Art Department - Art Gallery & Events The Gallery, located in Bloch Hall, is managed by the Art Department to support our curriculum and it is a major public venue for the visual arts in Shelby County.
Four professional exhibitions and eight to ten BFA student shows are presented annually with public programming often included with each exhibit.
Admission is free and all reasonable accommodations will be made for public access.
Gallery Hours
Monday -Friday
10:00 am to 4:00pm
(during Fall and Spring terms)For any additional information
contact the Art Department at
(205) 665-6400.Fall 2010 Schedule
September 9 - October 1
Barb Bondy: Mapping the Unmappable
Opening reception: Thursday, September 9, 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Gallery talk with the artist starting at 5:30 pm
Barb Bondy's interests in science, mathematics, art and philosophy inform her art practice which is directed primarily toward exploring, through the mediums of drawing and photography, the nature of the mind and brain.
Bondy is an Associate Professor of Art at Auburn University.
October 7 - 29
Deb Karpman: Revival
Opening reception: Thursday, October 7, 4:30-6:00 pm
Gallery talk with the artist starting at 5:00 pm
Deb Karpman's work explores the polarities between sturdiness and volatility, acceleration and collapse. Deriving from found images -- old, discarded, textbooks, field guides, and architectural diagrams -- the formations suggest choreographed animations, momentarily arrested in space but implying unremitting flux and transformation. The column-like shapes insinuate appendages, morphing from architectural structures into pictorial representations of an invented language. The constructions oscillate between collapsed stick figures, scaffolded habitats, archaic devices, and ritualistic objects.
Deb Karpman is an Assistant Professor of Art and Co-Director of Foundations at the University of Montevallo.
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