January 18 - February 3, 2024
From the Art Galleries at TCU:
“The Art Galleries at TCU presents Embodiment: The Personal and Universal Body. The exhibition will be on view at Moudy Gallery from January 18 to February 3, 2024, with a reception on Thursday, January 18, 5-7pm. For the first time at Moudy Gallery, Embodiment brings into productive conversation works from two neighboring MFA programs, Texas Christian University and University of Texas at Arlington. In Embodiment, the role and significance of the body acts as a guiding thread between the diverse works of ten local, contemporary artists.
This exhibition features four TCU and six UTA MFA Graduate students, and displays a range of media, including painting, mixed media sculpture, digital collage and photography. TCU artists include Alfredo “Freddy” Ortega, Raul Rodriguez, Eli Ruhala, and Lauren Walker. UTA artists include Emily Brown, Paula Currie, Shuang Gou, Nijal Munankarmi, Michael Scogin, and Brandi Alyson Simpson. Embodiment: The Personal and Universal Body highlights the paradoxical nature of the body in art. Contemporary artists consider how highly personal, tangible moments are mediated through the body. While a lived moment is unique to the subject, human experience is universal. Through the exploration of the body, this selection of work considers shared concerns of memory, conflict, history, belonging, and relationships as fundamental to human embodiment. As a universal medium, the body is largely taken for granted. It is not until one is confronted with the complexities of human existence— emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual elements— that the human form is fully appreciated. In this exhibition, the notion of embodiment is considered through three lenses: the fragmented body, the archived body, and the metaphorical body.
Please join us at 5:15 pm during the reception for a talk by co-curators Abby Bryant, Alex Monge, Gabi Kaminski, and Katie Perroni.”
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