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The Pendulum
Elon’s latest art exhibit is ‘Off thie Wall’
Ryan Howard
Jeff Heyer / Photo Editor
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An exhibition of wall-mount
ed sculptures titled “Off the
Wall” is now on display in the
Isabella Cannon Room in the
Center for the Arts. Elon students
will have the opportunity to view
sculpture created by North
Carolina artists until Oct. 2.
Students who spent all their
money at the poster sale last
week need not worry, “Off the
Wall” is free. The exhibition will
be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to
the public.
An opening reception was
held Monday night from 5 p.m.
to 7 p.m. Artists were on hand to
discuss and answer questions
about their work.
One of the most eye-catching
pieces is Jan Chenoweth’s “Heart
Series,” a display of small, color
ful heart sculptures that cleverly
depict well-known cliches. “Cold
hearted” is a silver heart with
nails stabbed into it, “heartland”
is a heart with a simple landscape
painted on it, and “heart attack”
has small cowboy and Indian fig
ures facing off on top of the
heart. The display is also slightly
unconventional. The titles of the
individual hearts are written in
pencil directly on the wall, with
arrows snaking over
from the name to the
heart.
Chenoweth usual
ly works with con
crete and steel, and
said her work is not
generally representa
tional. Many of the
hearts on display she
created specifically
for this exhibition.
Chenoweth said she
enjoyed the departure
from her usual medi
um.
“1 started to think
of all the different
things you could do
with hearts. I was just
having a lot of fun,”
Chenoweth said.
Several students
found Roger
Halligan’s “Superior Model”
interesting. It was a stone slab
constructed of fiber reinforced
cement over polystyrene which
Halligan said is “basically styro
foam.” It is painted vibrant red
and yellow and letters from a
Dodge truck have been placed to
spell out GOD 150 inside. Next
to it is a brief newspaper article
aboiit the Catholic Church stat
ing that its beliefs are superior to
all others.
“1 think it means that God can
be anywhere or anything, no
matter how simple,” sophomore
Leslie Mumme said.
Junior Melanie Neal was
sketching one of Carolyn Owen’s
sculptures titled “Medallion #5”
for her Drawing I class.
“I’m really drawn to the pat
tern,” she said. “Even though it’s
really jagged and angular, it still
has a circular shape. I’m just
very interested in patterns.”
Owen designed the sculptures
so that when lit, they would cast
shadows on the wall in interest
ing patterns. She wanted to cre
ate something that normally is
not thought of as t)eing a wall
decoration.
“We think of walls with paint
ings that are square, so this is a
little different,” Owen said.
Mike Sanford is the curator of
the exhibition. He, as well as
most of the sculptors with works
on display at this exhibition, is a
member of Tri-State Sculptors.
“I wanted to bring sculpture to
Elon,” Sanford said.
The problem is that the
Isabella Cannon Room is often
used for meetings and other
events, so no freestanding sculp
tures can be placed in the middle
of the room.
“We have a gallery that ha? a
limited exhibition possibility,”
Sanford said.
His solution was to display
wall-mounted sculpture around
the room. That way the floor
space is still available for use,
and students can still come and
see the artwork.
The result of Sanford’s efforts
is the “Off the Wall” exhibition.
It features works by the afore
mentioned artists as well as Juan
Logan, Kristin Gudjonsdottir,
Dawn Stetzel, Ginger Spangler,
Mark Brown, Greg Shelnutt and
Michael Pels.
“I just wanted to put some
thing together that’s fun and var
ied,” Sanford said. “Something
with tremendous variety.”
Contact Ryan Howard at pendu-
lum@elon.edu or 278-7247.
Jeff Heyer / Photo Editor
The atxjve worls are currently on display in the Isabella Cannon room until
Oct. 2 as part of the “Off the Wall' alternative art series.