Palinopsia from April 23rd to May 17th, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by James Cho What is a utopia? Can one act as a facade to hide a dystopia? In Varvara Tokareva’s three Utopia pieces, she questions these same sentiments about the state of the USSR during … Continue reading Authenticity, AI, and the New East in Varvara Tokareva’s ‘Utopia’
Keeping Score: The Auto-Archive of Trevon Jakaar Coleman
Palinopsia from April 23, to May 17, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Trinitee Tatum Viewers must be active participants to uncover the exploration of my own identity, representation, and perceptions within established spaces and genre. Trevor Jakaar Coleman via website If the projections flicker and no … Continue reading Keeping Score: The Auto-Archive of Trevon Jakaar Coleman
Spatial Exploration with Jill McCarthy Stauffer’s Works
Palinopsia from April 23 to May 17, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Oliver Foley In a gallery displaying flat works on a wall, the usual action by the engaged viewer is to stop walking and look deeply at the piece of interest. Art on a single … Continue reading Spatial Exploration with Jill McCarthy Stauffer’s Works
Exploring Reality in Palinopsia
Palinopsia from April 23 to May 17, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Ellen Zhang What is palinopsia? Palinopsia refers to a fascinating visual phenomenon where individuals repeatedly see images even after the original visual stimuli have disappeared. In the exhibition Palinopsia, artists Trevon Jakaar Coleman, Jill Stauffer, … Continue reading Exploring Reality in Palinopsia
Community, Temporality, and Sociality in Charlotte Richardson-Deppe’s I Resist This
I Resist This from March 4 to April 6th, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by James Cho How do we function as a community? How does one persist as an individual within a social group? By socialising and working together as part of a larger whole. The … Continue reading Community, Temporality, and Sociality in Charlotte Richardson-Deppe’s I Resist This
What it Means to Linger
I Resist This from March 4 to April 6, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Reshma Jasmin The first time I visited Stamp Gallery’s I Resist This was on its fourth day open. The current exhibition takes the form of an artist residency, which means that the … Continue reading What it Means to Linger
Soft Sculpture: Spaces Between the Stitches
I Resist This from March 4, to April 6, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Trinitee Tatum Ancient statues rise from the cold, marble floors of their enclosures, their colors faded and forgotten with time. The Statue of Liberty has now cloaked itself in a sea foam … Continue reading Soft Sculpture: Spaces Between the Stitches
Construction Zone: Engaging with Evolving Spaces
I Resist This from March 4 to April 6, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Oliver Foley If you have visited the University of Maryland any time in the past decade, you are likely familiar with the ubiquity of construction zones across campus. It is a regular … Continue reading Construction Zone: Engaging with Evolving Spaces
Questioning Individualism
I Resist This from March 4th to April 6th, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Rachel Schmid-James Visual art has become an individualistic art form over the last few hundred years, but it has not always been this way. Before it was considered an independent task, it … Continue reading Questioning Individualism
Exploring Independence and Interdependence Through I Resist This
Placeholder from March 4 to April 6, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Ellen Zhang The conflict of independence versus interdependence has always been a silent yet prominent theme in human life. From a young age, we crave independence with stubborn I-can-do-everything-by-myself attitudes that continue into our adulthood. … Continue reading Exploring Independence and Interdependence Through I Resist This