USI McCutchan Art Center/PACE Galleries presenting three exhibitions to start Fall Semester

The University of Southern Indiana Kenneth P. McCutchan Art Center/Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace (MAC/Pace) Galleries are excited to present three exhibitions—Where the Angels Go, Multiformity: The Art of Leonard Baskin and Precarious Change—this Fall Semester. The three exhibitions will be on display simultaneously through October 13.

Where the Angels Go features paintings and prints by Jamal Barber, Atlanta-based artist. Barber holds a bachelor’s degree from East Carolina University and a master’s in fine arts from Georgia State University. He presented USI’s College of Liberal Arts 2023 Sydney Berger Lecture and was a visiting artist in the Art and Design Department last spring. Barber was a contestant on the first season of The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist, a fine arts competition TV series from MTV and The Smithsonian Channel. He also hosts the Studio Noize podcast focusing on contemporary black art.

Multiformity: The Art of Leonard Baskin highlights artworks by the great printmaker that have become part of USI’s permanent collection thanks to the generosity of Michael Aakhus, Emeritus Professor and Former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Organized and annotated by Susan Sauls, Director of University Art Collection, the exhibition places the Leonard Baskin prints owned by USI within the artist’s broad career as a printmaker, sculptor and illustrator. 

Precarious Change is a collection of recent sculptures by Brian Harper. Harper is an Associate Professor of Fine Arts and Ceramics Area Coordinator at Indiana University Southeast. He holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Northern Arizona University and master’s degrees in arts and fine arts from the University of Iowa. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of Artaxis.org, a non-profit arts organization with over 900 members in over 50 countries worldwide and promotes professional artists while providing a wide array of peer-reviewed artwork relevant to the critical discourse of contemporary ceramic art.  

A reception for the exhibitions will be held at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, September 28. The MAC/Pace Galleries, located in the lower level of the Liberal Arts Center, are open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. Sundays.