So Near, So Far
Recent work by Daniel White
September 8 - November 16
Reception: Thursday, September 18, 5-7 p.m.
ARTIST BIO
His earliest influences were illustration artists' works and later his ceramics background
played an important role. This created the DNA for the work that was to come much
later. The approach is a complex simplicity and rendering down to its most essential
elements. Doing this on the formal structure of oil on canvas is a way to bring playfulness
to an often otherwise serious medium.
Daniel White lives and works in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area. He is a seasoned arts
professional by day as the Director of the Paul R. Jones Museum and The University
of Alabama Gallery. He holds an MFA from The School for American Crafts at RIT (2002)
and a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Montevallo (2000). His artwork, embracing
playful informality and often self-reflective, can be found in private collections
across the United States.
ARTIST STATEMENT
So Near, So Far brings together bodies of work by Daniel White over the last several years. Layered between coats of oil paint, White infuses remnants of memory, truths, and half-truths to ask vulnerable questions: Does memory create its own landscape, or does it just make those events more bearable? In the end, does it all work out? What is real between us? What isn't real? There is just something tragic about growing up, and no one is spared the harsh truths. Before you know it, you cannot remember what it was like wandering down trails that led to nothing or holding your breath underwater. Memory is a push/pull and so is painting alongside art history. Often, it is stories begun in hard circumstance, turning into an adventure, and sometimes end well. The weight of art history is far heavier load on the brush than the paint. The weight of memory can be even heavier, and painting is always present with the past. What one has to do with both art history and memory is to turn a mirror onto both and ask questions. Make both accountable for what happened. These are the questions exploring: Where, through paint, does the trail end, do they survive the boat wreck, are we going to make it through?
Spring Thesis 2025
Multimedia Works by Graduating Students and Designers
April 28 - September 3
Reception: May 15, 5-7 p.m.
Image: Thesis exhibition
This senior thesis is showcasing the class of Spring 2025 from TROY's Art and Design department. This exhibition includes work by Emily Beaudry, Stuart Blake, Anna Katherine Kautz, Toni Jones, Zuri McDaniel, Mallory Burcham, Uyen Le, Katie Davis, Christian Bens, and Christian Quinones.