The Handwerker Gallery at Ithaca College is pleased to present CHANGING FASTER THAN THE WEATHER a solo exhibition by Will Hutnick. The show will be on view from March 21st through April 22nd , and we will host an opening reception on Thursday, March 21st from 5 – 6:30pm. In addition to the work on view in the Gallery, Hutnick will remain on campus, creating a unique mural in the Whalen music building which will remain on long term loan through the summer of 2025. Hutnick expects to complete the mural in time for his artist talk on March 26th at 5pm in the Handwerker Gallery.
The Handwerker Gallery at Ithaca College is pleased to also present RED PARABLES a solo exhibition by Geethanjana Kudaligamage. The show will be on view from March 21st through April 22nd, and we will host an opening reception on Thursday, March 21st from 5 – 6:30pm. Kudaligamage will offer a walk-through/talk about his work at the reception at 5:30pm.
Will Hutnick’s lively creative practice uses a range of traditional formal and technical approaches that result in a decidedly nontraditional body of work. Radical juxtapositions and repeated patterns abut color bars, gradients, and stenciled forms alluding to digital artifacts we have seen flicker past the many screens ubiquitous in daily life. Hutnick’s works further disorient through ambiguous figure/ground relationships and jarring transitions which remind us of the competition for our attention happening on screens. Hutnick has described his work as a queering of the landscape, leaving us to question whether the glitch is a bug or a feature in his dynamic mixed media paintings.
Geethanjana Kudaligamage's artistic journey has been profoundly influenced by the tumultuous and violent events of the Sri Lankan civil war spanning from 1983 to 2009. The birthplace of the "modern" suicide bomber, the Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka's civil war left an indelible mark on his work, fueling a relentless pursuit to confront and reconcile the horrors of the past through art. Sri Lanka's landscape serves as a poignant and enduring muse that continues to shape his artistic expression to this day. Titles such as "But I smell gunpowder" "Burning and the looting," and "Trojan Bird" evoke the visceral imagery and emotional weight of living in a conflict zone, where violence and loss were daily realities. These evocative titles offer a glimpse into the complex interplay of colonial trauma and survival.
Also, Are you a graduating senior who has taken at least one class in the Department of Art, or a Park Student who has taken the fall or spring 24 Senior Project/Exhibition class in the Department of CPMA? if so you may be eligible to participate in the Senior Show...click here to apply
