BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//School of Art | Carnegie Mellon University - ECPv4.6.24.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:School of Art | Carnegie Mellon University X-ORIGINAL-URL: X-WR-CALDESC:Events for School of Art | Carnegie Mellon University BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC-5:20171102T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC-5:20171202T170000 DTSTAMP:20190422T215444 CREATED:20171027T155509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171107T214611Z SUMMARY:Hadi Tabatabai: New CFA Installation DESCRIPTION:Coinciding with his exhibition at the Miller Gallery\, Hadi Tabatabai presents a new original installation in the College of Fine Art Great Hall for the wats:ON? Festival. The installation will open on November 2 with a reception at 5:00pm\, followed by a talk with the artist in Kresge Theatre at 6:00pm. \nThrough an elegant combination of drawing\, painting and sculpture\, Hadi Tabatabai’s work describes a place that is as much an idea as a physical location. These compositions embody liminality: that is\, they create a constant experience of sensations that exist at the limen\, or edge\, of perception. To bring about this state\, Tabatabai has removed all possible distractions. Narrative and figuration\, even figure and ground\, have been excised from these delicate combinations of squares\, rectangles\, and floating lines. \nTabatabai uses the physical nature of the materials to create subtle shifts within the surface plane. The lines are delineated by slightly raised or lowered edges of materials to create works that straddle the realm of the pictorial and the sculptural. Through the use of light and shadow\, depth of field\, and other optical obfuscations\, the positive and negative space in the paintings becomes indeterminate. His work evokes the relationship between what is imagined on the surface and what is actually rendered – in a sense questioning what is being ‘looked at’ or ‘seen’. \nFor the past twenty years\, Tabatabai has devoted his attention to a very tiny area – an area that comprises the physicality of a line and functions as the transitional space between two entities. He views the ‘line’ as empty space without an agenda or allegiance; it is neither here nor there. Tabatabai believes that by paying attention to this tiny\, subtle\, yet detailed space\, one is forced to turn away from the outside world and focus inward on one’s own interior space. \n URL: LOCATION:College of Fine Arts\, 214\, 5000 Forbes Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC-5:20171120T163000 DTEND;TZID=UTC-5:20171125T170000 DTSTAMP:20190422T215444 CREATED:20171114T141636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171120T203509Z SUMMARY:To Exist (Is to Be) DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Statement\n“To Exist (Is to Be)” is a joint exhibition constructed by Chantal Striepe and Jessica Tsai\, who are both interdisciplinary artists and seniors at Carnegie Mellon University. Delving into the human existence and their relationship to the cosmos\, this exhibition examines the dialogue between the human inclination to control their lives and role of the omnipotent\, omnipresent universe. The concept of time is addressed as a human construct and is reflected on in juxtaposition to the inexplicable\, continual forces of the cosmos. This way of the universe is embodied through the notion of balance and harmony\, which presents itself by way of opposing forces and the idea that something exists because something else exists in opposition to it. Time in its broadest sense is defined by the distinction between the “past\,” the “present\,” and “the future” as well as the distinction between the “day” and “night.” While human beings are endlessly trying to characterize and measure the world around them to better function and communicate cohesively and effectively\, the universe is the ultimate decision maker for the process of events and controlling force of the activities and outcomes in life.\n \n URL: LOCATION:Ellis Gallery\, School of Art 5000 Forbes Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,SOA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg: ORGANIZER;CN="School%20of%20Art" END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR