Florida artist Rick Lang explores the cultural significance of signs posted in the rural South. Focusing on the body, Los Angeles artist Vina Lek and Brooklyn artist Dale Rio focus on the image of the body, contrasting our obsession with youth and fitness with the real and depicting changing attitudes towards adornment and alteration. Together, they make profound statements and raise provocative questions on American Identities that contribute to our understanding of ourselves, our land and our culture at the millennium. A reception will follow the lecture. The Gallery's fall semester exhibitions and programming are funded in part by the Sweetgrass Foundation, the SUNY Potsdam Student Government Association, the Friends of Gibson Gallery and the Potsdam College Foundation.
All programming related to the exhibitions is free, and the public is welcome to attend.
The Gibson Gallery is the recipient of a 1999-2000 Institute of Museum and Library Services General Operating Support Grant. Its regular hours are Monday through Friday, from noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday to Thursday, from 7 to 9 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, from noon to 4 p.m., except during school recesses and between exhibitions.