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Liza Sylvestre (b.1988). Interference 7/26/2021, 2021. Ink on paper, 18 x 24 in (45.7 x 61 cm). Courtesy of the artist.  A sheet of off-white paper pinned to a wall, densely filled with small, irregular black ink marks resembling dots, dashes, and fragments of handwriting. The markings are arranged in a grid-like pattern, suggesting the format of written text, but are largely illegible, evoking a sense of obscured or lost communication.

Curated by Molly Joyce, Dean’s Doctoral Fellow, Department of Music at UVA, and Kristen Nassif, Ph.D., Curator of Collections at The Fralin Museum of Art, the In Feeling Exhibition features works by our own Molly Joyce. Several tours and artist panels are available throughout this fall. Click the link for more information.

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Is it possible to fully understand someone’s point of view? In Feeling: Empathy and Tension Through Disability features works by nine contemporary artists that reckon with how we empathize. Literally meaning “in feeling,” empathy implies the action of understanding or experiencing the feelings and thoughts of another. Yet the practice of empathizing—being aware of and sensitive to the experience of someone else—can also engender tensions relating to one’s own position and expectations. Exploring the relationship between empathy and tension, this exhibition highlights and celebrates perspectives that challenge assumptions about ways of being and living. 

Participating artists include JJJJJerome Ellis, Jerron Herman, Molly Joyce, Jeff Kasper, Christine Sun Kim, Park McArthur, Finnegan Shannon, Andy Slater, and Liza Sylvestre.