Art & Art History

Fall Photos: Opening Reception and Gallery Talk: Sasha Rudensky—Acts and Illusions

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On Wednesday, September 9, 2017 Assistant Professor of Art at Wesleyan University, Sasha Rudensky, exhibited 25 of her meticulously observed and constructed images, which present an unsettling view into contemporary life in the New East. For more than a decade, she has repeatedly returned to Russia and the post-Soviet territories with her camera. Her photographs track a lost generation that has come of age during the Vladimir Putin era.

Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the full album on Flickr.

Spring Photos: Senior Thesis Exhibition Reception: Week 3

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On Wednesday, April 19, 2017 seniors Dylan Beckman, Harrison Carter, Elinor Case-Pethica, and Caren Ye in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History showed their senior thesis works at the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery.

Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the full album on Flickr.

Spring Photos: IN STEREO Week Three Dance Duet

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Photos from IN STEREO, a live gallery performance in Clarissa Tossin’s exhibit, Stereoscopic Vision on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery. IN STEREO pairs Wesleyan artists in music, poetry and dance in a series of pop-up performances that are related to or inspired by Clarissa Tossin’s work.  This event spotlighted dancers and choreographers Sarah Mininsohn ’17 and Rick Manayan ’17 and their work-in-progress showing of Attentive Abandon in dialogue with a work of art or theme in Stereoscopic Vision.

Photos by Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.

Spring Photos: IN STEREO Week Two Wesleyan Student Poets

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Photos from IN STEREO, a live gallery performance in Clarissa Tossin’s exhibit, Stereoscopic Vision on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery. IN STEREO pairs Wesleyan artists in music, poetry and dance in a series of pop-up performances that are related to or inspired by Clarissa Tossin’s work. Curated by Wesleyan’s slam poetry team WeSlam, this performance features student poets Rafe Forman ’20, Jennifer Gagné ’19, Meghana Kandlur ’18, Rick H. Manayan ’17, Monica Sun ’18, Clarity Bian ’19, and Lili Kadets ’17 in dialogue with a work of art or theme in Stereoscopic Vision.

Photos by Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.

Spring Photos: Clarissa Tossin Gallery Walkthrough and IN STEREO Performance

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Photos from the gallery walkthrough of the exhibition Stereoscopic Vision by the Brazilian-born, Los Angeles-based artist Clarissa Tossin on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery. The event also featured the first of three pop-up performances called IN STEREO, which pairs Wesleyan artists in music, poetry and dance in a series of pop-up performances that are related to or inspired by Clarissa’s work.

Photos by Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.

Volkswagen Brasilia Installation for Clarissa Tossin: Stereoscopic Vision

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These photos are from Monday, January 9 of the Volkswagen Brasilia that is part of one of the works in the upcoming exhibition, Clarissa Tossin: Stereoscopic Vision, being brought into the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery. The opening reception will be held on Tuesday, January 31 at 4:30 p.m.

Photos by John Elmore. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.

Fall Photos: Why Collaborate?—Why Fukushima? Dance, Photography, History

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Visiting Artist in Dance and the College of East Asian Studies Eiko Otake and Professor of History, East Asian Studies, Science in Society, and Environmental Studies William Johnston presented images from their third visit to Fukushima in August 2016, five years after the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdowns of March 2011 at the Ring Family Performing Arts Hall on Thursday, November 17, 2016.

Images by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the full album on Flickr.

Fall Photos: Opening Reception of Flying Carpets By David Schorr

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An opening reception was held for FLYING CARPETS—new paintings by David Schorr on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery. The exhibition explores the conviction of childhood imagination, remembering the pleasure of playing with toys on his grandmother’s oriental carpets.

Images by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.

Fall Photos: Tula Telfair: Invented Landscapes—Michael S. Roth Interviews Henry Adams

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On Wednesday, October 19, 2016 in The Ring Family Performing Arts Hall, Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth ’78 interviewed Henry Adams, Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History at Case Western Reserve University and Menakka and Essel Bailey ’66 Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the College of the Environment at Wesleyan, about Professor of Art Tula Telfair’s new book, Tula Telfair: Invented Landscapes.

Photos by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography. Click here to view the entire album on Flickr.