Space camp

Terrific show of student work at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, opening tonight, featured in an article in the Athens Banner Herald:

“Space Camp,” the larger exhibition featuring Lee’s work, showcases 15 student artists currently working in Lamar Dodd’s studios. It’s reception is 7-9 p.m. tonight at Lamar Dodd at 270 River Road.

Installation[s] art is not about object making, Hwangbo said. Space is the thing.

Instead of the art hanging on the wall in a frame, an installation comes alive because it becomes part of the environment. Since installations are very public, Hwangbo calls it “a very democratic version of art” in that it takes art out of traditional galleries and museums.

Students had to negotiate with building management to display their works outside of Dodd’s galleries, an exercise Hwangbo said will prepare them to make public art in their communities.