Dominican University’s art gallery will open its 2011-2012 exhibit season with Fictional Landscapes, a two-person exhibition featuring the work of Young Cho and Amy Honchell. The exhibit will run September 21 through October 29.
Cho, an artist in residence for the textile department at Lillstreet Art Center, is known for work which re-imagines her observation of and participation in daily events. Beginning with a realistic recall of the events, her imagination morphs the images into fragmented psychological fiction. What begins as an authentic event evolves into an imaginative yet vulnerable tale of social experiences complete with tactile and sculptural characters.
The drawn and sculpted landscapes of Honchell, associate dean for academic affairs for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, are inspired by hidden boundaries such as topography, weather patterns and bodily systems. Her site-specific installations are designed to allow viewers to explore the sense of touch in a visual way.
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The O’Connor Art Gallery is located on the fourth floor of Lewis Hall on Dominican’s Main Campus, 7900 Division Street, River Forest. Exhibits, panels and receptions are free and open to the public. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. For more information, contact Angela Bryant at abryant@dom.edu.
Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive, coeducational Catholic institution offering bachelor’s degrees through the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and master’s degrees through the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the Brennan School of Business, the School of Education, the Graduate School of Social Work and the School of Continuing Studies. The university also offers a doctoral degree in library and information science. In the 2011 issue of America’s Best Colleges, U.S. News & World Report ranked Dominican University in the top 20 of Midwest master’s level universities. The magazine also ranked Dominican as one of three Great Schools at a Great Price in Illinois.
