Mattering the Soul
| Date |
12 a.m.
Tuesday, September 8, -
12 a.m. Friday, December 18, 2020 |
| Location | Olson Gallery - View maps and directions |
Event Description
Physically On View in the Olson Gallery: September 8 – December 18, 2020
After 37 years of teaching at Bethel, Wayne Roosa is retiring and we are celebrating his work with a physical exhibition and virtual art talk. Roosa's exhibition Mattering the Soul celebrates the union of the material and the spiritual, not in binary terms but as reciprocal terms. Their relationship is symbiotic, a Möbius paradox and pleasure, an elusive dynamic which is known more than thought. That knowing—that mattering—is best felt from inside the generative acts of creative making and resonant viewing. View the virtual tour of the exhibition here.
Wayne Roosa is University Professor of Art History, former Department Chair at Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota, and former Chair of the New York Center for Art and Media Studies, in New York City. He is also a practicing artist. His BFA and BA were earned at the University of Colorado; his PhD at Rutgers University. His essays on American painter, Stuart Davis have been published internationally. He has served as juror for the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Grants, as well as for the Minnesota State Arts Board. He was an Andrew Mellon Research Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and a National Endowment for the Humanities grant recipient for work on Stuart Davis at Harvard University. He has written catalogue essays for contemporary American artists including, Chris Larson, Failure (Hatje Cantz, 2008 and Gallery Magnus Müller, Berlin, Germany); Domestic Vision, Twenty-five Years of the Art of Joel Sheesley (Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press, 2008 and Valparaiso University); “Flooded” and Other Intimate Terrains by Cherith Lundin (Minnesota Center for Book Arts and Jerome Foundation, 2007); and Guy Baldwin’s kinetic art for Retrospectives: Guy Baldwin and Gary Hallman (Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, 2007), as well as an essay on forty-four contemporary artists, titled “Dancing in the Dark/Waltzing in the Mystery: Art About Faith,” for the exhibition and book, The Next Generation: Contemporary Expressions of Faith at MOBIA (Museum of Biblical Arts), New York City. He has contributed essays to Image, Arts, and Books and Culture. Most recently, he was commissioned for the article, Art and Religion (forthcoming, Wiley Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion. Editor: Charles Taliaferro; Associate Editor: Matthew Kapstein). His paintings have been shown in Minneapolis at the Traffic Zone Gallery, Gallery 308 and Form + Content Gallery; and in New York City at First Things Gallery, Buckley Memorial Gallery and NYCAMS.
Virtual Artist Talk followed by Conversation with the Artist: Oct 22 at 7pm - 8:15pm; View the recorded talk here.
Virtual Closing Reception with the Artist: December 10, 4-5pm
All events are free and open to the public—appointment for a physical gallery visit and registration for virtual events is required.
Physical Gallery Visit:
If you have a current Bethel ID:
Please visit the gallery any time during open hours, wear a face covering, and follow social distancing best practices. The space limit is 16 people in the gallery at one time.
If you are a Bethel community member and would like to bring an off-campus visitor to see the show:
Visitors will be asked health screening questions at the gate and will be required to comply by Bethel's mask and social distancing polices while on campus. Visitors can enter the building with a Bethel community member with a current Bethel ID.
If you are an Off-Campus Visitor:
Please contact m-westmark@bethel.edu
Virtual Event Sign-up:
Virtual Events are free and open to the public. Please request the Zoom link for either event here.
About the Artist:
Wayne Roosa is University Professor of Art History, former Department Chair at Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota, and former Chair of the New York Center for Art and Media Studies, in New York City. He is also a practicing artist. His BFA and BA were earned at the University of Colorado; his PhD at Rutgers University. His essays on American painter, Stuart Davis have been published internationally. He has served as juror for the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Grants, as well as for the Minnesota State Arts Board. He was an Andrew Mellon Research Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and a National Endowment for the Humanities grant recipient for work on Stuart Davis at Harvard University. He has written catalogue essays for contemporary American artists including, Chris Larson, Failure (Hatje Cantz, 2008 and Gallery Magnus Müller, Berlin, Germany); Domestic Vision, Twenty-five Years of the Art of Joel Sheesley (Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press, 2008 and Valparaiso University); “Flooded” and Other Intimate Terrains by Cherith Lundin (Minnesota Center for Book Arts and Jerome Foundation, 2007); and Guy Baldwin’s kinetic art for Retrospectives: Guy Baldwin and Gary Hallman (Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, 2007), as well as an essay on forty-four contemporary artists, titled “Dancing in the Dark/Waltzing in the Mystery: Art About Faith,” for the exhibition and book, The Next Generation: Contemporary Expressions of Faith at MOBIA (Museum of Biblical Arts), New York City. He has contributed essays to Image, Arts, and Books and Culture. Most recently, he was commissioned for the article, Art and Religion (forthcoming, Wiley Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion. Editor: Charles Taliaferro; Associate Editor: Matthew Kapstein). His paintings have been shown in Minneapolis at the Traffic Zone Gallery, Gallery 308 and Form + Content Gallery; and in New York City at First Things Gallery, Buckley Memorial Gallery and NYCAMS.
Image: From the Old Poets of China series, 14"x11", Chinese ink on paper, 2020
From the Old Poets of China series, 14"x11", Chinese ink on paper, 2020
Questions?
Contact Gallery Director Michelle Westmark Wingard at 651.638.6527 or m-westmark@bethel.edu.