September 2018 College News

TEXAS STATE GALLERIES The Texas State Galleries are physically located within the School of Art & Design at Texas State Universit y. JILL O’BRYAN AUGUST 27 – SPETEMBER 19, 2018 Tis exhibition pairs Jill O’Bryan’s Ground and Breath Drawings, two separate but related bodies of work. Te Ground Drawings (or “Frottages”) are made in New Mexico’s high desert, where the artist rests oversized sheets of paper along the mesa and then rubs them with graphite. In so doing, O’Bryan renders an intricate impression not only of a moment within the rock’s geologic formation, but also of her singular interaction with the ground. Te result is a landscape drawing at once detailed and vast in scale. O’Bryan’s Breath Drawings also have a corporeal quality. On square sheets of rice paper, the artist registers her breaths in hours-long sessions, over days, weeks, and years. Her record-keeping textures the paper with each breath marked and layered upon its surface. UPCOMING EXHIBITION: Faculty Exhibition September 28 - October 17 Opening September 28, 5 – 6 PM To fnd out more, please visit: www.txstgalleries.org 4 | September | College News