"Half-Life" Digital Photomontage, 2009
"Black Rain" Digital Photomontage, encaustic on board, 2009Pam Caughey's exhibition entitled "Half-Life" will be on display at the University Center Gallery, November 2-25, 2009.
In her own words:
I was deeply impacted by what I saw while visiting relatives in Nagasaki
and Hiroshima, Japan. These cities show few traces of the atomic bombs
of 1945; yet, the scars, reminders and memorials remain. Bodies
vaporized by the explosion have left afterimages of human shadows etched
on building walls. The repercussions, immediate and delayed, affect
future generations on both psychological and genetic levels. Yet
life perseveres despite thousands of designs to destroy it. With
macro and micro images, this exhibit attempts to explore what can never
be fully expressed—the horrific threat of mass destruction on a global scale and Hiroshima, Japan. These cities show few traces of the atomic bombs
of 1945; yet, the scars, reminders and memorials remain. Bodies
vaporized by the explosion have left afterimages of human shadows etched
on building walls. The repercussions, immediate and delayed, affect
future generations on both psychological and genetic levels. Yet
life perseveres despite thousands of designs to destroy it. With
macro and micro images, this exhibit attempts to explore what can never
posed by 8200 latent warheads—as well as the hope and contemplation
of what may lie beyond.
An Opening reception will be held on Thursday, November 5th from 5:00 - 7:00 pm.
Pam will also be presenting a public lecture: "Art in the Age of Terrorism", November 10th, 11:10-noon, SS 356.
