Magical Realism
August 4 – October 27, 2013
Hyndman Gallery
Opening Reception: August 2, 2013, 5-8 pm

When a highly detailed, realistically painted image is “invaded” by something that is “not quite right”, or too strange to believe”, you are in the realm of Magical Realism. Often concerned with myth, allegory or the personification of natural phenomenon, the viewer is left to ponder what is “real”?

The Documentation of Nature
August 4 – October 27, 2013
Brincka/Cross Gallery
Opening Reception August 2, 2013, 5-8 pm

Olivia Petrides and Peggy MacNamara, following the tradition of close examination of the natural world begun in the Renaissance, both artists utilize the research collections of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago for their work. Petrides is the illustrator of the Peterson Field Guide to Western Trees. MacNamara is the Field Museum’s Artist-in-Residence who has worked from the museum’s collections for twenty-five years.

Water Wrackets
Robert Saxton Gallery
August 4 – October 27, 2013
Opening Reception August 2, 2013, 5-8 pm

A reinterpretation of the 1975 short film, in collaboration with musician Cooper Crain, Benjamin Funke creates a psychedelic meditation on water. In Water Wrackets, a trancelike soundscape of forlorn beauties and strange vibrations is paired with a montage sequence of luminous images that metamorphose from Nature to Artifice and back again. The photographic visuals feature local tributaries.

Citizen – Soldier – Citizen
November 2, 2013 – February 24, 2014
Hyndman Gallery
Opening Reception: November 1, 2013, 5-8 pm

Citizen – Soldier – Citizen commemorates Veterans Day with artwork by men and women who have returned from recent conflicts. The works express a soldier’s condition coming back home; which is delicate, sensitive, fragile, optimistic, active. Their artwork is personal to their re-entry and reconnection to their homes and families.

Theater of Conflict
November 2, 2013 – February 24, 2014
Brincka/Cross & Robert Saxton Galleries
Opening Reception: November 1, 2013, 5-8 pm

Works by William Weege, Oskar Graf, and Raphael Canogar from the LCA permanent collection that deal with the subject matter of political protest, revolution and the theater of war. William Weege’s highly graphic prints are a chronicle of the unrest of the 60’s with a focus on political protest and the Vietnam War. Oskar Graf, a German artist and highly regarded master of the etching process,presents snap shots of World War II. Raphael Canogar, a Spanish print maker, features bold, heavy and graphic work that deals with political struggle and revolution in Spain in the 60’s.