Exhibition Currently on View Through November 5, 2022
Public Reception: Thursday, September 22.
Reception Time: 5:30-7:30 pm with artist’s talk at 6:00 pm
Snacks & refreshments will be provided.
Location: Masur Museum of Art, 1400 South Grand Street
FREE admission
* This exhibition is funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Louisiana Division of the Arts. *
About the Artist:
Joey Slaughter, an artist working out of Ruston, Louisiana, is an Associate Professor of Art at Louisiana Tech University. He creates abstractions from conversation, as if you could see sound waves from analogue and digital devices passing through and around people. Slaughter has exhibited widely throughout the US in both solo and group exhibitions.
Artist’s Statement About the Exhibition:
Everyone I know says they are busy, tired, and have a lot to balance. This show examines moving forward staying positive and appreciating living in this current moment. The work in Things Are Heavy range from poured paint skin collages to colorful rounded sculptures. The sculptures are attached to hand trucks as a way to show the potential of finding balance and finding helpful ways to move and navigate.