SAN ANGELO, TX — Angelo State University will present a free public art exhibit by Jeffrey Dell, a professor in the School of Art and Design at Texas State University, starting Tuesday, January 16, in the Carr Education-Fine Arts (EFA) Building, 2602 Dena Drive.
Titled "Five Stories - One with Variations," the exhibit of Dell's dynamic prints will be on display in the Carr EFA Building's Gallery 193 and will be open for free public viewing on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through March 1.
Dell will also present a gallery talk about his exhibit on Thursday, February 29, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 101 of the Carr EFA Building. This event will also be free and open to the public.
Dell's work is deeply rooted in the dynamics of human perception - the depiction of space, color and pattern recognition. It also illustrates pareidolia, the phenomenon of seeing human characteristics, particularly faces, in non-human things.
Jeffrey Dell, a professor in the School of Art and Design at Texas State University
(Credit: Angelo State University)
"Especially when we are discussing art as 'something worth looking closely at and reading,' perception is a complex give-and-take between the object and the viewer," Dell said. "Strictly speaking, everything we ever see is mostly conjecture in our own head. Even color is our own interpretation of waves of energy. We see what we want or expect to see based on experience, disposition, and the limits of our humanness. I desire an art that is equally grounded in play, popular culture, and thoughtful engagement of what it means to be human."
A native of Santa Monica, Calif., Dell earned his bachelor's degree in studio art with an emphasis in ceramics at Hamline University in Minnesota. He then moved into printmaking and worked as a graduate assistant at Bucknell University for two years before earning his Master of Fine Arts in printmaking from the University of New Mexico. He was also a two-year Fellow at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, Italy. He has taught art at Texas State University since 2000.
Dell has exhibited his artwork at shows and galleries across the U.S., as well as in Italy, Germany and South Korea. His art is also in the collection of the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas. More details and examples of his work are available on his website at jeffreydell.com.
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