IN

Connor Gautieri - IN

VIEW THE EXHIBITION Ι March 25 - March 29, 2024

Swift Gallery ι Breidenstine Hall (3rd Floor)
Reception ι  Wednesday, March 27, 2024 (6:00 - 7:30 pm)
Artist Talk ι March 27th, 6:30 pm

 

Gallery Hours ι  Standard business hours for Swift Gallery are Monday - Friday from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm. Hours are subject to vary in accordance with University established holidays (below) and the reception, gallery talk/s or awards ceremony.

About the Exhibition ...

IN is an exploration of interior physical space and the emotional properties we transpose onto these physical spaces  Connor's largely autobiographical work tells the story of physical illness, emotional turmoil and the transitioning of states.  He represents these through recurrent images of the self-referential minotaur.  The minotaur - an unseemly man with a bull's head - has many states, and represents Connor's experience with gender, agoraphobia, and physical disability.  He exists in a constant suspension, navigating rooms that range from empty to semi-furnished.  Other interior spaces become whirlwinds of recognizable line, color and symbol.  As the viewer circles Swift gallery, they can watch as these characters and spaces meld together into complete abstraction.

About the Artist ...

Connor Gautieri is an emerging artist from Williamsport, Pennsylvania and a Millersville University BFA candidate.  His work ranging from jewelry to painting, centers around the transient nature of identity and physicality.  He often represents these themes through the minotaur figure, whose ill-assorted bull's head and man's body makes reference to experiences with gender and physical illness.  His two-dimensional work can be described as distinctly abstract expressionist, allowing unconscious thought and symbolism to drive his utensil.  Gautieri's jewelry work incorporates synthetic materials and found objects, and are often vessels for objects with significance.  In his work, he takes art historical references, combined with personal experience, and twists them into his own cerbral image.