November 1 - December 2, 2021
From Austin Public Library:
“The exhibit opens November 1 and will remain on display through December 2 in the Austin Central Library Gallery on the second floor. Combining sound with sculptural installation and words with images, both artists offer their personal vantage points on the precipice of a forbidding future – “past disasters forecast future ones, the crackle of fire becomes the cracking of ice, what is civilization becomes wilderness” – asking viewers to see anew their own part in making the physical world and, thus, the future. Opening Reception 2 – 4 PM, Saturday, November 6, Central Library Gallery About Artists:
Hollis Hammonds Built on threads of personal memory, Hammonds’ drawings and found-object installations investigate a variety of social issues, from economic disparity to environmental degradation. Hammonds’ work is derived from what she terms the “collective consciousness.” Gleaning images from the Internet and objects from street corners, she reconstructs personal stories, conjured memories, and projected social fantasies. Her work has been widely exhibited throughout the US, including venues such as Women & Their Work, Redux Contemporary Art Center, The Grace Museum, and the Dishman Art Museum. She is a Professor of Art and Chair of the Department of Visual Studies at St. Edward’s University in Austin, TX. SASHA WEST Sasha West’s work examines the underpinning narratives of Western civilization and their impact on landscape, environment, species, and human psychology. West combines mythology with research into late-stage capitalism to examine the world in which we find ourselves—and to imagine the world we will choose to hand down. Her first book, Failure and I Bury the Body, won the National Poetry Series and the Texas Institute of Letters First Book of Poetry Award. Her book How To Abandon Ship is forthcoming from Four Way Books. She has received numerous awards, including a Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Fellowship, Rice University’s, Parks Fellowship, Inprint’s Verlaine Prize, and a Houston Arts Alliance Grant. She is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at St. Edward’s University in Austin, TX.
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Reception: November 6, 2021 | 2–4 pm
710 West Cesar Chavez Street
Austin, 78701 Texas
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