ÆMPIRE ArtSpace Hartford Opening Friday, October 10, 6–9 p.m.
Jim Finnegan
From: O'Donnell, John <john.o'don...@uconn.edu>
Subject: ÆMPIRE ArtSpace Hartford Opening Friday, October 10, 6–9 p.m.
Location: ArtSpace Hartford, 555 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, CT
Curated by John O’Donnell
Bringing together 50 artists, ÆMPIRE AGAIN confronts the unseen forces of power and control embedded in every studio across America. The exhibition argues that all art—whether knowingly or not—speaks to an individual’s relationship with empire. Symbols, images, and ideas are reconfigured here to reveal how imperial allegiance disguises itself as freedom, how exploitation is hidden beneath the veneer of creativity. In our politically divided country, steering ever closer to authoritarian rule, this exhibition feels urgent. It insists that art is never neutral: it is always negotiating with structures of power, sometimes resisting, sometimes reflecting, and sometimes complicit. By gathering these varied voices, ÆMPIRE AGAIN seeks to illuminate the fragile balance between artistic expression and the empires that shape it.
Thanks,
John
John O'Donnell
Associate Professor of Printmaking
Printmaking Area Coordinator
Department of Art and Art History
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269
he/him/his
