re:(de)construction | 2023 MFA Exhibition Opening Reception

Artwork on poster by J Taran Diamond, Gallantry Took its Last Bow (John Jarrell)

The Athenaeum, the University of Georgia’s contemporary art space in downtown Athens, presents artworks by the Spring 2023 MFA class of the Lamar Dodd School of Art in the upcoming thesis exhibition re:(de)construction. Entering a graduate fine arts program during the height of the pandemic, these eleven artists have participated in a deep re-examination of the structures that govern society and material itself. re:(de)construction is a call and response on this theme through experiments in video, painting, print, photography, metals, clay, and sound. Artists in the exhibition include: AJ Aremu, Mickey Boyd, Zahria Cook, J Diamond, Shaunia Grant, Chad Hayward, Huey Lee, Jason Rafferty, Rachel Seburn, Ethan Snow, and Lee Villalobos.