{"id":21987,"date":"2022-08-26T13:58:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T17:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/?page_id=21987"},"modified":"2022-08-29T14:36:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T18:36:04","slug":"gretchen-schermerhorn-aug-30-oct-23-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/college-of-business-innovation-leadership-and-technology\/school-of-design-and-art\/the-barry-gallery\/gretchen-schermerhorn-aug-30-oct-23-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiplicity: New Work by Gretchen Schermerhorn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aug. 30 – Oct. 23, 2022<\/h3>\n

Opening Reception:<\/strong>
\nFriday, September 9, 5-7pm
\nBarry Gallery, Reinsch Library Building, MU Main Campus (near 26th St. entrance)
\nAll are welcome! <\/p>\n

Barry Gallery is proud to present a solo exhibition by DMV-area artist and educator Gretchen Schermerhorn. <\/strong>Her primary media include printmaking, mold-making, and one-of-a-kind works employing duplicative methods. With these means, she <\/span>presents a multi-faceted vision in exploring her content.<\/p>\n

Schermerhorn writes,<\/p>\n

\u201cMy work investigates our relationship with the natural environment, specifically our efforts to understand it, and ultimately, control it.  I observe and research plant and animal evolution, survival mechanisms and habits, and how advancements in medicine both assist, as well as interfere with, these forces. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Printmaking, mold-making, and duplicative methods are appealing because I can blend modern and traditional processes. I believe going back and forth like this further explains how our interactions with the natural world are filtered through technological advancements. <\/span><\/p>\n

“This body of work is inspired by images and text found in a set of nearly 80-year-old encyclopedias. Interestingly, but not surprisingly, many of the ‘facts’ in these books have now been refuted. This body of work addresses the pessimistic meta-induction theory, which argues that if past scientific theories that were successful are false, we have no reason to believe that our current successful theories are approximately true. I enjoy using the same matrix but experimenting with printing the layers in a different order and in different colors and levels of transparency to achieve a variation on a theme. Most of this work forces multiple images together into the same composition to illustrate how our relationship with the natural world is both competitive and destructive.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Sample images from the in-person exhibition:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t