Events
War Games - Solo Exhibition by Professor Céline Browning
Date and Time
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 8:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Description
War Games began in 2014, the same year that 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed by police while playing with a toy gun in a public park. This tragedy and the national conversation surrounding it sparked a series of unsettling realizations. While childhood play is often seen as a safe space, it is clear that real violence and play violence overlap and influence one another, creating a murky line between safety and danger.
Each work of art in War Games combines children's toys with state-sanctioned violence, commenting on the insidious ways that threats of violence impact American domestic life. The surreal toys presented here seem disconcertingly new, disturbingly familiar, and vaguely threatening. A question hangs over the work - what will keep us safe?
Public Reception: Friday, February 22, 5pm CST
About the Artist
Céline Browning is an artist and educator from Chicago. In 2011,
she graduated from SUNY New Paltz with an MFA in Metals. Using the
vocabulary of surrealism and pop-art, she deconstructs, combines, and
repurposes familiar functional objects, creating an uncanny visual
language that reimagines what these objects signify. Many of her
recent projects are moored in a sense of local history, using objects
as portraits of an individual or a community.
Please note: there may be limited or no access to the Gallery Space for viewing during special events. Email the gallery at [email protected] for updated event information.
Information
For more information, please visit: http://www.northwestern.edu/norris/arts-and-recreation/dittmar/
Contact
Professor Céline Browning
Recurring
This event also occurs on 2/20/19, 2/21/19, 2/22/19, 2/23/19, 2/24/19, 2/25/19, 2/26/19, 2/27/19, 2/28/19, 3/1/19, 3/2/19, 3/3/19, 3/4/19, 3/5/19, 3/7/19, 3/8/19, 3/9/19, 3/10/19, 3/11/19, 3/12/19, 3/13/19, 3/14/19, 3/15/19, 3/16/19, 3/17/19, 3/18/19, 3/19/19, 3/20/19, 3/21/19, 3/22/19, 3/23/19, 3/24/19 and 3/25/19