{"id":1259,"date":"2015-12-22T10:07:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2016-02-23T10:11:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T15:11:26","slug":"birke-art-gallery-to-open-spring-semester-with-mixed-media-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/birke-art-gallery-to-open-spring-semester-with-mixed-media-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Birke Art Gallery to open spring semester with mixed media experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University\u2019s Birke Art Gallery will open the spring semester Jan. 11 with Fa\u00e7ade, a mixed media English garden brought to life from a collaboration of artist Jordan Tate and the artist duo Future Retrieval.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tate with Future Retrieval\u2019s Katie Parker and Guy Davis employed 21st century technology to produce 2D scans of 3D images. The flattened images are combined with sculptures, collaging typically divergent elements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese sculptures continue to play with function in the face of fa\u00e7ade, referencing ideas of process vs. product,\u201d according to the group\u2019s artist statement. \u201cThe topiary forest moves back and forth \u2013 a cardboard cutout made from a three-dimensional object photographed, flattened, and duplicated. An 8-bit Minecraft-esque hedge conceals a 2D plastic neoclassical fountain that continually pours water into a very real Greek attic-style urn. An altered mold of Michelangelo\u2019s David sits in front of sampled wallpaper by Zuber.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ucomm\/files\/Facade_Hedge.jpg-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>The three Cincinnati, Ohio, artists will describe their works during an opening reception, from 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Birke Art Gallery, located in Marshall\u2019s Smith Hall on the corner of Hal Greer Boulevard and Third Avenue. The event is free and open to the public. Fa\u00e7ade will be up until Feb. 19, and can be viewed in the gallery weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>For information about Marshall\u2019s School of Art and Design, or to view the spring galleries calendar, visit www.marshall.edu\/art.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<br \/>\nPhotos:<br \/>\n(Above) \u201cDavid and Zuber\u201d is an altered mold of Michelangelo\u2019s David sitting in front of sampled wallpaper by Zuber. (Below) In \u201cHedge,\u201d the topiary forest \u2014 a cardboard cutout made from a three-dimensional object photographed, flattened and duplicated\u2014moves back and forth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University\u2019s Birke Art Gallery will open the spring semester Jan. 11 with Fa\u00e7ade, a mixed media English garden brought to life from a collaboration of artist Jordan Tate and the artist duo Future Retrieval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birke-art-gallery"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}