The Metropolitan State University of Denver, Center for Visual Art proudly presents Semblance, an exhibition of lens and time-based works that share the elements of performance, ritual and illusion. Artists : Sama Alshaibi, Neil Chowdhury, Kim Keever, Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Laura Shill, and Janaina Tschäpe explore ambiguous boundaries between the real and the imagined. Whether at first cloaked and later revealed, or simply drawing us into an enigmatic narrative without clear linear progression, the photographs and video works navigate a reality not clearly identified. Semblance was curated by Tomiko Jones, Assistant Professor of Photography at MSU Denver and Cecily Cullen, Creative Director at the Center for Visual Art, MSU Denver.
Running in tandem with Semblance, is Guised, an international video exhibition curated by Sama Alshaibi, Associate Professor of Photography/Video Art, University of Arizona. Guised, a fox in sheep’s clothing, enters with fantasy, humor and familiarity. The seven projects contain a riddle that at first appearance offers a non-threatening trajectory, but upon further examination, unfolds onto a far more pointed and often sinister implication.
Artists: Hala Ali and Lantian Xie, Jovan Erfan, Ninar Esber, Coriana Close, Gary Setzer, Larissa Sansour
The Emerging Artist Gallery will be devoted to work from MSU Denver students selected from a portfolio review. Selection was based on quality of the work and relevance to the exhibition theme.
Artists: Chancey Bush, Blair Douglas, Evan Lee Miller, Holly Mills, Carolyn Nicholson, and Kelsey Sailsbery.
EXHIBITIONS
Center for Visual Art
February 21 – April 13, 2013
965 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
USA
