TRYON–Upstairs Artspace will host an opening reception for its next exhibit, Time’s Witness: Work by Arden Cone and Millicent Kennedy, on Saturday, May 13, starting at 4:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend this free community event.

The exhibit of found objects will run from May 6-June 16, and the gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. There is no charge to see the exhibitions. This exhibition of  3-dimensional artwork “offers a deep and sometimes dark look into humanity by way of the objects we utilize, attach to, and eventually discard.”

The event will start with a Walk & Talk with the artists, 4:30-5:30 p.m. The reception will be 5-7 p.m.

The found objects referenced or incorporated into this exhibition, resurrected from near disposal and raised into cultural significance, have outlived their intended use by years or even decades. Time’s Witness speaks to history in relation to human artifacts, investigating what they alone, or we as a society, have weathered. Both artists acknowledge memory, and even trauma, by way of its touch upon objects, people, and societies. Through careful recording, obsessive documentation, and laborious artmaking processes, Kennedy and Cone delve into the narratives told through the traces we leave behind.

This art exhibit is funded in part by the Metropolitan Arts Council with funds received from the City of Greenville, BMW Manufacturing Company, Michelin North America, Inc., SEW Eurodrive and the South Carolina Arts Commission. Upstairs Artspace is funded in part by the generosity of the Polk County Community Foundation.

For more information about Time’s Witness: Work by Arden Cone and Millicent Kennedy, please visit online UpstairsArtspace.org or call 828 859 2828 Tuesday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.

 

Submitted by Steve Wong