Vantage Points | Curated by Ian MacLean Davis
Hamiltonian celebrates its five-year anniversary with a curated exhibition of its alumni in Vantage Points. Vantage Points will run from October 26 – November 16, 2013 with an opening reception on Saturday, October 26 from 7 – 9 pm.
The Hamiltonian program was begun in 2008 by Dr. Paul So, a professor of physics at George Mason University as an innovative two-year fellowship program aimed at helping emerging artists in the greater DC metro area bridge the gap between their academic training and their professional careers as visual artists. Now in its fifth year, the Hamiltonian program has produced has a growing roster of distinguished alumni.
Vantage Points, curated by Hamiltonian alumni artist Ian MacLean Davis, presents the work of artists from the program’s first three waves of fellows. The exhibition offers visitors an opportunity to reconsider their own point of view through artworks that combine invented environments, the natural world and the symbolism of everyday objects. Through painting, drawing, sculpture, digital media and photography, these artists each present familiar materials and imagery from a personal perspective, transforming their meaning in the process.
Featuring recent works by: Selin Balci, Leah Hartman Frankel, Michael Dax Iacovone, Magnolia Laurie, Joyce Yu-Jean Lee, Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, Jonathan Monaghan, Michael Enn Sirvet, Jessica van Brakle and Elena Volkova.
Ian MacLean Davis holds his MFA from the Mount Royal School of Art at the Maryland Institute, College of Art and was a Hamiltonian Fellow from 2008 – 2010. He exhibits nationally and is collected internationally. Ian lives, works and teaches in Baltimore, MD and its outlying counties. He is a regular contributor to the online arts and culture journals Bmore Art and What Weekly.
October 26 – November 16, 2013
Opening Reception:
Saturday, October 26
7-9 pm