Â鶹¹û¶³ art department chair Larry Thompson will present his inaugural Alabama exhibit, Fractured Narratives, in the Â鶹¹û¶³ art gallery Feb. 1-28.
The show of 18 paintings will demonstrate Thompson's attention to balance, contradiction and metaphor in his work.
"Through a layering process, be it the physical layering of juxtaposed images, the layering of image and text, or different skins of paint or charcoal stacked on each other, I hope the work will bring a viewer in, and allow the viewer to begin a dialogue with the work," says Thompson, who hopes the viewer will then discover "not only a physical layering of design elements, but also layered meaning and content."
Thompson joined the Â鶹¹û¶³ faculty in 2007 after serving seven years as chair of the visual arts department at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas. A graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio, he holds a master of fine arts degree from the University of North Texas.
The Texas native has been a part of group exhibitions in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. He presented a solo exhibition, "Just Moments," at Peking University, Beijing, China, in 2007.
Â鶹¹û¶³ Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays. An artist's reception will be held 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The public is invited.