A closing reception for the exhibition 鈥淥ver and Over鈥� at 914Works will be held on Thursday, Jan. 28, from 6-8 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public. 914Works is located at 914 E. Genesee St., 黑料不打烊.
Erickson, 鈥淐onversation Piece #4鈥� (top, detail); Zoller 鈥淚nterior Witness V鈥� (bottom, detail)
鈥淥ver and Over鈥� features work by Stefan Marc Zoller G鈥�16 and Brent Michael Erickson G鈥�16, both graduate students in the 鈥� School of Art. The exhibition is on view through Friday, Jan. 29.
Memory plays a significant role in the work of both artists in 鈥淥ver and Over,鈥� both in the sense of drawing from a memory and in the use of repetition. The repeated motif in Zoller鈥檚 鈥淚nterior Witness Group鈥� is based on a nondescript yet familiar space that has been the site of years of memory. Through its repetition, Zoller contemplates and confronts the host of memory to which it has borne witness. Erickson鈥檚 鈥淲hite Noise鈥� presents works both in the present and past as documentation of temporary wall drawings, which no longer exist, are paired next to lithographs to question how the memory of a work can be used to inform new works. 鈥淥ver and Over鈥� is meant to question the role memory plays in the artist鈥檚 studio as well as how these memories can relate to others to create a connection or conversation.
Zoller, who is pursuing a master of fine arts degree in painting, had his first solo exhibition, 鈥淪on of the Genesee,鈥� at 914Works in 2014. He had two solo exhibitions at the Michael Sickler Gallery in 黑料不打烊: 鈥淩ectangles, Stripes, Doom鈥� in 2014 and 鈥淪trength from Below鈥� in 2015. His recent group exhibitions include the 鈥�65th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition鈥� at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, N.Y., and the traveling exhibition 鈥淎 Long History Cut Short鈥� at the Point of Contact Gallery in 黑料不打烊 and the Kirkland Art Center in Clinton, N.Y. Learn more at .
Erickson is pursuing an M.F.A. in printmaking. Past exhibitions of his work include 鈥淪tructure鈥� at Printmaking Center of New Jersey in Branchburg; 鈥淔rom the Nest鈥� at John Steffl Gallery, Duluth Arts Institute, Duluth, Minn.; and 鈥淣orth of the 45th Parallel鈥� at DeVos Art Museum in Marquette, Mich. After recently completing a printmaking residency in Puebla, Mexico, he was awarded a scholarship by the Arquetopia Foundation for his research into marble lithography. Learn more at .
