IMPERIAL PRESS: THE NICK GEANKOPLIS SHOW OPENS AT THE MINGENBACK ART CENTER GALLERY
The Bethany College Department of Art presents Imperial Press: Nick Geankoplis Show. One privileged white, cis-het dudes' artistic rumination on Sino-Western complexities. The exhibit opened Monday, Jan. 16 through Feb. 17 at the Mingenback Art Center Gallery on the corner of Olsson and Second Street on the Bethany College campus.
Geankoplis, who is currently an assistant professor of art at Kansas State University, lived and worked in China for four years which greatly shaped this exhibit. “In the Tea & Coffee and Saccharine Series, Chinese factory produced decals made for ceramic tableware are taken and collaged with hobby craft decals from America and Europe. Using formal cues from Chinese landscape paintings, the partially inferable, semi-nonsensical narrative minuets of Western and Chinese patterns, kitsch, and relic, are re-contextualized in proximity to one another leaving them feeling familiar and yet foreign,” explains Geankoplis.
“Through this exhibition, students will see alternative methods to creating ceramic artwork and how to integrate life experiences into their art. In addition, our Art Professional Practices class will help with the installation as they learn gallery practices,” explains Rebecca Vega, Assistant Professor of Art.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Bethany College, established by Swedish Lutheran immigrants in 1881, is a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The mission of Bethany College is to educate, develop, and challenge individuals to reach for truth and excellence as they lead lives of faith, learning, and service. At Bethany, students join a community of dedicated educators and caring mentors who walk alongside them as they discover, explore, and navigate the path to their purpose. Bethany College is online at bethanylb.edu and is located in Lindsborg, Kansas, the fine arts and crafts capital of the state.
