Tony Hungerford Memorial Art Gallery Hosts Gallery Talk, December 5 The work of artist Paho Mann will be on view in the College of Southern Maryland’s Tony Hungerford Memorial Art Gallery through January 10 with CSM Professor George Bedell presenting details of this work at a gallery talk and reception at noon, December 3. Mann’s work investigates the physical manifestation of individuality, using both traditional photographic practices and contemporary digital. At CSM, Mann will present works from the Phoenix Recycling Project, which was commissioned in 2007 by the City of Phoenix through the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture’s Public Arts Program. Mann worked on the Phoenix Recycling Project as environmental awareness hit a new high in social and political dialogs, according to his website. For Mann, this awareness took two major forms: first, that the current rate of consumption of resources is unsuitable, posing a global environmental threat; and second, that this same consumption pattern has weakened the world economy. Central to his understanding of this project is how looking at what is owned and consumed reveals something about one’s identity and culture and this examination underlines the importance of making thoughtful choices in what is done with these […]
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