Exhibitions & Events

Unless otherwise specified, all exhibitions and receptions take place in the University Art Gallery and lectures take place at 5:30 pm in the Music Recital Hall across from the Gallery. Find our location on the Visit Us page.

SPRING 2013

Lies that Tell the Truth: Magic Realism in Contemporary Art

The perfect lie is the world. We are always trying to unravel the big lie, and all the knots inside it, but tie a few ourselves along the way.
— Kahn & Selesnick

Paintings, photographs, etchings, installation, and video that, as Salman Rushdie defined magic realism, commingle "the improbable and mundane."

Artists: Kate Breakey, Susan Hauptman, Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick, Peter Milton (The Jolly Corner portfolio), Shana Moulton, Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, and Xiaoze Xie.

Opening Reception and Lecture: February 21, 5:30 pm – "History, Memory, and Time: Artist Lecture" by Xiaoze Xie, Paul L. and Phyllis Wattis Professor of Art, Stanford University

Lectures:

February 26, 5:30 pm - "Bats in Trouble: The Truth About Indiana's Bats" by Dr. Joy O'Keefe, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, ISU. A reception follows.

March 5, 5:30 pm – "Henry James and Magic Realism" by Dr. Susan M. Griffin, editor of The Henry James Review and Professor and Chair of the English Department at the University of Louisville, Kentucky

FEB 22 >
MAR 22

MFA/MA Thesis Exhibition

Reception: April 5, 5 to 7 pm

Special Saturdays:
Indiana Day of Percussion - April 13 - Gallery open 9 am to 6 pm

APR 01 >
APR 13

BFA/BS Senior Exhibition

Reception: April 26, 5 to 7 pm

Special Saturdays:
ISU Spring Commencement - May 4 - Gallery open 9 am to 3 pm

APR 22 >
MAY 04


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