Annual Art Attack student show opens in Gibson Gallery to the delight of many
Pat Jones
Issue date: 11/7/08 Section: A&E
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On beggar's night, October 30, 2008, the SUNY Potsdam Art Department opened the show with a festival fit for a king (or queen) outside of Gibson Gallery. There was a folk trio, dancers with hula-hoops and a puppet show, and outside, people were jumping in leaves while drinking hot cocoa. To cap it all off, there was free food. Oh, and art, yes art.
What is art? Certainly nobody knows. Maybe the question is: what isn't art? Where does art begin and end? OK, well regardless, students hung some paintings in a big white room and then invited foolish laymen to come have a look around, all the while pretending that they understood what they were seeing.
This particular exhibit was juried, which is to say, judged, by Kasarian Dane, Assistant Professor at St. Lawrence University. Bringing in an outsider, ostensibly, gives the exhibition a sense of objectivity. The show features numerous paintings, photographs, sculptures and even a video. Check it out; go right now, right next to Satterlee.
Some notable selections from the show include a morbidly titled work by Amy Januska: Mother Beating Son. Also, upon entrance into Gibson Gallery, you will be met by a large wooden sculpture dubbed, With Respect to Magnetic Termites. This work received the Art Department Award.
Jessica Gardner's Reverie is a whimsical grayscale painting. Reverie means to be lost in thought, and this work actually evoked this emotion in the on-lookers. Some other well-received works include Andrew Brouwer's Aestus and Mackenzie Reynolds Stoelendans.
Gibson Gallery holds somewhat inconsistent hours which are as follows: Monday and Friday: 12-5, Tuesday through Thursday: 12-7, and Saturday they elect to be open from 12-4pm.
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