Acclaimed artists Mark Connelley and David Sheldon will be exhibiting a variety of works titled “Whistling Past Eternity” at Spiers Gallery at the Sims Art Building on the Brevard College campus from August 28 through September 26. This exhibition is free and open to the public. An opening reception with the artists at the Spiers Gallery is scheduled for Thursday, August 28 from 5 – 7 p.m.
Brevard based artist Mark Connelley creates large-scale sculptures that merge art with landscape. As an artist, Connelley is strongly influenced by art, architecture, and themes from ancient times, particularly megalithic structures. These forms, ideas, and images inspire Connelley as he creates sculpture in a manner that can be characterized as contemporary or even industrial, linking the past to the present.
Connelley’s artwork has been featured at a variety of exhibitions such as the Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition in Boone, North Carolina, the Art in Public Places Outdoor Sculpture Competition in Bristol Tennessee, Sculpture Walk in Kingsport, Tennessee, the Maria V Howard Arts Center Sculpture Salmagundi in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, SPACES in Huntsville, Alabama, the Dogwoods Arts Festival Art in Public Places in Knoxville, Tennessee, Art in Place in Charlottesville, Virginia, Artfields in Lake City, South Carolina, and the University of Louisiana Monroe Sculpture Garden, as well as a permanent installation in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee.
David Sheldon is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Asheville who creates both sculpture and paintings. He will be exhibiting many different series of work, highlighting moving rhythms of modern minimalist music and Architecture, imagining pieces as ‘relics’ of a culture that sought to explore the universe, and abstract paintings that feature sunlight as an essential subject as it creates a sublime experience. Sheldon’s artwork has been featured at The Painting Center in New York City, The Mark Bettis Gallery in Asheville, Tointon Gallery for the Visual Arts in Greely, Colorado, and the Troyer, Fitzpatrick, Lassman Gallery in Washington, D.C., amongst others.
Event details:
Exhibition: Whistling Past Eternity
Opening Reception with the Artists: Thursday, August 28, 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: Spiers Gallery, Sims Art Building, Brevard College
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm