of otherwise innocuous if not highly celebrated expressions of
human ingenuity. This simultaneity of both triumph and failure in his
compositions has a lasting effect, and sheds light on tension between
human grief and human aspiration. Given the state of our current
ecological crisis, and the enormous necessity for educating both
students and the general public on this matter, DORMAN’s work is
more relevant than ever."
The music + art PERFORMANCE WILL BE HELD IN KOPLEFF RECITAL HALL WITH
A RECEPTION TO FOLLOW. The event if free and open to the public, but
tickets are required.
This event is cohosted by the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design
Visiting Artist and Scholar Series, Ernest G. Welch School of Art &
Design Gallery, the Center for Collaboration and Innovation in the
Arts (CENCIA), and the Georgia State University - College of the Arts.
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