2016 Exhibits

Abstract Traditions:
Postwar Japanese Prints from the DePauw University Permanent Art Collection

August 24 – December 9, 2016

Peeler Art Center, University Gallery (Upper Level)

A pivotal moment in Japanese printmaking history, the artists associated with the modern print movement broke with centuries of rigid tradition and embraced the flexibility and spontaneous creativity afforded them by sketching, carving, and printing their own works.

Previously, historic Japanese prints prior to the early 20^thcentury relied upon a well-established workshop method in which artists, carvers, and printmakers each completed a specialized task in the printmaking process. This exhibition and the accompanying catalog feature, for the first time, 40 key abstract pieces from the DePauw University permanent art collection. Noted artists include: Iwami Reika, Onchi Koshiro, Sekino Junichiro, Shinoda Toko, and Yamaguchi Gen.

This exhibition and the accompanying print catalog was made possible with generous support from:

Arthur E. Klauser ’45 Asian & World Community Collections Endowment, DePauw University

Asian Studies Program, DePauw University

David T. Prosser Jr. ‘65

E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation

Dr. Leland D. Stoddard '40

Office of Academic Affairs, DePauw University

Jason S. Yi: Terraform

October 6 - December 9, 2016

Peeler Art Center, Visual Arts Gallery

An investigation of our terrestrial existence and experience critically affect Jason S. Yi’s work.  The created forms and images become amalgamations of natural and built surroundings addressing the environmental and societal issues shaping the world.  He incorporates humble materials and detritus to produce reimagined landscapes that reflect and critique conditions of contemporary society.

Former architectural education and experience inform the work of psychology of spatial perceptions and his subsequent compositional decisions.  An array of thoughts including environmental havoc transforming landscapes and human lives is intertwined to form a new visual terrain underscoring the nuances of perceptual experience and destabilizing our sense of reality.

This exhibition is made possible by the Arthur E. Klauser Asian & World Community Collection Endowment and the Asian Studies Program at DePauw University.

WHERE DO WE MIGRATE TO?

September 8 – December 9, 2016

Peeler Art Center, University Gallery (Lower Level)

Where Do We Migrate To? explores diverging ways in which forms of migration, experiences of displacement, and questions of belonging have been addressed by artists in recent years. Displaying a multiplicity of migratory encounters, the exhibition presents multiple perspectives about its subject matter, opening up a range of political, psychological, poetic, and pragmatic manifestations of the contemporary migrant experience.

The internationally touring exhibition Where Do We Migrate To? is curated by Niels Van Tomme, Director at de Appel arts centre in Amsterdam, and organized by the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, which also published the exhibition catalogue by the same title. The exhibition and catalogue are made possible, in part, with the support of the Flemish Government through Flanders House New York. Additional funding for this activity at DePauw University is made possible, in part, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics.

REBECCA SEEMAN: light play

August 24 – September 28, 2016

Peeler Art Center, Visual Arts Gallery

Rebecca Seeman manipulates and arrays multiples of humble household castoffs. In repurposing them she creates aesthetic spaces using directed light and cast shadows to engage the walls’ dimensions and surfaces in collaboration with the objects. Despite the lack of overt physicality the works may have an imaginary spatial expanse that, with the points of light, may also suggest faraway astral bodies.

Heritage Barns: An Artist's Passion

May 31 - August 1, 2016

Peeler Art Center Galleries

Gwen Gutwein has been a successful artist since graduating from Indiana University in the early 80’s.  She has exhibited her paintings in galleries and museums in Indiana and throughout the United States. Her paintings continue to achieve acknowledgements and awards.

In 2004 Gwen started a painting project trademarked Heritage Barns. She has completed the process of selecting historic barns from each of Indiana's 92 counties, doing most paintings on location. More exhibits from this series of paintings are currently on tour.

THE RED SUN IN OUR HEARTS

FEBRUARY 1 – July 20, 2016

Peeler Art Center, University Gallery (upper level)

Drawn exclusively from the DePauw University Permanent Art Collection, The Red Sun in Our Hearts surveys the mid-20th century Socialist Realism art movement from mainland China. Throughout the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, nearly everything from the visual arts and literature to music and theatrical production was created under the watchful eye of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Socialist Realism rejected classical Chinese design elements and Western abstraction in favor of Soviet-inspired aesthetics and function. The CCP printed millions of political posters for decades, covering a wide range of social, economic, and political themes. This exhibition features 38 original political posters as well as stamps, film, and objects from the Cultural Revolution. 

ALUMNI ART EXHIBITION

JUNE 8 - August 1, 2016

Peeler Art Center, Visual Arts Gallery

A selection of artworks created by DePauw University studio art alumni.

Alumni Reunion Weekend hours: Tuesday-Friday 10am - 4pm Saturday 11am - 5pm

SENIOR ART EXHIBITION

APRIL 15 - MAY 21, 2016

Peeler Art Center, Visual Arts Gallery

An annual exhibition featuring the work of graduating senior studio art majors.

stereotype

FEBRUARY 8 – MAY 12, 2016

Peeler Art Center, University Gallery (lower level)

Historically, typography has been designed with two axes in mind, x and y. Today, in contrast, designers are broadening their perceptions about type to accommodate the added dimensions of a digital experiential world. Recent innovations in type design take principles of animation, interactivity, and kinetic movement and combine them with traditional components of typography, resulting in pioneering explorations in motion typography.

This activity made possible, in part, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Additional funding provided by the Public Occasions Committee.

Faculty exhibition

MARCH 10 – APRIL 5, 2016

Peeler Art Center, Visual Arts Gallery

A tri-annual exhibition featuring recent work by members of the DePauw University studio art faculty.

ANNUAL JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION

FEBRUARY 4 – MARCH 2, 2016

Peeler Art Center, Visual Arts Gallery

The Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition features works created by current DePauw students enrolled in studio art courses.  This year's exhibition will be juried by Dr. William V. Ganis, Chairperson, Department of Art and Design at Indiana State University.