Delta State University\u2019s Fielding Wright Art Center opens its 2016-17 season on Aug. 25 from 5-7 p.m. with an exhibition of Julia Morrisroe\u2019s work “I\u2019m Sorry You Were Saying?”<\/p>\n
Morrisroe is an artist and associate professor in painting and drawing at the University of Florida. Her\u00a0work explores the question of what it means to paint in an age in which digital technology has led to the proliferation and instant availability of images. She\u00a0is interested in how the flood of images streaming in front of our eyes has affected the way we perceive images.<\/p>\n
\u201cImages can be replicated, expanded, enhanced or associated with other images \u2014 relevant or not\u00a0\u2014\u00a0instantaneously,” said Morrisroe.\u00a0“The simultaneity of image and experience has led to images becoming hyper-contextualized. The image can no longer exist as a single painting, but belongs to a network.\u201d<\/p>\n
Morrisroe creates series of abstract paintings that invite the viewer to explore this hyper-contextualized condition. In her work, patterns are repeated, inverted, rescaled, disrupted or reappear in different media. The artist\u2019s intention is to \u201csubvert the viewers\u2019 desire to look at one painting, compelling a rambling, hyper-linked experience of viewing.\u201d<\/p>\n
She\u00a0received her\u00a0BFA from Northern Illinois University and her MFA\u00a0from the University of Washington, and has exhibited nationally and internationally. Morrisroe\u00a0has received numerous awards, grants and fellowship grants for her work. Last year, she\u00a0spent time at Anadolu University in Turkey as a Mevlana Faculty Exchange Scholar.<\/p>\n
Morrisroe will be on campus to present a public lecture on \u00a0Sept. 22 at 4 p.m in\u00a0the gallery.<\/p>\n
The Fielding Wright Art Center Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The gallery is closed on weekends, holidays and during semester breaks.<\/p>\n