2020
Mar Hester
Action/Reaction
Upfront + Lobby
February 7 – 29
After having completed a six-month residency at Artspace, Hester will demonstrate the direction her work has taken since her time at Artspace. Using photography and origami folding patterns, Hester investigates the role of the landscape on modern life. The basis of her work lies in challenging the traditional means of viewing photography while commenting on our ever shifting environment.
Elizabeth Alexander + Patty Carroll
Domestic Demise
Gallery 1
February 15 – April 11
Through site-specific installation and photographic imagery, both artists explore the feminine domestic sphere through the lens of compulsion and excess. Gallery 1 will be transformed into a riot of rococo color and pattern that prompts viewers to consider the toll that the traditional American dream of domestic life has on female identity.
Chance Murray
Rubber Donkey Party
Gallery 2
March 6 – April 25
Artist Chance Murray’s mixed media paintings embody the rural Southern environment in which they are made. Paint, text and objects present an unsettling yet humorous glimpse into the artists’ world. In our increasingly expansive culture, work that is produced from a specific and singular point of view offers an opportunity to pause and reflect on the importance of the particular.
Alun Be, Visiting Artist in Residence
Empowering Women
Upfront + Lobby
March 6 – April 25
To coincide with the major traveling exhibition Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women, opening at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Senegalese artist and photographer Alun Be will be at Artspace for a month-long residency. While in residence, Be will collaborate with community organizations to continue work on his series, Empowering Women.
