Steady/ Retcon

Master of fine arts (M.F.A.) candidates in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will present the thesis exhibition “Steady/Retcon.”

The exhibition features the work of 29 M.F.A. candidates from VPA’s School of Art, School of Design, and Department of Film and Media Arts. Curated by Laura Dvorkin ‘06, “Steady/Retcon” is part of a multi-venue exhibition divided among three Syracuse University exhibition spaces: the Syracuse University Art Museum, Point of Contact Gallery, and the Sue and Leon Genet Gallery.

The artists in this exhibition are evaluating and reframing their personal histories, traditional standards of art-making, and history as a whole. While in everyday life the constant introduction of so-called “facts” and opinions appear erratic, the investigations held within the artworks in the exhibition are much more intentional, slower-paced, steady. They are careful and curious assessments removed from the web of media and into meticulously presented ideas.

The exhibition schedule is as follows. Please visit each venue’s website for specific visitor information and hours.

Syracuse University Art Museum
Shaffer Art Building, Main Campus
Gallery reception: April 7, 5-7 p.m.
Exhibiting artists: Sam Azghandi, Aaron Burleson, Manya Gadhok, Jana Herman, Xuan Liu, Lebogang Neo Matseke, Valeria Chikaodile Oha, Shuoran Zhou, Zhu Zhu, Michael Christopher Zuhorski

Point of Contact Gallery
350 West Fayette St., Syracuse
Gallery reception: April 14, 5-7 p.m.
Exhibiting artists: Patrick Boehmcke, Kevin Frazier, Sierra Haynes, Douglas Johnson, Tamara Jordan, Mike Kalish, Ting Kang, Alex Kulick, Leah Bella Zinder

Sue and Leon Genet Gallery
350 West Fayette St., Syracuse
Gallery reception: April 21, 5-7 p.m.
Exhibiting artists: Zhiying Chen, London Ladd, Muge Li, Xuan Liu, Yanyi Liu, Andrea Osby, Braeden Raymer, Moesha Wright, Kaicheng Yang, Yuru Zheng

Image: Shuoran Zhou, “Cradle”