December 17, 2016 – February 25, 2017 at Fertilab

Events:

Friday, January 6, 2017, 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. - First Friday Art Walk

Friday, January 13, 2017, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. - Formal Artist Reception

Tuesday, February 7, 2017, 7:00 p.m. - Student Panel Discussion on "The Role of Artists in Contemporary Times"

Exhibiting Artists:

Ron Linn

Mandy Hampton

Alex Wurts

Andrew Douglas Campbell

Sumer Kham

Stephen Milner

Daniel Miller

"On The Wall" is on view through February 25, 2017.

Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. weekdays

Location: Fertilab, 44 W 7th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97401

Watershed Arts at Fertilab is pleased to present a group exhibition of new works by seven University of Oregon Department of Art MFA candidates.

In a contemporary art context, the wall, with its long-standing connection to two-dimensional media, is sometimes viewed as a limiting space which can only serve to bind a work and fix it within a specific (literal and symbolic) frame. The familiar phrase "off the wall" is used to denote something eccentric and unconventional, wild or untamable. With those two ideas in mind, "On the Wall," an exhibit of new works by University of Oregon graduate students in art, is an attempt to catalog the way in which framed work does not necessarily need to be polite or tamed, but can continue to engage with questions that artists face in a contemporary setting.

Expanding upon traditions in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and digital mediums, these artists take on what it means to make a work that is meant for display on a wall, yet at the same time might upend expectations about what that work might be. This diverse collection of art speaks to the wide array of interests and methodologies at work within the academic and artistic community at the University of Oregon.