‘Bloom and Bust: New Visions of Growth’ opens Oct. 14 at Eisentrager-Howard Gallery

calendar icon12 Oct 2020    

Lincoln, Neb.--The exhibition “Bloom and Bust: New Visions of Growth” opens Oct. 14 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Eisentrager-Howard Gallery.

“Bloom and Bust” runs Oct. 14-27 at the gallery, which is located in the center of the first floor of Richards Hall on the university’s city campus at Stadium Drive and T streets.

As fallout from consumer capitalism continues to accumulate and viral particles in the air spread deadly illnesses, “growth” has become a loaded term in many disciplines. The works in this exhibition all explore notions of growth and progression, from kinship and food-sharing networks to the propagation of mosses, molds and fire.

These projects, made by members of Assistant Professor of Art History Katie Anania's art history seminar “Visualizing Crisis: Food, Water and Biopolitics,” offer alternative ways to approach and locate growth—sometimes harnessing it as a source of energy and vision, other times exploring the depleting effects of colonial or economic expansion. The word “bloom” serves as a touch point, offering possibilities for flowering amidst financial, ecological and immunological collapse.

The participating exhibiting artists and designers include:
Ryan Bromm
Daniela Chavez
Nic Cloyd
Breanna Epp
Elizabeth Erikson
Sofia Fernandez Echeverri
Anna Fiala
Kassidy Linabery
Juan E. Lopez Padilla
Maggie Nava
Hannah Petri
Alice Richter
Emma Grace White

Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 12:30-4:30 p.m. or by appointment for groups larger than 10.

Until further notice, all students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors are required to comply with current CDC safety guidelines (social distancing and facial coverings) in response to COVID-19. Details, exclusions and updates can be found via the City of Lincoln, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s websites.

For more information on the exhibition or to set up an appointment, please email eisentragerhowardgallery@unl.edu or call the School of Art, Art History & Design at (402) 472-5522.

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