Current

May 10
Ground Breakers: German Sculptures
on the Grounds of the FIA

November 14, 2009 – January 10, 2010
Ed Zelenak
Ford Graphics Gallery

January 16—April 18, 2010
Matthew Wead: Shooting Targets
Lobby

January 16—March 2, 2010
Childe Hassam: American Impressionist Prints from the FIA's Collection
Ford Graphics Gallery

January 23—April 18, 2010
Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts, and Beyond
Hodge Gallery

January 16 – April 18, 2010
Matthew Wead: Shooting Targets
Lobby

Matthew Wead’s Shooting Targets capture the feeling one gets when faced with one’s own mortality. Each print is based on real individuals that had been killed by police officers and who were later exonerated. The woodcuts examine the perspective of the civilian during confrontation with the police, which often escalates due to their fear of each other. The artist used himself as the model, recalling the fear from his own confrontation with police. He posed for the camera in an attempt to capture the emotion of what the victim looked like at the exact moment the gun was fired.

above image:
Matthew Wead
American, b. 1984
Sean Bell
woodcut on paper, 2009
36 x 24 inches
Gift of the artist, 2009.100

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