Seeing Again: An Exploration of Concepts in Margaret Walker’s ‘living’ and ‘dressing’
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Palinopsia from April 23 to May 17, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Rachel Schmid-James “The past often repeats itself” is a popular saying in the modern world, but there is much more truth in it than just surface level. When I am performing a task such as cooking or riding the train, I am hit with memories of holding my grandfather’s hand while boarding the MARC or getting flour all over myself while helping my grandmother make red beans and rice. In the Stamp Gallery’s latest exhibition Palinopsia, artist Margaret Walker breathes life into this ..read more
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Authenticity, AI, and the New East in Varvara Tokareva’s ‘Utopia’
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Palinopsia from April 23rd to May 17th, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by James Cho What is a utopia? Can one act as a facade to hide a dystopia? In Varvara Tokareva’s three Utopia pieces, she questions these same sentiments about the state of the USSR during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Alongside this inquiry, Tokareva also questions the authenticity of AI as a generative art form. Together, her work has viewers inquire about how we remember the nature of the USSR and how we currently perceive AI.  Varvara Tokareva, Utopia II (Screen Print ..read more
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Keeping Score: The Auto-Archive of Trevon Jakaar Coleman
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6M ago
Palinopsia from April 23, to May 17, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Trinitee Tatum Viewers must be active participants to uncover the exploration of my own identity, representation, and perceptions within established spaces and genre. Trevor Jakaar Coleman via website If the projections flicker and no one is around to see, will they still be in our memories? Do they hold the same weight when no one watches as when we sit and stare? Perhaps Trevon Jakaar Coleman’s series of experimental projections onto quilts, walls, and windows freeze when unv ..read more
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Spatial Exploration with Jill McCarthy Stauffer’s Works
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7M ago
Palinopsia from April 23 to May 17, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Oliver Foley In a gallery displaying flat works on a wall, the usual action by the engaged viewer is to stop walking and look deeply at the piece of interest. Art on a single plane does not encourage observation from all sides, it even prevents it. This is not the case with free-standing sculptures, like statues, kinetic pieces, or floor-mounted multimedia assemblages. When an artist chooses to add a third dimension to their work, engagement necessitates movement through space to p ..read more
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Exploring Reality in Palinopsia
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7M ago
Palinopsia from April 23 to May 17, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park What is palinopsia? Palinopsia refers to a fascinating visual phenomenon where individuals repeatedly see images even after the original visual stimuli have disappeared. In the exhibition Palinopsia, artists Trevon Jakaar Coleman, Jill Stauffer, Varvara Tokareva, and Margaret Walker offer their unique perspectives on what is real versus seen, inviting visitors to delve into the realm of perception and interpretation. According to Coleman’s website, his works aim to “challenge expectation, icono ..read more
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Community, Temporality, and Sociality in Charlotte Richardson-Deppe’s I Resist This 
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7M ago
I Resist This from March 4 to April 6th, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by James Cho How do we function as a community? How does one persist as an individual within a social group? By socialising and working together as part of a larger whole. The desire to recreate the metaphorical stitches of community is at the heart of Charlotte Richardson-Deppe’s artist residency project at the Stamp Gallery. Using the gallery as an open studio for visitors to observe her work, Richardson-Deppe sews together a variety of clothes to create multi-person soft scul ..read more
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What it Means to Linger
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7M ago
I Resist This from March 4 to April 6, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Reshma Jasmin The first time I visited Stamp Gallery’s I Resist This was on its fourth day open. The current exhibition takes the form of an artist residency, which means that the artist, Charlotte Richardson-Deppe, would be working on the pieces for the exhibition in the gallery itself throughout the course of the program. I had met Richardson-Deppe prior to this exhibition, but I didn’t know her in the context of her work as an artist. I also had never encountered a behind-the ..read more
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Soft Sculpture: Spaces Between the Stitches
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I Resist This from March 4, to April 6, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Trinitee Tatum Ancient statues rise from the cold, marble floors of their enclosures, their colors faded and forgotten with time. The Statue of Liberty has now cloaked itself in a sea foam green, long separated from its copper origins. Mastery of such austere, “noble” materials has defined the sculptor’s craft for millennia; however, for as long as traditional art has existed, there has been resistance to the status quo. The lengthy history of “fine art” in Western canon has b ..read more
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Construction Zone: Engaging with Evolving Spaces
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8M ago
I Resist This from March 4 to April 6, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Oliver Foley If you have visited the University of Maryland any time in the past decade, you are likely familiar with the ubiquity of construction zones across campus. It is a regular occurrence to encounter the fenced-off skeletons of new buildings, neon orange barriers around purple line construction, and cones surrounding freshly-poured sidewalks of College Park. Areas undergoing transition are often observable by passersby, but rarely allow up-close engagement for those outs ..read more
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Exploring Independence and Interdependence Through I Resist This
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Placeholder from March 4 to April 6, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Ellen Zhang The conflict of independence versus interdependence has always been a silent yet prominent theme in human life. From a young age, we crave independence with stubborn I-can-do-everything-by-myself attitudes that continue into our adulthood. However, humans are fundamentally social creatures, relying on the people around us to achieve some sense of fulfillment. Expressions of independence and interdependence often manifest in intriguing ways. Charlotte Richardson-De ..read more
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