Opening Next Week -- Distal's Musk: Rosy Keyser

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 08:38:21 -0400

Just a week away -- the opening reception for Distal’s Musk: Rosy Keyser at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture! Thursday, October 31st, 5 to 7 pm Exhibition dates: October 31st through December 14th, 2019 Public Lecture by the artist: Wednesday, November 13th, 7 pm at the CADVC The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC) at UMBC is pleased to present Distal’s Musk: Rosy Keyser, featuring new works by the artist. The haunting paintings which comprise Distal's Musk are constructed from ordinary materials: linen and canvas, aluminum paint, gravel, and sawdust combined into artworks that build on the ideas established by art brut and Action painting. Since 2017, Keyser has focused attention on the potential of these cantilevered aluminum paintings. These forms are not content to remain flush against the gallery wall: they angle outward and encounter viewers like ghosts or provocateurs. They refuse to remain passive and challenge notions of fixed illusionistic space. Raised in the Maryland countryside north of Baltimore and trained at Cornell and the Art Institute of Chicago, Distal's Musk brings Keyser closer to her origins. For additional information regarding the CADVC, directions to UMBC and parking on-campus go to: Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture Admission to CADVC exhibitions and all related programming is free and open to the public. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located in the Fine Arts Building, Rm. 105 #artsatumbc #rosykeyser