Exhibitions: Ken Rinaldo-Scatter Surge, Kristina Paabus-Something to Believe In, Kimberly Chapman-hush., and Red Press Collaborative-Decennial Celebration
Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/27/2020 - 02/01/2020
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location
McDonough Museum of Art
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Website
mcdonoughmuseum.ysu.edu
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Ken Rinaldo
Scatter Surge
January 24 – March 7, 2020
Public Reception Friday, January 24, 5-7pm
Scatter Surge consists of two art series by internationally recognized Columbus artist, Ken Rinaldo. The Seed Series are post nature portraits of phantasmagorical seeds; imagined manipulations with CrisprCas9 targeted gene splicing. The worldwide premiere of the Microbiome portrait sculptures investigates primordial earth, pluripotent stem cells, bacteria, and our human microbiomes. The microbiome portraits will be collected and grown, for all those entering the exhibition at the Museum.
Kristina Paabus
Something to Believe In
January 24 – March 7, 2020
Public Reception Friday, January 24, 5-7pm
An exhibit of drawings and sculptures by acclaimed Cleveland artist, Kristina Paabus. Her work examines the systems that we use to control our surroundings – as well as the structures that try to control us. Through abstraction and metaphor Paabus investigates the operations, fractures, and perceptions of these strategies to uncover the underlying common codes of our shared experiences.
Kimberly Chapman
hush.
January 24 – March 7, 2020
Public Reception Friday, January 24, 5-7pm
Ohio artist, Kimberly Chapman, is our 2020 Emerging Visual Artist. She produces porcelain sculptures that balance the beautiful and the macabre. The artwork calls upon past experiences as well as emotionally charged sociopolitical issues for their content. As part of the Scribe literary collaborative, this exhibition will be accompanied by over 100 journals created by YSU students. The booklets will contain written and visual art inspired by themes presented in the artist’s work.
Red Press Collaborative
Decennial Celebration
January 24 – March 7, 2020
Public Reception Friday, January 24, 5-7pm
A suite of prints from Red Press Collaborative celebrating their 10th Anniversary. The Red Press Collaborative is a program designed to promote Fine Art Printmaking at Youngstown State University and within the Mahoning Valley. It fosters relationships between professional artists and students, while utilizing the most contemporary and comprehensive printmaking concepts and techniques available.