Friday, Sep 12, 2014
Photographs by Josh Brilliant, Annie Hogan, Joshua Lutz and Wendel A. White. Sept. 18-Oct. 12
The ߲ݴý Art Gallery will present the work of photographers Josh Brilliant, Annie Hogan, Joshua Lutz and Wendel A. White in an exhibition titled “Landscape: Social, Political, Traditional” from Thursday, Sept. 18, through Sunday, Oct. 12. The exhibit will include an opening reception on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 5 p.m. and a program discussing the artists’ work on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. in the Art Gallery. The exhibition is curated by Aubrey J. Kauffman. Admission is free.
The focus of the exhibit is landscape and how selected images presented in a very particular way can move the viewers’ ideas away from thinking about the landscape as a pastoral image. Curator Aubrey J. Kauffman states, “In exploring the relationship between people and place, social landscape photography is informed by aspects of our everyday interactions. The artists diverge in their interpretations and their vision of a social and political aspect that serves as an overlay to their art.”
Josh Brilliant received a Bachelor of Art in Film and Media Arts from Temple University; a Master of Art in Museum Studies from Syracuse University; and a Master of Fine Art in Studio Art from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at the Rodchenko School of Photography Annex in Moscow, Russia, and Vox Populi in Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Brilliant currently teaches at The College of New Jersey and is the education coordinator at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center.
Annie Hogan, an Australian photo media artist and graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibits nationally and internationally. Her works are held in major Australian collections and also private collections in the United Kingdom and the United States. She is a visiting assistant professor at the Mason Gross School of Arts of Rutgers University. She was formerly assistant professor and area coordinator of photography at East Carolina University in North Carolina.
Joshua Lutz received a Master of Fine Art in Photography from the International Center of Photography and Bard College in 2005. In 2004, he received best editorial awards from both Photo District News and Communication Arts, and he was also named one of Photo District News’ top 30 emerging photographers. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times Magazine and Newsweek. He currently teaches at Pratt University, and he has taught at Bard College, N.Y., and The International Center of Photography, N.Y.
Wendel A. White was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Art in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York and a Master of Fine Art in Photography from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. White taught photography at the School of Visual Arts, N.Y.; The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, N.Y.; the International Center for Photography, N.Y. and Rochester Institute of Technology. Currently, he is a distinguished professor of art at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He has received various awards and fellowships including a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Photography.
The ߲ݴý Art Gallery is located in the Bart Luedeke Center on ߲ݴý’s campus, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, in Lawrenceville. It is open Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.