For this exhibition Amos V. Manlangit, Dodd PhD candidate in Art Education,  invited several artists to collaborate on a series of new paintings in order to explore how markings on two sides of a transparent panel can create uncertainty through the muddling of images. Dual personas, whether one artist alternating sides or two collaborators in a dialogue, generate a conversation between visual elements to negotiate on a unified aesthetic. Characterized by tension and unpredictability that would lead to reciprocity and harmony, the resulting installation embodies a shared language built entirely on reflexivity and trust.

In-between invites the viewer to resist interpretation from the images that transpired. Inspired by pseudo-writings of the Asemic practice, the lines - whether resembling ornamental patterns, calligraphic marks, or written language - may find new agency in the imagery that organically formed in the artistic collaboration. If we choose to focus on the materiality of the motifs and allow them to exist as they are, it may lead to new trajectories where, instead of intending to be deciphered, the act of becoming may signify new possibilities for interaction through art.

 

Artist Bios: 

Amos V. Manlangit

Amos is currently a PhD student in Art Education at the Lamar Dodd School of Art in the University of Georgia, and a Filipino scholar under the Fulbright Program. He finished his Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (Major in Painting) and Master’s Degree in Special Education at the University of the Philippines. His research interest is in the  field of arts-and-special education. 

Mira Kallio-Tavin

Mira is the Winnie Chandler Distinguished Professor of Art in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia. She focuses her research on critical artistic and arts-based practices and research in questions of diversity, disability studies, social justice and critical animal studies. She is a World Councilor of InSEA (International Society for Education Through Art), and the founder of the International Disability Studies, Arts and Education (iDSAE) conference. She is currently the associate editor of Studies in Art Education.

Saja Yim

Saja is currently a PhD student in Art Education at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia. She is a queer Korean American who is a loving single parent to her son, Kai. 

Abhijit Sarmah

Abhijit Sarmah is a poet and researcher of Indigenous literatures. He holds an MPhil degree from Dibrugarh University, India and is currently a PhD student at The University of Georgia. He has contributed to various print and online journals, including Poetry magazine, The Margins, Lunch Ticket, Glassworks Magazine, Porter House Review, Lincoln Review, among others. He has been nominated for Best of the Net and The Pushcart Prize.

Robin Graves

Robin is a 35-year old, queer autistic woman who loves building scale models and miniatures. She is lives and works in Athens, Georgia.

Eva Lucero

Eva is a creative young artist who does illustration and fashion design. She is currently in 11th grade and serves as the director of the Cedar Blueprints Magazine. Eva was recently awarded the prestigious Georgia Governor’s Honorary Program (GHP) for Fine Arts.

 

Gallery
Bridge Gallery
Exhibition Duration
October 12, 2023 - November 09, 2023