Gallery Exhibition: Heeseop Yoon
2015-01-21 09:00 - 2015-04-10 17:00 (America/New_York) | Rotary Ice House Gallery
January 21 – April 10
Ice House Gallery
Opening Reception: Thurs. February 5, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Illustrated Lecture: Wilson Hall Auditorium, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
I begin by taking photographs of interiors such as warehouses, storage spaces, junkshops and basements; places where everything is jumbled, disorganized and filled with piles of random stuff. From these photographs I construct a view and then start to draw freehand. I don’t make sketches or project images to make the drawings. Once I put lines on the surface I don’t erase or remove them. If I want to change the drawing I just add more lines on top of the existing ones. These ‘mistakes’ that I make in the process of my drawing appear as double or multiples lines as I apply ‘corrections’. They reflect the accumulation of time, and how my perception has changed and become less clear over time.
Most of the drawing installations are site-specific. I usually visit the site before I start the piece and take measurements of the space where I will install the work. Usually I have vague ideas about how the whole installation will sit in the space, but most of the decisions I make happen during the process of making the piece in the studio.
Most of my drawing installations are also room scale, so I work section by section in my studio and don’t usually get to see the entire drawing until I have finish installing it. The whole piece is attached to the wall with the same black masking tape that I use for the drawing. I give each Mylar sheet a number and make a map of the drawing that shows which number goes where, so installing the whole piece is just like a putting together a really big puzzle.
I am mostly attracted to representing claustrophobic environments and defunct objects. At the beginning, it started as more of a formal interest – I was attracted to these massive piles of things, and the anonymous, decontextualized quality they had. I wanted to make still life drawings that were about perception and mark-making rather than the narrative of the objects themselves. But the more I worked with claustrophobic spaces, I stared to realize that these are the spaces hidden within our lives. We have so many things that we forget about. We struggle for space for ourselves and for the things we own. Now I am interested in these as lost spaces.
My work deals with memory and perception within cluttered spaces. I begin by photographing interiors such as basements, workshops, and storage spaces, places where everything is jumbled and time becomes ambiguous without the presence of people. From these photographs I construct a view and then I draw freehand without erasing. As I correct “mistakes” the work results in double or multiple lines, which reflect how my perception has changed over time and makes me question my initial perception. Paradoxically, greater concentration and more lines make the drawn objects less clear. The more I see, the less I believe in the accuracy or reality of the images I draw.
Artist Website: heeseopyoon.com/

Dylan Scholinski
2015-03-05 09:00 - 2015-04-10 19:00 | Pollak Gallery
Lecture: March 26 at 2:30 p.m. | Pollak Theatre
Dylan Scholinski was born Daphne Scholinski. She was 15 years old she was locked up in a mental hospital, diagnosed as “an inappropriate female”, and spent the rest of her high school years undergoing extreme femininity training. Now 47 years old Dylan is a distinguished artist, author, and public speaker having appeared on 20/20, Dateline and Today to discuss his experiences and has been featured in a variety of newspapers and magazines. Recently his award-winning book The Last Time I Wore a Dress: A Memoir was listed in the Top 10 Must Reads in Out Magazines first transgender issue. His artwork not only portrays the anguish of his hospital years but also his ultimate triumph. Dylan is the founder/witness for the Sent(a)Mental Project : A Memorial to Suicide. He frequently opens his studio to a variety of Denver metro youth, to provide safe space to explore and discover ways of expressing and empowering themselves without bringing harm to themselves or others.
Dylan will be exhibiting his own work as well as examples of artwork by youth who have participated in his “lead with your heart” workshop. The idea is to use the image of the heart as a template to fill and show how your heart feels on the inside and to use the space outside of the heart to show what is affecting and influencing it. Each participant interprets the project their own way and displayed together the works collect the expressions of individual to show how the heart connects us all.

Gallery Exhibition: First Senior Exhibition - Graphic Design and Animation
2015-03-27 09:00 - 2015-04-04 14:00 | Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall
March 27 – April 4, 2014
Rechnitz Hall’s DiMattio Gallery
Opening reception: Friday, March 27, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Featuring the work of Monmouth University graduating seniors who will receive their degrees in Graphic Design and Animation.

Nine for IX: Let Them Wear Towels
2015-04-01 19:00 | Pollak Theatre
A look at how women sports reporters, Lisa Olson, Melissa Ludtke, Claire Smith, Lesley Visser, and Jane Gross fought to be accepted, regardless of gender, and create a harassment-free work environment. Nine for IX is a series of documentary films which originally aired on ESPN celebrating the 40th anniversary of Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in education. Four of the episodes will be screened during the year.
