Battering Ram, Corofin, Co. Clare, (Eviction Scene, Battering Ram, National
Library of Ireland C. 1888 WL, Moyasta.), 2006 - 2014
24 x 32 inches
Cindy O'Dell: stories
March 4 - April 7, 2024
Peeler Art Center, Visual Arts Gallery
Not only are stories a central aspect of our shared humanity, they can dispel stereotypes,
expose inequities, and illuminate unjust power systems. This exhibition, stories, chronicles
several decades of Cindy O’Dell’s documentary photography. The exhibit is curated in
conjunction with O’Dell’s in progress textbook, Documentary Photography: A Creative
Guidebook. With each image, she attempts to undo the document even as she makes a new
one, thereby continually testing the limits of the form and challenging its rules. Using methods
such as re-photography, memoir, videos, photo-fabric transfer, non-narrative video,
photobooks, word and image combinations, and archival research, she builds layers of content
and context. As a professor of art, she hopes to inspire students to tell their own stories,
especially those at risk of being lost, ignored, or silenced. All stories matter.
Artist Talk: Cindy O'Dell, Professor of Art and Art History
Friday, March 8, 2024 11:45am to 12:30pm EDT
Peeler Art Center, Visual Arts Gallery
This event is free and open to the public.