Opening reception on Friday, February 7 from 6 - 8pm Aaron S. Coleman (American, b. 1985) presents a selection of prints and collages from the past twelve years of his practice: an ongoing scrutinization of historical and contemporary systems of racial and class-based suppression in the US. In this work, Coleman seamlessly blends the language...
Opening reception on Friday, February 7 from 6 – 8pm
Aaron S. Coleman (American, b. 1985) presents a selection of prints and collages from the past twelve years of his practice: an ongoing scrutinization of historical and contemporary systems of racial and class-based suppression in the US. In this work, Coleman seamlessly blends the language of comics/coloring books, horror vacui and classical depictions of the figure into luminous images which confront viewers with uncomfortable truths and salient reminders of the ongoing strain of ongoing hierarchical systems—systems which damage our communities and undermine our culture.
Coleman’s studio practice comprises many processes and forms that address how mundane and seemingly neutral artifacts can embody the complex and pervasive history of race/racism and class/classicism in the United States. Found objects and materials are juxtaposed with contrary or jarring images, releasing uncomfortable truths and suppressed stories that are both personal and political. Coleman states that his creative production is “grounded in a critical analysis of authoritarian systems of information, control, and power, focusing on how religion, science and anthropology contribute to and sustain race- and class-based oppression.”
Coleman is the Kenneth E. Tyler Endowed Chair at Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Dodd Galleries thank Jon Swindler, Professor of Art, UGA, for the organization of this exhibition.
