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Field of Reeds by John Douglas Powers
Simple Complexity: Complex Simplicity, Nov. 11- Dec. 11, 2009
Vanderbilt’s Department of Art is pleased to welcome an exhibition by sculptors James Rodger Alexander and John Douglas Powers into Space 204. Simple Complexity: Complex Simplicity will be on display through Friday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Powers draws inspiration from areas as diverse as natural history, architecture, and the history of technology. Vanderbilt’s 2001 Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet award recipient, he was recently recognized for his work in a New York Times article and is the recipient of the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant and a Southeast College Art Conference fellowship. He is an assistant professor of sculpture at the University of Alabama.
Trained as both an architect and a sculptor, Alexander’s sculptural installations focus primarily on a single recurring issue: the resolution of the conflict between opposing forces. A Professor of Sculpture and Ceramics at the University of Alabama, he has curated exhibitions and published works on architectural terra cotta, vernacular architecture, political posters as propaganda and the conceptual relationship between architecture and sculpture. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious grants, including one from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Space 204 is sponsored by the Department of Art and is located on the second floor of the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Art Center, 25th and Garland, on the Vanderbilt campus. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.
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2010 Senior Show Exhibition, April 23-May 14, 2010
More information will become available closer to the event.
Space 204 gallery in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Art Center
Gallery Hours: M-F, 9-4pm, Sat and Sun, 12-5pm
Juror Lectures: Thursday, April 22, 1-4pm, Location TBA
Opening Reception: Friday, April 23, 4-6pm, with awards presented at 5pm Awards include the prestigious Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award, the Allen P. DeLoach Award for Photography, as well as the Mid-South Ceramics and the Plaza Artist Materials awards.