Connectivity Lost

Connections between the systems that shape our existence are frayed, eroded, even gone. A major shift in our social environment has occurred, removing the direct and instinctual connection with our fellow man and environment. Points of interface, of systems coming together, are no longer seamless. Broader environmental and social implications ensue. We may have hundreds of “friends” on FaceBook, yet we are lonely; we have no idea of the origins of the foods we eat; a landscape of parking lots and big-box stores has supplanted agricultural land. This exhibition identifies a body of work based on this disconnect that addresses the ways we are estranged from each other and from the environment in which we live. Artists working in painting, installation, video, prints, photography and mixed media include Daniel Alcalá, Chris Ballantyne, Richard Barnes, Matthew Bryant, Brian Collier, Maria Hedlund, Jason Middlebrook, Matthew Moore and Lucy+Jorge Orta