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Exhibit: John Knecht: Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel

John Knecht is the featured artist for the Urban Video Project in January and February. In conjunction with the exhibition of Deluge and Anima on the Everson's north façade, a series of Knecht's animations, called Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel, will be on view inside the Museum. The Fragments, individual animations displayed on monitors, provide a glimpse into the artist's brilliant imagination, where fantasy collides with vivid colors and quirky sounds. Knecht begins with detailed pencil and gouache drawings of dreamlike images and symbols that only exist in Knecht's imagined world. The images are then scanned into an electronic format where they can be altered, manipulated, and combined to create dynamic, stop-motion animations. Five original drawings will also be on view in the exhibition. Fragments is largely autobiographical, informed by Knecht's childhood memories of his Midwestern hometown where he attended elementary school in a church basement. Biblical references can be found throughout Knecht's animations, in this case, a fascination with the prophet Ezekiel and visions of wheels of fire. Knecht states, "Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel is a metaphor for the space where there's no logic-anything goes, there are no rules in that atmosphere."

John Knecht is the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Art & Art History and Film & Media Studies at Colgate University. After 30 years of teaching, he will retire in May, 2012.

Museum hours: 12-5 pm Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday; 10 am-5 pm Saturday; Closed Mondays.

Date(s):

01/28/2012, 01/29/2012, 01/31/2012, 02/01/2012, 02/02/2012, 02/03/2012, 02/04/2012, 02/05/2012, 02/07/2012, 02/08/2012, 02/09/2012, 02/10/2012, 02/11/2012, 02/12/2012, 02/14/2012, 02/15/2012, 02/16/2012, 02/17/2012, 02/18/2012, 02/19/2012, 02/21/2012, 02/22/2012, 02/23/2012, 02/24/2012, 02/25/2012, 02/26/2012, 02/28/2012, 02/29/2012, 03/01/2012, 03/02/2012, 03/03/2012, 03/04/2012