Write a commentAll That Remains features artwork by two SUNY Oswego art faculty members, Peter Cardone and Christopher McEvoy.
While each artist explores themes of slippage, memories, and the push pull of reality, their artworks engage these concepts in very different ways.
Cardone’s photographic series depicts the Lighthouse at the H. Lee Maritime Museum and scenes of the Great Lakes and Lake Ontario. The images of the Lighthouse are devoid of people or living things. They feature liminal interior spaces with views of the lake shown through another frame such as a door or a window. Other works look down on the water from a higher vantage point framing the view with bits of roof, gutter, and railings. Cardone says, “The photographs simultaneously generate feelings of presence and absence. Standing by the water, I feel grounded in a particular place and time. Yet, as I look out, I am untethered from the present, tracing the water’s path to memories of other lakes, oceans, places, and people.”
Christopher McEvoy’s abstracted paintings inhabit the gap between perception and imagination. His large paintings are heavily layered with organic and geometric components. These forms overlap, fuse, and create conflicting linear perspective. This evokes a feeling of falling apart and coming together simultaneously. McEvoy says, “These aren't paintings about confusion but consciousness. In fractured moments and invented landscapes, I witness my own daily negotiations with meaning—the constant work of assembling coherence from fragments.”
Exhibit Related Programming:
- Oct. 28, 2:20pm: Maritime Museum Presentation and Artist talk with Michael Pittavino and Peter
Cardone - Oct. 28, 4:30pm: Poetry Reading and Art Talk featuring Chris McEvoy, Laura Donnelly, Stephanie
Pritchard, Albert Abonada, and JR Walsh. - Nov. 14, 5:00pm: Closing Reception
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday: 2-6pm, Saturday – Sunday: 11am- 3pm
Closed on Mondays, holidays, and when classes are not in session.
Classes and groups may arrange after hours visitation.
Please contact Davana Robedee at davana.robedee@oswego.edu if you are interested in scheduling a class or group visit outside of visiting hours.
