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Exhibit confronts gender perceptions
■Artists view ‘the filter of
sexuality’ from different
angles in a new display
By Eric Pfeiffer
Oregon Daily Emerald
A new exhibit at the University
attempts to examine different per
spectives on gender in modern
society. Through potentially con
troversial photographs and other
works of art, visitors to the Adell
McMillan Gallery at the Universi
ty can expose themselves to a va
riety of different viewpoints on
gender roles past and present.
“Y2G: Gender Perspectives in
the New Millennium” is spon
sored by the EMU Cultural Forum
and features seven artists from
around the country.
Patrick Merrill, an artist from
Diamond Bar, Calif., said he ap
proached the societal expecta
tions men face through his wood
cut paintings in the exhibit.
“Men must be a part of the dis
cussion of gender, not the dicta
tors,” he said. “My pieces attempt
to identify institutions of power
and to portray a strategy of resist
ance.”
Different perspectives on gen
der that are portrayed in the ex
hibit include Merrill’s vision of
the confined male, as well as oth
er artists’ interpretations of
women and gender ambiguity.
Portland artist Tamara Lischka
said she attempts to appreciate
the form of gender in her photo
graphs without an emphasis on
conventional roles.
“My work is about appreciating
form, without the filter of sexuali
ty,” Li schka said.
While the aim of the exhibit is
to examine gender, not all the
artists are pointing a moral finger.
Julia Babiarz, who contributed
her mixed media art exhibit
“Road Trip to Mexico,” said she
does not try to place herself above
the limits of cultural stereotypes.
“In this exhibit, I question a
women’s obsession with personal
beauty,” she said, “acts that I am
participating in at the same time I
question them.”
Some of the artists simply val
ue the opportunity that the Uni
versity can provide for new
artists.
“I think it is essential to have
new, fresh artwork on campus, so
that students can be exposed to
current directions in the arts,”
Babiarz said.
Others welcome the idea of
controversy with the exhibit, an
ticipating the attention it would
bring to their ideas.
“It should be controversial.
Artists are cultural critics,” Mer
rill said. “Controversy causes di
alogue, and through dialogue pos
sible compromises can emerge.”
The exhibit runs through May
12 in the Adell McMillan Gallery,
located on the second floor of the
Erb Memorial Union.
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