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In this video, experience a first-hand walkthrough of the exhibition “Embodiment: The Personal and Universal Body”, featuring the work of Emily Brown, Paula Currie, Shuang Gou, Nijal Munankarmi, Alfredo “Freddy” Ortega, Raul Rodriguez, Eli Ruhala, Michael Scogin, Brandi Alyson Simpson, and Lauren Walker. This exhibition is co-curated by Abby Bryant, Alex Monge, Gabi Kaminski, and Katie Perroni and is on-view at Moudy Gallery.
“Embodiment: The Personal and Universal Body"
Moudy Gallery, Texas Christian University
January 18 - February 3, 2024
For the first time at Moudy Gallery, Embodiment brings into productive conversation works from two neighboring MFA programs, Texas Christian University and University of Texas at Arlington. In Embodiment, the role and significance of the body acts as a guiding thread between the diverse works of ten local, contemporary artists.
This exhibition features four TCU and six UTA MFA Graduate students, and displays a range of media, including painting, mixed media sculpture, digital collage and photography. TCU artists include Alfredo “Freddy” Ortega, Raul Rodriguez, Eli Ruhala, and Lauren Walker. UTA artists include Emily Brown, Paula Currie, Shuang Gou, Nijal Munankarmi, Michael Scogin, and Brandi Alyson Simpson.
Embodiment: The Personal and Universal Body highlights the paradoxical nature of the body in art. Contemporary artists consider how highly personal, tangible moments are mediated through the body. While a lived moment is unique to the subject, human experience is universal. Through the exploration of the body, this selection of work considers shared concerns of memory, conflict, history, belonging, and relationships as fundamental to human embodiment. As a universal medium, the body is largely taken for granted. It is not until one is confronted with the complexities of human existence- emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual elements- that the human form is fully appreciated. In this exhibition, the notion of embodiment is considered through three lenses: the fragmented body, the archived body, and the metaphorical body.
The fragmented body reveals the idiosyncrasies of human experience, highlighting the complex interrelationship of parts of the body to the whole. It allows viewers to question the monolithic nature of the body by investigating experiences related to particular sites within the human form. Meanwhile, the archived body considers how artists memorialize the body through image and text as both a method of preservation of and negotiation with the past. In this section, the body becomes an archive and reimagines itself through the archives. It becomes subject to revisitation and evolution through artistic intervention and interpretation. The metaphorical body explores the way in which artists use objects and symbols as supplements for their own human subjectivity. It is in paradoxical removal of the body that one becomes acutely aware of its role in enabling one’s own humanity.
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