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The Olin Art Gallery, on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College, supports the educational mission of the College through the exhibition of original works by local, regional, and national artists. By exhibiting a wide variety of art forms and styles the Olin Art Gallery seeks to stimulate the creation and understanding of contemporary art for the benefit of Washington & Jefferson College and the larger community. Each show includes an opening reception and a gallery talk, providing an exciting opportunity to meet our exhibition artist. Olin Fine Arts Center, 285 E. Wheeling St., Wash., PA 15301 Open Daily 12-7pm, except during college breaks All events are free and open to the public ViewSelectedPast Exhibitions2010-2011Schedule of Exhibitions
Phillip Shore Juncture
September 17-October 24, 2010 Opening reception and artist talk, Friday, September 17th, 7-9pm
Phillip Shore is an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Dallas, Dallas, Texas. He received his MFA from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana and his BFA from Alfred University, Alfred, New York.
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Richard Deon Paradox and Conformity
November 5-December 5, 2010 Opening reception and artist talk, Friday, November 5th, 7-9pm
According to curator Thomas Piche, Jr., "Richard Deon...explore(s) the visual style and procedures employed by illustrators of social studies textbooks during the 1950s. These unsung artists sought to introduce middle-school students to public institutions, history, and politics through the depiction of easily understood images and situations. Deon parodies their methods in his paintings and arranges seemingly familiar figures in circumstances that appear to illustrate useful nuggets of knowledge and instruction. His compositions, however, ultimately leave viewers puzzled. Deon persistently complicates the relationship between ideas and their nonsensical juxtapositions, dislocation, and misidentification. Viewers are invited to consider, instead, the mechanics of authoritative visual narratives and the complex role that images play in mass-communications." Richard Deon lives and works in Dover Plains, New York and received his BFA in painting from the School of Visual Arts, New York, New York.
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Rachel Moreau
February 4-February 25, 2011 Opening reception and artist talk, Friday, February 4th, 7-9pm
Working with mixed media collage, Rachel Moreau creates fantasy environments through the use of seemingly disparate, innocuous props and images. These manufactured scenes create new and unusual associations that depict tales of uneasy imaginary surgeries and individual stories of adventure. Through these works, Moreau invites the viewer to question the role of mass marketed media based reality and consider the role of individual experiences and memories. Rachel Moreau lives and works in Seattle, Washington. She received her MFA and MA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin and her BFA from the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
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Jelena Berenc and Lauren Herzak-Bauman
March 4-April 1, 2011 Opening reception and artist talk, Friday, March 4th, 7-9pm
Working in diverse media, artists Jelena Berenc and Lauren Herzak-Bauman explore the idea of self awareness and the passage of time. Jelena Berenc uses large scale graphite drawings to document individual presence and being. Berenc states that, "drawing is used as a means by which I attain self-existence. Drawing is an activity of being oneself, by which one's true essence is realized: a self-revelation." Benenc's drawings document everyday existence through minimal and repetitious mark-making.
Using primarily the material of porcelain, Lauren Herzak-Bauman's large scale installations explore the notion of personal phases of being over time. The artist states, "Making things in clay links these shifting states of emotional being to a materiality, documenting and communicating struggle primarily shared in private spaces." Jelena Berenc lives and works in St. Charles, Illinois and received her MFA and BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Lauren Herzak-Bauman lives and works in Minneapolis, Minnesota and received her MFA from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota and her BFA from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
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W&J Senior Show I April 8-April 22, 2011 Opening reception and artist talks, Friday April 8th, 7-9pm W&J Senior Show II April 29-May 8, 2011 Opening reception and artist talks, Friday April 29th, 7-9pm
Washington & Jefferson College art and art education majors graduating in spring 2011 exhibit their work across a variety of media in this annual senior capstone event. Each exhibition will feature half of the graduating seniors from 2011.
Questions? Please contact Doug McGlumphy, Director, Olin Art Gallery at: dmcglumphy@RemoveThisPart.washjeff.edu . |
Collecting visual imagery from diverse perspectives, Phillip Shore's sculptures challenge the attitude that humans are in some way separate from and above the natural world. Combining found natural objects and forms with manufactured materials and imagery, Shore emphasizes the duality of human existence with the use of the reliquary as a central metaphorical device. The reliquary acts as a physical and spiritual container that separates but simultaneously fuses interior and exterior, environment and individual, mind and body, and nature and humanity. 
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