{"id":123,"date":"2013-08-06T11:55:37","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T16:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:20:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:20:24","slug":"2010-2011-exhibitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/2010-2011-exhibitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibitions (2010-11)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><em>THIS HERE NOW<\/em><br \/>\nNature and Human Consciousness<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 18 \u2013 October 31, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Artists<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyperscholar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guido Alvarez<\/a>, Christine Baeumler,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jilevanssite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jil Evans<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mnartists.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jill Ewald<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mnartists.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Larson<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>The exhibit will also include\u00a0historical and contemporary prints from the prints and drawing collection at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Co-curated by Jil Evans, Christine Baeumler, Jill Ewald<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>MORE INFORMATION<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2020\/06\/ThisHereNow2.pdf\">&#8220;This Here Now&#8221; brochure<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2013\/08\/ThisHereNowessay.pdf\">&#8220;Some\u00a0 Ruminations on THIS HERE NOW, Nature and Human Consciousness&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nEssay by Wayne L. Roosa, Professor of Art HIstory, Bethel College&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2013\/08\/this-here-now.jpg\" alt=\"This Here Now\" width=\"700\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Opening Reception<\/strong>, Friday, September 17, 6 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Panel Discussion<\/strong>\u00a0with artists plus professors of Art History, Philosophy, and Religion, Thursday, October 7, 7:00 p.m., Dittman 305<\/li>\n<li><strong>Homecoming<\/strong>: October 1 \u2013 3<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gallery closed for Fall Break October 16 \u2013 19<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>THIS HERE NOW: Nature and Human Consciousness<\/em>\u00a0is an exhibit of historical and contemporary art that addresses questions of deep philosophical and religious significance: what is consciousness and meaning?\u00a0 Are they reflections or clues of some deeper, meaningful or purposive reality (perhaps God) or are they accidental bi-products of an impersonal, mechanical reality not driven by purpose and meaning?\u00a0 Is consciousness itself only a complex physico-chemical process or is it some new reality that is more than physical processes?\u00a0 Some of the great world religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, some Hindu traditions and more) see the natural world in purposive terms and recognize subjectivity and experience as unique realities.\u00a0 While some philosophers embrace reductive forms of materialism, others counter that subjectivity, experience, and purposiveness are foundational, irreducible realities.\u00a0 Such debate forms an important part of the contemporary conversation about science and philosophy, religion and the liberal arts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 10px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2013\/08\/mosfilm-image.jpg\" alt=\"MOS Film\" width=\"150\" height=\"233\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/>November 6 \u2013\u00a0 December 12<\/strong>, 2010<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ART OF MOSFILM: Art and Craft of Russian film<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>This year marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of Russian studies at St. Olaf College. This exhibit, which discusses Russian film and its relevance to Americans while celebrating filmmaker Karen Shakhnazarov, is one of the events that will mark the anniversary. The show will look at the history of Russian film through posters, stills, set design sketches, and film clips.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening Reception, Thursday, November 11, 11:45 AM &#8211; 12:15 PM (Community Time)<\/strong>. Russian film-maker Karen Shakhnazarov,\u00a0Russian-Armenian\u00a0filmmaker, producer and screenwriter will receive an honorary degree prior to the reception in the gallery. Shakhnazarov became the Director General of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mosfilm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mosfilm<\/a>\u00a0studios in\u00a01998.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Opening Reception<\/strong>, Thursday, Nov. 11 11:30 a.m. &#8211; 12:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gallery closed for Thanksgiving break November 24 \u2013 28<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>January 7 \u2013 February 20<\/strong>, 2011<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>RIVER AND STONE, LETTERS AND LEAVES<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/megojala.com\/\"><strong>Meg Ojala<\/strong><\/a>, Sabbatical exhibit<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Professor of Art and Art History, Meg Ojala, created the work for this exhibit while on sabbatical during the 2009-1010 academic year.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2013\/08\/MegOjalaPcard.jpg\">View postcard &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This exhibit includes three different bodies of work: large scale color landscape photographs made during my sabbatical year; small scale platinum-palladium prints from Angkor Wat in Cambodia; and a group of experimental pieces that include multiple images of one kind of object, such as letters and leaves. Visual elements and themes such as line and repetition, the compression of space and time, and a heightened sense of impermanence, appear in all of this seemingly disparate work.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Meg Ojala<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Artist Reception:<\/strong>\u00a0Friday, February 11, 6 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Artist Talk:<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday, February 15, at noon, Flaten Art Museum Gallery<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gallery closed for Interim Break January 29 \u2013 February 6<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2013\/08\/ojala_flood_1_.jpg\" alt=\"Ojala\" width=\"400\" height=\"310\" \/><br \/>\nMeg Ojala<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2013\/08\/apprentice-processed.jpg\" alt=\"Apprentice Show\" width=\"159\" height=\"207\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/>January 7 \u2013 February 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>PROCESSED: APPRENTICE SHOW<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nVirginia and Jennifer C. Groot Gallery<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/art\/5thyear\/\">St. Olaf Art Apprentices<\/a>\u00a0Molly Baeverstad, Joey Fleming, Erica Naylor, Dylan Nelson, Trygve Wastvedt<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Artist Reception:<\/strong>\u00a0Friday, January 7, 5 &#8211; 8 p.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Gallery closed for Interim Break January 29 \u2013 February 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 26 \u2013 April 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ARAism AND OTHER AFRICAN PATTERN ART<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Araism Movement<\/strong>\u00a0was established and formally launched on Saturday July 22, 2006 with an exhibition of paintings in Araism by the proponent of the technique, Mufu Onifade and five of his disciples: Olaniyi Omojuwa, Tope Oguntuase, Dotun Popoola, Abiola Mautin-Akande and Jonathan Ikpoza. This epoch-making event was held at Bruce Onobrakpeya\u2019s Harmattan Workshop Gallery , Victoria Island, Lagos , Nigeria .\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2013\/08\/Araism.jpg\" alt=\"Araism\" width=\"200\" height=\"407\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/>The event was able to re-launch the phenonmenon of ARA (Aesthetically Rich Art) and<em>ara<\/em>\u00a0(wonder) to the sensibilities of artists, arts writers, gallery owners, the arts community and the general public. In recent times, every watcher of unfolding events in Nigerian Contemporary cannot overlook or undervalue the emrgence and prominence of Araism technique \u2013 nay the relatively young Movement. Araism is a creative force of reckoning while the Movement serves as a medium of projection of the technique.<\/p>\n<p>Araism restates its relevant position on contemporary Nigerian Art with its annual exhibitions meant to discover and project to the world, new creativity and disciplined disciples. http:\/\/www.araism.com\/<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;101 Nigerian Artists,&#8221; a catalog of contemporary artwork, will be available for purchase at the opening, and in the St. Olaf College bookstore. Oluwambe Amodu is of the featured artists in the book.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>Closed for Spring break March 19 \u2013 27<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>April 17 &#8211; May 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>FIRST SENIOR SHOW<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>Closed for Easter Break, April 22 &#8211; 25<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Opening Reception: Sunday, April 17, 2:00-4:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>May 7 &#8211; 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>SECOND SENIOR SHOW<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Opening Reception: Sunday, May 8, 2:00-4:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>May 23 &#8211; 29<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ALL SENIOR SHOW<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS HERE NOW Nature and Human Consciousness September 18 \u2013 October 31, 2010 Artists:\u00a0Guido Alvarez, Christine Baeumler,\u00a0Jil Evans,\u00a0Jill Ewald,\u00a0Chris Larson The exhibit will also include\u00a0historical and contemporary prints from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-123","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5983,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions\/5983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}