Semblance

Semblance presents lens and time-based works that share the elements of performance, ritual and illusion. Artists Sama Alshaibi, Neil Chowdhury, Kim Keever, Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Laura Shill, and Janaina Tschäpe utilize narrative to explore ambiguous boundaries between the real and the imagined.

Whether at first cloaked and later revealed, or simply drawing us into an enigmatic narrative without clear linear progression, the photographs and video works navigate a reality not clearly identified.… Show more These artists use the passage of time, performance, constructed landscapes, ambiguity of scale, and layering to blur the boundary between real and imagined.

Further suggestions of the tenuous line between truth and fiction play out in resplendent scenes of the body engaging, struggling and blending into the environment. Semblance was curated by Tomiko Jones, Assistant Professor of art at MSU Denver and Cecily Cullen, Creative Director at the Center for Visual Art, MSU Denver.

Opening reception February 21, 6-9pm

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