What Is Important Is
Susan Mullally, Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova, and Liz Maugans
What Is Important Is includes the work of artists whose practices document contemporary engagement with objects and events that are evidence of changing contexts and the complex character of how the past lives in current and future circumstances. Susan Mullally’s (Waco) project What I Keep, Portraits and Choices is a collaboration with members of The Church Under the Bridge, a multi-cultural Christian church, whose members meet under the I-35 bridge in Waco. Mullally asks individuals what they keep and why they keep it. Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova’s (Lexington, Kentucky) project, Discarded, includes images of discarded furniture and those who once owned it or those who live nearby, and this exhibition features their work with collaborators in San Antonio. In her series, Desperate Signs and Signs of the Times, Liz Maugans (Cleveland) considers popular sayings and examples of text used to re-sell objects by attracting “new owners.” Maugans re-positions these objects and their unique histories for new audiences.
Curated by Scott A. Sherer
When: The exhibition will run from September 4 – October 4, 2013. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10am – 4pm, Sat 1- 4pm, and by appointment; Closed Sun/Mon. Exhibitions are free and open to the public.
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 4, 6 - 8pm. UTSA Art Gallery, Main Campus.
Where: UTSA Art Gallery, Arts Building, UTSA Main Campus, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249.
Driving Directions: The UTSA Art Gallery is located in the Art Building on UTSA’s Main (1604) campus. From I-10, take Exit #557 to UTSA Blvd. At the second traffic light, turn right onto Bauerlee Road, then turn immediately left onto Ford Drive, and then make an immediate right into BR1.
For more info, please contact: Laura Crist at Laura.Crist@utsa.edu or 210-458-4391.
Images for Reproduction, courtesy of the artists
Liz Maugans:
Crappy Loveseat, relief print, 2013
Susan Mullally:
Jarred “Wolf” Jones, Tattoo Artist & Homeless. “It’s who it came from and what it meant to be given such a thing. It came from my teacher who earned it from his teacher. It’s an irreplaceable thing. It’s been carried by very important people in my world who have shared their life so I can better my life.”
Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova:
Tracy from DISCARDED: San Antonio, 2012
