Sunday Comics: The Creative Page explores both the history of the single, full-page comic in the early twentieth century, and the ways in which that iconic format has been interpreted by comic artists in the twenty first.
Before, After traces generations of Armenian resiliency through the common threads of loss and survival. The exhibition examines connections passed down through blood, migration, and history, from genocide to diaspora to belonging. Artists John Avakian, Anush Babajanyan, Silvina Der-Meguerditchian, Vahagn Ghukasyan, Jackie Kazarian, Diana Markosian, Talin Megherian, Marsha Nouritza Odabashian, Ara Oshagan and Levon Parian, Jessica Sperandio, Scout Tufankjian, and Mary Zakarian integrate artifact with abstraction, witness accounts with recreation, old materials reused, and new molds made. The Armenian experience—both past and present, before and after—is showcased through a range of mediums and practices, reflecting the repeating patterns of grief, healing, and reflection.
Juried by William Paterson Department of Art faculty members James Blasi, Andrea Geller Jablonski, Michael Rees, and Robin Schwartz, this exhibition showcases student artwork in diverse media.
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