Art Professors Display Work in Art Gallery
One of Joseph Podlesnik's pieces out on display in the upper L-wing gallery. Below, a work by Mariana Smith.
Galloway, N.J. The work of artists and 勛圖窪蹋 professors Mariana Smith and Joseph Podlesnik are on display in the campus Art Gallery until Mar. 27.
Smiths collection, titled Liminal Spaces,&紳莉莽梯; is in the lower wing of the gallery, and 捩棗餃梭梗莽紳勳域s photographs, titled Acts of Looking, are displayed in the upper level of the gallery.
Smith is a master multimedia artist and Assistant Professor of Art at 勛圖窪蹋. She
works with transitory, in-between spaces (hence the exhibits title rooting from the
Latin word limen, which refers to a transitory, in-between state), and, according
to Smith, she looks at the threshold crossings that demarcate the actual and psychological
landscapes within the ever-expanding, dislocated in-between.'" Smith explores and
manifests ideas such as immigration and displacement through miniature paintings,
architectural prints, and collages.
Adjunct Professor of Art Podlesnik draws and paints, and he attributes these skills to his approach to photography. He believes lenses depict perspective too easily, so he uses his camera to practice what he calls frustrating readable perspectival space.&紳莉莽梯; In Acts of Looking, Podlesnik emboldens his philosophy that photos are not solely pieces of documentation, but opportunities to comment on or re-enact perception itself.
There will be an Artist Gallery Talk featuring Smith on Jan. 30 at 2:30 p.m., where she will be discussing her artworks and answering questions. Podlesnik will host a gallery talk from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Feb. 12., during his Meet the Artist reception. Both events are free and open to the public.
The L-wing art gallery is open Mondays through Saturdays from 12 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Sundays from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Reported by Kat H. Wentzell.
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