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Sculpture display Simple Complexity: Complex Simplicity opens Nov. 11

Posted 10/30/2009

An exhibition by sculptors James Rodger Alexander and John Douglas Powers, Simple Complexity: Complex Simplicity, will be on display from Wed., Nov. 11, to Friday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Space 204 in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Art Center.   An opening reception will be held Thursday, Nov. 12, from 4 to 6 p.m. Alexander will discuss his sculptural installation and photography at 5 p.m. during the reception.

Powers draws inspiration from areas as diverse as natural history, architecture and the history of technology. Vanderbilt’s 2001 Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet award recipient, he was recently recognized for his work in a New York Times article and is the recipient of the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant and a Southeast College Art Conference fellowship.  He is an assistant professor of sculpture at the University of Alabama.

Trained as both an architect and a sculptor, Alexander’s sculptural installations focus primarily on a single recurring issue: the resolution of the conflict between opposing forces. A Professor of Sculpture and Ceramics at the University of Alabama, he has curated exhibitions and published works on architectural terra cotta, vernacular architecture, political posters as propaganda and the conceptual relationship between architecture and sculpture.  He is the recipient of numerous prestigious grants.

Space 204 is sponsored by the Department of Art and is located on the second floor of the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Art Center, 25th and Garland. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Contact: The Department of Art at 343-7241 or diane.acree@vanderbit.edu

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