{"id":2850,"date":"2019-12-19T14:13:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T19:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2020-08-04T10:51:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T14:51:05","slug":"solo-exhibition-in-walsh-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/2019\/12\/solo-exhibition-in-walsh-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Solo Exhibition in Walsh Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>GREGORY COATES: SHEER AUDACITY<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>January 13 \u2013 March 6, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Opening Reception: Thursday, January 30th (5pm to 8pm)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>#WalshGallery is please to present <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.shu.edu\/past-exhibits-2020\/1\/\"><em>Gregory Coates: Sheer Audacity<\/em><\/a>, a solo exhibition of recent work by the internationally renowned artist.<\/p>\n<p>A social abstractionist, Coates uses ordinary objects such as feathers, handbags, curtains and shipping pallets to weave stories about his experiences while simultaneously rousing personal associations for viewers with his chosen subjects and materials.\u00a0 Using art as a catalyst, Coates lures audiences into open-ended conversations to address varying societal concerns.\u00a0 Audiences are disarmed by Coates\u2019 use of textures, saturated colors and familiar objects that enables them to participate in a politically conscious dialogue that prioritizes their point of view.\u00a0 Gregory Coates created new work for this exhibition in an homage to the women in his life, and the strength they embody.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is curated by Gallery Director, Jeanne Brasile who notes \u201cCoates\u2019 objects are imbued with history, relevance, memory and identity \u2013 giving footing for visitors to voice their position on the subjects the artist addresses through his art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Programs associated with the exhibition include a Wikithon co-sponsored by the Seton Hall University Libraries, Art+Feminism and the Feminist Art Project at Rutgers University.\u00a0 Brooke Duffy, Coordinator of Instruction Librarian, organized the event at which attendees will be instructed how to edit or create Wikipedia pages, using the Miriam Shapiro Archive on Women Artists as reference.\u00a0 The event will take place on Wednesday, February 26<sup>th<\/sup> from 11am to 3pm in the Beck Rooms across from the Walsh Gallery. \u00a0No advance registration is needed, attendees may come and go during the event at which all are welcome.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is supported in part, by a regrant from the New Jersey Council on the Arts\/the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.shu.edu\/walshgallery\">The Walsh Gallery<\/a> is open 10:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday\u2014Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2851 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/files\/2019\/12\/GC.jpg\" alt=\"Gregory Coates &quot;My Feminine Side&quot; (detail)\" width=\"455\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/files\/2019\/12\/GC.jpg 864w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/files\/2019\/12\/GC-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/files\/2019\/12\/GC-768x698.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 85vw, 455px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GREGORY COATES: SHEER AUDACITY January 13 \u2013 March 6, 2020 Opening Reception: Thursday, January 30th (5pm to 8pm) #WalshGallery is please to present Gregory Coates: Sheer Audacity, a solo exhibition of recent work by the internationally renowned artist. A social abstractionist, Coates uses ordinary objects such as feathers, handbags, curtains and shipping pallets to weave &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/2019\/12\/solo-exhibition-in-walsh-gallery\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Solo Exhibition in Walsh Gallery&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3083,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,67,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exhibitions","category-library-news","category-walsh-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3083"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2850"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3173,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850\/revisions\/3173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}