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CONCORDIA ART EXHIBITION OPENS ACADEMIC YEAR
Concordia College’s art exhibition “Again and again and again” opens Thursday, Sept. 1, and runs through Sept. 29, in the Cyrus M. Running Gallery. A public reception will take place from 4-5:30 p.m. with artist remarks at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, in the gallery.
The installation, inspired by a workshop led by the artist Rotem Tamir, transforms the gallery space into a workshop-like setting, in which handwoven woolen floor pillows lay scattered on woodworking tables. It feels as if their makers had just recently left the scene, barely finishing their last hand on these objects. The pillows are inspired by the research Tamir did on her own Libyan-Jewish heritage.
Tamir immigrated to the United States from Israel in 2011. Currently she serves as the assistant professor in sculpture at the department of art at the University of Minnesota. Her work has been exhibited at venues including Law Warschaw Gallery, St. Paul, Minn.; Locust Projects, Miami, Fla.; the Harn Museum, Gainesville, Fla.; and galleries in Tel Aviv, among others. Tamir has been awarded residencies including Sculpture Space, Utica, N.Y.; and Art OMI International Arts Center in New York. She received the Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship award; the Artis Exhibition Grant from artiscontemoprary.org, New York, N.Y., and recently the 2021 McKnight Fellowship for Visual Artists.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday.
The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. For more information call the art department at 218.299.4623.
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