Art Gallery Presents Two New Exhibitions

The University Art Gallery will host an opening reception for two new exhibitions from 5-6:30 p.m. Oct. 17.

“I’ll be right here waiting for you to finish” by Emmett Ramstad is a site-specific installation utilizing paper towel dispensers, paper towels and tissue boxes to create an immersive experience for the viewer with familiar bathroom products. It investigates the idea of the bathroom as a place of comforting respite. This installation creates a small, quiet, contemplative space within the larger gallery. Ramstad will deliver an artist talk before the opening reception at 4 p.m. Oct. 17 in the main gallery.

“What We Inherit,” an exhibition by Chicago-based artists Janhavi Khemka, Maddie May and Thuong Hoài Tran, will be open in the Charlyn Gallery. Their practices examine the complexities of memory, familial stories, inherited objects and learned ways of navigating the world around them. Whether painful, lost or cherished, histories shape people’s lives and identities. Each artist’s works question their understanding of identity through artifacts of everyday ephemera, domestic space and family archives. The works presented in this exhibition link to collective memories and the stories they carry through intergenerational histories and differing backgrounds. They will present a virtual artist talk from 6-7 p.m. Nov. 13 via Zoom.

The University Art Gallery is located in Ophelia Parrish 1114. Reception and events are free and open to the public. These two exhibitions will be open from Oct. 17-Dec. 1. For more information visit gallery.arttruman.com.