VBS (violent burning sunset) Opens in Usdan

Tuesday, Sep 20 2016, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, VAPA Usdan Gallery
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Tuesday, Sep 20 2016 7:00 PM Tuesday, Sep 20 2016 9:00 PM America/New_York VBS (violent burning sunset) Opens in Usdan The show will open with a talk in the gallery by Todd Von Ammon '09 and participating artist Cyle Metzger '08. VAPA Usdan Gallery Bennington College

VBS (violent burning sunset) will run from September 20—October 16. The show consists of two shows in one room. The first show features work by Ethan Knechel '08, Helen Mirra '91, Tom Sachs '89, Lauren Seiden '03, and Alison Veit '11 and consists entirely of artworks that eschew color and embrace solid materiality in mostly muted and gray tones. The second features work by Amanda Church '76, Martha Grover '02, Odili Donald Odita '90, Devin O'Brien Power '05, and Cyle Metzger '08. These artists employ color and illusionistic space to an intense effect, and often allow vivid palettes to invite metaphysical interpretations. The show is, in its most essential form, a celebration of very-well-made objects, and hopefully it will feel to the viewer like a prism projecting multicolored refractions from one side of Usdan to the other.