Confluence: Photographic Constructs by Michael Marshall

Hardman Hall Gallery is pleased to present the artwork of Michael Marshall. This show will feature the artist’s photo-based mixed media constructions that explore his interest in science and the unknown.

Michael writes, "I am captivated by the age-old schisms of Western thought sometimes known as the Cartesian split. It is that collision of paradigms between faith and empiricism, logic and intuition, embodiments of the left and right hemispheres of the brain that I explore with my work. Science attempts to define that which I do not understand, solid ground for my uncertainties. It is through a science degree and an understanding of the physical world that I first sought a relationship with my surroundings. But the world seems no less full of mystery and magic because of it. My perceptions, and hence my images, often function more like faith, only to point a finger at ineffable experience and mystery."

Michael Marshall is an Associate Professor and Area Chair of Photography at the University of Georgia, in Athens. For the past ten years his work has explored the intersections of science and the left brained sensibility of intuition and emotion, a mirror of his undergraduate degrees in Physics and Studio Art. Over that time the work has evolved from delicate platinum prints to his current mixed media constructions of digital printing, encaustic and wood. His work is represented by the Krause Gallery in New York, and the Jennifer Schwartz Gallery in Atlanta.

Michael will be giving a gallery talk at 10 a.m. on October 19 during the closing reception for the show.