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Curated by: 
Whitney Lynn
2nd Sat Reception: 
Saturday, January 9, 2016 - 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Exhibition Dates: 
Jan 6, 2016 to Jan 30, 2016
Gallery Hours (or by appointment): 
Wednesday-Saturday, 2-6pm

Mistaken Impressions is a multi-media exhibition challenging relationships of perception, cognition, illusion and truth through conceptually deceptive objects, videos, photographs, and works on paper.

For centuries, artists have deployed trompe l’oeil techniques to create “tricks of the eye,” rendering playful illusions that raise questions about the nature of art and perception. Continuing in this tradition, and expanding upon its history, the exhibition seeks to confront complex relationships to visual truth through the manipulation of materials and forms.

The works include wryly humorous attempts at fakery; explorations of the body; metaphors regarding race and gender; alchemical experiments; recreations of personal documents; invented mythologies; and objects that are not at all what they seem.


Participating Artists

Susi Brister
Nelson Enrique
C.A. Greenlee
Bean Gilsdorf
Michael Hall
Rebecca Hall
Mark Harris
Amanda Kline
Melissa Koziebrocki
Tony Labat
Jennifer Locke
Steven Vasquez Lopez
Mads Lynnerup
Mie Hørlyck Mogensen
Marcela Pardo Ariza
Wilfredo Prieto
Stephanie Rohlfs
Lauren Ruth
Virginia Samsel
Chris Sollars
Tim Sullivan
Chris Thorson
Lindsey White
Megan Wynne


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Mistaken Impressions is free, open to the public, and includes a Creative Station - all ages art activities hosted in our classroom during the 2nd Saturday opening reception.

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