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War Games - Solo Exhibition by Professor Céline Browning

Céline Browning, "In the palm of his hand," 2015

Date and Time

Friday, March 22, 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

[email protected]

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, 3/6/19, 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, 3/23/19, 3/24/19 and 3/25/19

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