Doug Barrett – The Vanishing Point of Our Frontier

This exhibition round includes works provided by Doug Barrett which will be on view in the Second Floor Connector Gallery from October 2 – November 23 2024.  Lowe Mill A&E invites patrons and art lovers to join us for Open Studio Night, a building-wide experience when our over 150 studios will be open to the public.  The evening also includes receptions for all seven of our gallery spaces. This series gives the public a chance to meet and interact with visiting artists and discuss their work as it is on display and available for purchase. Come out, enjoy a pleasant evening, and maybe you’ll find that special piece of art that speaks to you!  The Open Studio Night reception is Saturday, November 23 from 5-7 pm.

 

About the exhibit:

The title of this body of work is taken from Michel de Certeau’s The Practice of Everyday Life. He proposes that seeing the landscape (during modern modes of travel like a train ride) is like the rubbing together of two picture planes and we experience those images at the exact point of creation, right before they vanish; de Certeau calls the train “a tireless shifter,” always creating and destroying the landscape outside the window. In this body of work Barrett explores roadside imagery, captured in that dreamlike moment; a glimpse caught in the rearview mirror of the mind; looking back at the moment of destruction. 

 

About the artist: 

Doug Barrett received his MFA from the University of Florida and a BFA from the University of Central Florida.

 With over 20 years of professional graphic design experience, his international clients included, Mars, Inc., VISA International and Banco Popular. His award winning work has been featured in many design publications. His work with UAB’s BLOOM Studio, a student-run design studio that offers design thinking to under-served communities and non-profits was featured in the 2016 book, Developing Citizen Designers.

 His research interests include designed fiction and designer as author methods. Fascinated with the practice of commuting, the allure of the roadside and local visual culture–he is interested in exploring and representing found text and imagery in a way that talks about the constructed place. Signage, billboards, graffiti, and ephemera point to the visual culture embedded in our surroundings. By examining the details of roadside culture he explores how meaning is constructed and conveyed through visual and cultural relationships.

 Barrett was recognized as one of the University of Florida’s, Graduate Teachers of the year in 2006, and codirected UF’s Tokyo Study Abroad program from 2008 – 2010. In 2012 he was awarded a prestigious Alabama State Arts Fellowship in Design, and was the recipient of a Sappi – Ideas That Matter grant. In 2016 he was awarded the UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences. In 2022 Barrett was a recipient of the AIGA 50 covers award.

 

Website:  dougbarrett.com

Instagram: @doug.barrett

 

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