Gallery Talk with Melissa Warp and Daniel Witkowski
RIT City Art Space has a pair of concurrent shows running March 3-26, featuring the work of School of Design Senior Lecturer Melissa Warp and Daniel Witkowski '15 (photojournalism).
A gallery talk with the artists is set for 6 p.m. Friday, March 3, followed by an opening reception.
About the exhibitions
Melissa Warp: THIS LAND
"Near my upstate New York home and in my travels, I observe how landscapes have been transformed over time – particularly those on the fringes of cities. Most notably, I see small farms that sit on land that has now become too expensive for one family to own. In turn these farms are often swallowed up by developments or mono-crop agriculture. Our food continues to come to our tables from further away than it once did while we lose any lasting connections to its source. This Land illuminates the connections between various aspects of this common story, as one topic points to another and brings to light various concerns about the way land use continues to evolve."
Daniel Witkowski: SMUG DREAM
SMUG DREAM visualizes Rochester, NY’s downtown, post-Kodak (after its 2012 bankruptcy filing) and before the pandemic-induced shutdown of 2020. The title references Rochester's former nickname and the title of a 1957 book, Smugtown U.S.A. that satirized Rochester's 200 millionaires and the perks of being a "Kodak Man." SMUG DREAM uses Rochester's former Inner Loop (a stretch of highway that separated downtown from its surrounding neighborhoods both physically and economically) as a perimeter to show a more lucid visual reality of this diverse city, calling from the past and adding to the current discussions about the future of Rochester's inner city life.
Photo by Daniel Witkowski
Event Snapshot
When and Where
Who
Open to the Public
Interpreter Requested?
No