Reverend Ethan Acres
Sarah Beddington
Marc Dennis
Jennifer Dorsey
Joe Ovelman
Adam Pendleton
P. Elaine Sharpe
(things we like). Drawing from the expansive scope of contemporary art, curator Karyn Miller presents an intriguing selection of works by The Reverend Ethan Acres, Sarah Beddington, Marc Dennis, Jennifer Dorsey, Joe Ovelman, Adam Pendleton, and P. Elaine Sharpe.
( THINGS WE LIKE )
Conner Contemporary Art is pleased to announce "Seven More (things we
like)." Drawing from the expansive scope of contemporary art, curator Karyn
Miller presents an intriguing selection of works by The Reverend Ethan
Acres, Sarah Beddington, Marc Dennis, Jennifer Dorsey, Joe Ovelman, Adam
Pendleton, and P. Elaine Sharpe.
These seven diverse artists work in a wide array of complementary artistic
techniques and idioms ranging from Marc Dennis's naturalistic oil painting
of a rabbit to Sarah Beddington's videos of wind-up toy pets. Joe Ovelman's
photographs of himself engaged in illicit acts with strangers form a
provocative antithesis to the quirky Christian self-portraits in the
photographs of performance artist The Reverend Ethan Acres. Adam
Pendleton's text pieces riff on contemporary literature while P. Elaine
Sharpe evokes narrative by documenting crime scenes like the Gallows Hill of
the Salem Witch Trials and the house where the Speck nurses were killed.
Jennifer Dorsey also photographs specific places but suppresses their
distinctiveness to reveal the generic nature of found objects in consumer
culture.
opening night: Friday, July 2nd - 6 - 8pm
artists in attendance
Tues - Sat: 11 - 6pm.
Conner Contemporary Art is still located at 1730 Connecticut Avenue, NW -
2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20009. Hours: Tues-Sat: 11-6pm. For further
information, contact Karyn Miller @ + 202-588-8750