March 31 – April 5
Closing Reception: Friday, April 4, 5-7pm
Location: Backspace Gallery, Art Lofts, 111 N Frances St, Madison, WI
Karst is a silver gelatin exhibition that investigates the concept of a katabasis—a mythic descent into the subterranean underworld—as an allegory for exploration into the past and the subconscious. Through pairing documentations of the Appalachian caves she once explored with her late father with archival ephemera, the artist creates layered, textured photographs that serve as evidence of mythic spaces. Using expired silver gelatin paper, scarred by time and light, the work blurs the boundaries between the supernatural, the subterranean, and the realm of memory. The resulting photographs serve as evidence of the visual reconstructions we create while encountering the mysticism produced when time and depth work in tandem.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Art MFA Qualifier Exhibition season continues with Nika McKagen’s art exhibition. The qualifier solo exhibitions are presented by the graduate students during their fourth semester as the evaluation review of their creative work to qualify for advancement in the MFA program. Come view the work and research by our newest cohort of developing artists!