A Passage of Force Through Matter installation image, work by Matthew Mann (left), Claudia "Aziza" Gibson-Hunter (center), and Asha Elana Casey (right). Photo by Vivian Marie Doering.

Artist Talk: A Passage of Force Through Matter

Saturday / May 10 / 3 - 4:30pm

Join curator of exhibitions Blair Murphy and artists Tom Bunnell, Asha Elana Casey, Claudia “Aziza” Gibson-Hunter, Matthew Mann, Maggie Michael, and Marisa Rasum for a conversation about painting as a material practice.

How do artists use painting to reconcile and transcend their own experiences of our overburdened image landscape–both the physical world and the endless scroll of news images, selfies, digitally-created content and, increasingly, AI-generated materials that fill our various screens? How can painting, which blurs the boundary between object and image, interrupt the relationship we have with visual representation in this environment?

The discussion takes place in conjunction with A Passage of Force Through Matter, which features work by all six artists and is on view at MoCA Arlington through May 25.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

A Passage of Force Through Matter
On View: February 14 – May 25, 2025

Featured artists: Tom Bunnell, Asha Elana Casey, Claudia “Aziza” Gibson-Hunter, Matthew Mann, Maggie Michael, and Marisa Rasum

 

 

 

 

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