{"id":13318,"date":"2011-09-06T04:52:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T09:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=13318"},"modified":"2011-09-02T15:51:22","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T20:51:22","slug":"art-department-to-spotlight-landscape-and-reclamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/09_06_2011\/art-department-to-spotlight-landscape-and-reclamation","title":{"rendered":"Art Department to spotlight ‘Landscape and Reclamation’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Toledo Department of Art will host three artists in a series of exhibitions and events exploring \u201cLandscape and Reclamation.\u201d <\/p>\n

Three exhibits open Tuesday, Sept. 6, and run through Saturday, Oct. 22. They are:<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201cDestruction Layer: Photographs From Israel\u201d by Deborah Bright in the Center for the Visual Arts Gallery on the Toledo Museum of Art Campus. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

The internationally recognized artist will present works from an ongoing series exploring the Israeli landscape. Since 2005, Bright has researched and photographed a cross-section of identifiable Palestinian sites that are rapidly disappearing under the pressures of real estate development and rising land values. Describing herself as someone who has \u201calways been drawn to landscapes with secrets,\u201d she photographs her subjects in the glaring mid-day Middle Eastern sun, unveiling \u201cArab landscapes\u201d that remain.<\/p>\n

The department will host Bright Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 13-15. The award-winning art educator, photographer and writer will visit classes and conduct critiques with advanced students.<\/p>\n

\"\u201cClean-up<\/a>

\u201cClean-up Workers at the National Seashore,\u201d photo by John Ganis<\/p><\/div>\u2022 \u201cRuptures and Reclamations: The BP and Enbridge Oil Spills of 2010\u201d by John Ganis in the Center for the Visual Arts Clement Gallery. The gallery is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

His recent photographic series documents the effects of BP\u2019s 2010 oil spill on the Gulf Coast and the reclamation efforts of the affected communities that followed. Approaching his subjects with some degree of irony and despair, Ganis\u2019 work exhibits an abiding sensitivity to and respect for the coastal landscape and its inhabitants.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201cCarbon and Crust\u201d by Marc Leone on the first floor of the Secor Building, 425 Jefferson Ave. The gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. or by appointment: 419.392.2022.<\/p>\n

Leone\u2019s richly textured mixed-media works derive their inspiration from geological sources. Treating his support surfaces like landscapes unto themselves, reclamation is suggested by his labor-intensive, destructive and reconstructive process of mark-making that traverses a range of drawing, painting and sculptural techniques.<\/p>\n

\"\u201cCrater<\/a>

\u201cCrater 1001,\u201d works on paper by Marc Leone<\/p><\/div>There will be a reception and public lecture Friday, Sept. 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Center for the Visual Arts Haigh Auditorium. Leone will discuss the relationships of his artwork to the natural, human and archaeological processes that act upon landscapes. A reception for the artist will follow. During his visit, he also will talk with students and conduct a workshop exploring his cross-media approaches to art.<\/p>\n

In addition, there will be a \u201cLandscape and Reclamation Symposium\u201d Friday, Oct. 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Student Union Room 2592. This interdisciplinary symposium will bring together a range of artists and others to discuss the ethical, environmental and political implications of contemporary attitudes toward and uses of land. Bright will present the keynote address.<\/p>\n

That Oct. 14 evening, the \u201cLandscape and Reclamation\u201d exhibits will be on the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo Gallery Loop. Call 419.254.ARTS (2787) for bus details.<\/p>\n

For more information on these free, public events, contact Ben Pond, Center for the Visual Arts Gallery director, at benjamin.pond@utoledo.edu or 419.530.8347.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three exhibits open Tuesday, Sept. 6, as the UT Art Department looks at \u201cLandscape and Reclamation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}