TCNJ Student Elvira Logorda to Present at Artworks Trenton

2013 Feb 28

The College of New Jersey Center for the Arts is pleased to announce that an exhibition of new student paintings entitled Control, Alt, Delete will be presented at Artworks Trenton from Friday, March 1 to Sunday, March 31, 2013. The exhibition will include paintings and sculptures produced by Elvira Logorda, resident of Ewing, and classmates currently enrolled in Advanced Painting at TCNJ.

Control, Alt, Delete takes its theme from the new and varied ways that contemporary painting is influenced by digital media. Led by Professor Greg Thielker, students in the Advanced Painting classes at the College of New Jersey use this theme to create paintings that are based on digital sources, filters, and tools along with traditional techniques. Rather than spelling the irrelevance of painting as contemporary art medium, these influences have served to reinvigorate the paintings in this exhibition with new colors, techniques, and sources. Students have used the flexibility of paint to make reference to the blur of photography, pixilation of low-res imagery, and even the colors of infrared cameras. Paintings in the exhibition function as exploration of the digital sources and reinterpretation by the artists. The title of the exhibit is a reference to the ability to interrupt processes on the computer, effectively freezing a way of looking. Painting can be this interrupted moment, allowing us to consider the complex visual dynamics at work in the digital realm.

Artworks is Trenton's premier downtown visual arts center. They look to promote artistic diversity by fostering creativity, learning, and appreciation of the arts. They have many classes, exhibitions, and events throughout the year that make art an accessible experience for all. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday from 11:00AM-6:00PM and on Saturdays from 11:00AM-4:00PM. For more information, please visit http://artworkstrenton.org/