SVA presents “Matters of Identity in an Information Age,” an exhibition of mixed media works by BFA Fine Arts students, curated by department chair Suzanne Anker, as well as Lizzie Scott, Samuel Sherman, and Gunars Prande. The exhibition will be on view Saturday, February 8, through Tuesday, February 25, at the SVA Chelsea Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, 15th floor, New York City.

From materiality to conception, art has expanded its horizons in a globalized world. It can exist as painting, digital sculpture, gel transfers, ceramics, video, and textiles, among others. Not following an academic style, the influence and bombardment of new technologies has hastened the experience of other norms. The Internet has opened up archives, museum collections, news reports, and photographs from cultures around the world. Such a bombardment of options has created a wide variety of possibilities.

“Matters of Identity in an Information Age” brings together a range of work in concept, memory and critique. In this exhibition, sound is converted to images, AI speaks back, and gel transfers replicate painting. Painting too, stands on its own evoking images of self, society and even death. The wide range of materials in all four galleries is a metaphor for the wide range of options currently open to image-making. The exhibition also represents the fragmentation of focus that the Internet employs thanks to interspersing advertising with news and shopping options.

The SVA Chelsea Gallery is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, from 10:00am to 6:00pm, and closed on Sundays and Mondays. It is fully accessible by wheelchair.

Exhibition

Matters of Identity in an Information Age

SVA Chelsea Gallery