DURHAM—Two new exhibitions — featuring the work of internationally acclaimed artist and cultural activist Chris Jordan, and works of art recently acquired by the Museum of Art, UNH — will be on view beginning January 28. “Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers” and “What’s New: Recent Additions to the Collection,” will open to the public with a preview reception on Friday, January 27, from 5-7p.m. The Museum of Art is located in the Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way at the University of New Hampshire in Durham.
“Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers” features 16 large-scale digital images that explore contemporary mass culture from a variety of photographic and conceptual perspectives. Walking the line between art and activism, beauty and horror, and abstraction and representation, his fabricated landscapes ask us to consider our own multi-layered roles in the deterioration of our environmental surroundings. These thought provoking images use the language of statistics to examine issues important to contemporary American culture through the depiction of specific quantities of something tangible—the number of cell phones retired each day or the number of plastic bottles used in the United States every five minutes. By translating these numbers into photographs, he asks viewers to question their responsibilities in a society that is increasingly based on consumption.
In conjunction with “Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers,” the Museum of Art and the UNH Sustainability Academy have announced a UNH Student Image and Video Contest: “What Sustainability Means to Me.” The goal of the contest is to create a collection of thought-provoking videos and images showcasing the sustainability commitment and actions UNH students are undertaking and to make these videos and images available to the public.
“Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers” is co-sponsored by the UNH Sustainability Academy and the Museum of Art, with additional support from The Carsey Institute, The Center for the Humanities, The Office of Inclusive Excellence Initiatives, and The Office of the Provost, UNH. All works are courtesy of Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles.
Photo caption: Chris Jordan, Cans Seurat, 2007, pigmented ink-jet print, 60” x 92” (Courtesy of the Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles)
“Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers” features 16 large-scale digital images that explore contemporary mass culture from a variety of photographic and conceptual perspectives. Walking the line between art and activism, beauty and horror, and abstraction and representation, his fabricated landscapes ask us to consider our own multi-layered roles in the deterioration of our environmental surroundings. These thought provoking images use the language of statistics to examine issues important to contemporary American culture through the depiction of specific quantities of something tangible—the number of cell phones retired each day or the number of plastic bottles used in the United States every five minutes. By translating these numbers into photographs, he asks viewers to question their responsibilities in a society that is increasingly based on consumption.
In conjunction with “Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers,” the Museum of Art and the UNH Sustainability Academy have announced a UNH Student Image and Video Contest: “What Sustainability Means to Me.” The goal of the contest is to create a collection of thought-provoking videos and images showcasing the sustainability commitment and actions UNH students are undertaking and to make these videos and images available to the public.
“Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers” is co-sponsored by the UNH Sustainability Academy and the Museum of Art, with additional support from The Carsey Institute, The Center for the Humanities, The Office of Inclusive Excellence Initiatives, and The Office of the Provost, UNH. All works are courtesy of Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles.
Photo caption: Chris Jordan, Cans Seurat, 2007, pigmented ink-jet print, 60” x 92” (Courtesy of the Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles)
