Zoë Charlton: The Domestic

Gallery Talk with Prof. Nicholas Miller, Asst. Professor of Art History, Gettysburg College: Feb. 27, noon, coffee and doughnuts provided.

In her exhibition titled "The Domestic," artist Zoë Charlton creates large-scale collages, drawings, and a sculptural installation that explore the " complexities of contemporary social and cultural stereotypes. Recurring imagery in Charlton's work --suburban houses, African masks, paper dolls, and lush landscapes--provides a new approach to issues and representations of black identity. "The Domestic" examines notions of care-taking across racial and class lines, the fragility and failings of a home, and the complications of gender and sexuality in relation to this intensely bodily work.

Zoë Charlton, Associate Professor of Art and Chair of the Department of Art at American University in Washington, DC, received her MFA degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her BFA from Florida State University in painting and drawing. Charlton has participated in residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and at The Creative Alliance in Baltimore, MD. Her work has been included in national and international exhibitions including the Contemporary Art Museum (Houston, TX), the Studio Museum of Harlem (NYC, NY), the Zacheta National Gallery of Art (Warsaw, Poland), Haas and Fischer Gallery (Zurich, Switzerland), Clementine Gallery (NYC, NY) and Wendy Cooper Gallery (Chicago, IL). Her exhibitions have been reviewed in ARTnews, Art in America, The International Review of African American Art, and The Washington Post, among other publications. Her work has been collected by many museums, including the Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; the Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, NY; Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, MA.

This exhibition is supported in part by Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, the Office of Multicultural Engagement, and EPACC, Gettysburg College.

January 25 - March 8

Schmucker Art Gallery

January 25, 4:30-6:30 p.m. - Beverages and light refreshments provided

Artist’s Talk: January 25, noon, Lyceum, Penn Hall, 3rd Floor
Conversation with artist to follow in Schmucker Art Gallery, 12:30-1pm, coffee and doughnuts provided