Every picture tells a story. In the publishing, editorial, and advertising worlds, an illustration provides a meaningful visual context in framing the purpose of the words accompanying the image and – in the best of all possible worlds – the author’s intent. The Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery at SUNY Brockport is exploring how words and images work in tandem in their new exhibition, Picture… Story… Purpose: Recent Work in Contemporary Illustration, which will run from October 21 through November 21, with an opening reception scheduled for October 21 from 4 to 6 p.m. The gallery is located at 180 Holley Street, Brockport, and the exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours for this exhibition are Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m.
Artist D.B. Dowd has this to say about his work: “Many of my major projects have been about places. Most recently, my award-winning illustrated journal Spartan Holiday documents my travels and blends reportage, memoir, and history. I have an abiding curiosity about and deep affection for vernacular visual cultures. Humans fashion things. Giving form is a way of making meaning.”
Autumn Brown is also represented in the exhibit. Her recent inspirations have culminated in two new bodies of work. “The first, ‘The Living Wallpaper,’ appropriates the Art Nouveau aesthetic with subtly animated wall-projected patterns to investigate the tension between the feminine body as decoration and as a site of agency. The second, ‘Phantasmagoria,’ is a series of intimately-scaled artist books which disclose confessions of taboo fantasies and desires. By presenting these books in the public gallery space, I ask the reader to navigate their position as voyeur, oppressor, confidant, and liberator.”
Other artists whose works are included in the show are Haolin (Vanilla) Chi, Kyle Ellingson, Ingrid Hess, Michael Hirshon, Seo Kim, and Chelsea Saunders.
SUNY Brockport’s up-to-date COVID-19 prevention guidelines can be found at the ticketing website (fineartstix.brockport.edu), the Fine Arts Series Facebook page, and at brockport.edu/coronavirus. Compliance with campus protocols is required in order to attend any performances or events.
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