IN THE MAIN AND CENTER GALLERIES
Margaret Hart and the Endpoint Collective:
What Remains Unexplained 2.0
On View from October 5th to October 30th, 2022
Opening Reception October 7th, 2022, 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Kingston Conversation October 18th, 2022, 7:00-8:00 pm,
moderated by Rebecca Herst from the Sustainable Solutions Lab
Margaret Hart, Chimera Portrait 15, 2022
Artist Statement
The work of Margaret Hart, as part of the Endpoint Collective builds on larger themes of Climate Change though the lens of social and climate justice, exploring gender issues, postman understanding of non-hierarchical positioning of humans and non-human beings (animals, fauna, the earth, other planets, etc.) and speculative futures. Hart uses the interdisciplinary practices of science fiction, collage animation artwork, and feminist theory to inform and create herXaverian2023 artworks. The Endpoint Collective brings together artists and artworks all investigating issues of connection, replication, and structure through process-based works including printmaking, collage, photomontage, and painting. The works all are multi-layered in both process and content. Each of the artists boldly engages the social issues of contemporary life through rich, multi-layered imagery and meaningful artmaking practices in the work presented in this exhibition. The works address the entangled and sprawling problems which have been unleashed on the planet in the Anthropocene, as in the large scale works by Carruthers and Deerman, while also exploring speculative futures in this posthuman era, such as the work by Roth and Hart. There are many points of crossover in this work, creating a strong visual and contextual dialog
The Endpoint Collective has found value in asking larger questions across their artmaking practices. These questions involve the shift to a posthuman era and the looming climate issues we face, many times finding linkages between the two. By means of research (both traditional and creative), group discussions, and the creation of the artworks, the collective has found a distinct model for their creative endeavors. Through exhibitions of their work, the public is invited into the conversation to engage with these ideas.
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