THE SILBER ART GALLERY Sanford J. Ungar Athenaeum | Goucher College
Featuring work by: Erick Antonio Benitez Lisa Dillin Marissa Fein Ariel C. Foster ’16 Adrienne Elise Tarver James Williams
Silber is pleased to host Foliaform, a group exhibition that explores humans’ relationship with plants. The work approaches the subject from multiple perspectives, presenting this exchange as exploitative, curated, synthetic, immersive, or an attempt to tame or manicure something innately wild. The artists grapple with the intersections between human identity, culture, and the natural world, as well as the effects of rapid technological advancement on individuals. Many of the pieces comment on human want for contact with nature and the contradicting desire to construct a “natural environment” to interact with on humans’ own terms. Behind the work exists the unseen close physical interaction between artist and material, which contributes to a feeling of intimacy with the viewer. Written and compiled by the student gallery staff.
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Erick Antonio Benitez Erick Antonio Benitez is a multidisciplinary artist based in Baltimore and a MICA graduate. His work has been exhibited at the Connor Smith Gallery, DC, and the Baltimore Museum of Art. He is a recipient of the MASB Travel Artist Award and the Janet and Walter Sondheim Award, among others.
Ariel C. Foster Ariel C. Foster is a Baltimore-based artist and Goucher College alumna of studio arts and arts administration. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at MONO Practice, the Strathmore Mansion, the Menial Collection, Resort, Palacio del Sol, and Area 405. She is an Urban Arts Leadership fellow and serves on the board of Roots and RaĂces.
Erick Antonio Benitez & Ariel C. Foster Hidden and Unseen, 2019 fabric, ink, video mapping projection, LED light, gel screen, wood, clay (origin: Goucher trails), stones, plants, and sound Dimensions vary
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Lisa Dillin PNLE (Portable Natural Lighting Emulator) 2019 powder coated aluminum and glazed ceramic 35” x 35” x 35” (pedestal 47” diameter)
Lisa Dillin Lisa Dillin is an interdisciplinary Baltimore-based artist with a B.F.A. in photography from Atlanta College of Art in 1998 and an M.F.A. in sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2006. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Contemporary Museum, and Gallery Four in Baltimore. Dillin was a Hamiltonian fellow and a 2014 & 2017 MSAC Individual Artist Award recipient.
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Marissa Fein Marissa Fein is a Baltimore-based artist and alumna of the MICA interdisciplinary sculpture and humanistic studies program. Her work has been in shows at Area 405, Metro Gallery, and Current Space in Baltimore. She was a member of Open Space and a co-curator of their annual Prints and Multiples Fair.
Marissa Fein Ghosted Growths & An Architectural Derma 2018 pine, dried wildflowers, Chicken of the Woods, ceramic, corn, latex, dyed plaster, joint compound, mulberry paper 5’ x 2’ x 18”
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Adrienne Elise Tarver Origin: Fictions of Belonging 2018 acrylic and caulk on white mesh dimensions vary
Adrienne Elise Tarver Adrienne Elise Tarver is a New York-based artist who received an M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a B.F.A. from Boston University. She has had solo exhibitions at Ochi Projects in Los Angeles; Wave Hill in the Bronx, NY; Victori + Mo in Brooklyn, NY; and A-M Gallery in Sydney, Australia. She is director of art & design and director of the HSA Gallery at Harlem School for the Arts in Harlem, New York, and residency advisor for Trestle Art Space.
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James Williams James Williams is a Baltimore-based artist with an M.F.A. from MICA’s Mt. Royal Program. His artwork has been shown at the Creative Alliance, School 33 Art Center Studio, and Galerie Myrtis in Baltimore. He is a recipient of the 2009 MICA Bromo Seltzer Award and M.F.A. Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, among others.
James Williams But Sometimes It’s Like That I Love Me More 2018 oil on canvas 60” x 80”
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Foliaform Featuring work by: Erick Antonio Benitez Lisa Dillin Marissa Fein Ariel C. Foster ’16 Adrienne Elise Tarver James Williams
April 9 - June 10, 2019 Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 9, 6-9 p.m.
THE SILBER GALLERY
Sanford J. Ungar Athenaeum DIRECTIONS
GALLERY HOURS
Baltimore Beltway, I-695, to exit 27A. Make first left onto campus.
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday – Sunday 410-337-6477
The Silber Gallery program is funded with the assistance of grants from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the state of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Baltimore County Commission on the Arts and Sciences.
goucher.edu/silber
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The exhibit is free and open to the public.