Halsey Institute celebrates 30th anniversary with exhibition of two native sons

Shepard Fairey,  Endless Power

Shepard Fairey, Endless Power

The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston celebrates its 30th anniversary with The Insistent Image: Recurrent Motifs in the Art of Shepard Fairey and Jasper Johns. The exhibition features new work by Shepard Fairey and a survey of prints made between 1982 and 2012 by Jasper Johns at Universal Limited Art Editions. The exhibition is a visual arts offering of Piccolo Spoleto and runs May 22 – July 12.

Both Fairey and Johns recycle graphic elements in the works they produce, and in each case these repeated fragments gain new meaning through fresh juxtapositions and associations. Each artist will occupy a separate gallery space, and no attempt is made at comparing their works. Rather, this exhibition demonstrates the power of this strategy of image repetition in the works of these two distinguished American artists, both of whom are South Carolina natives.

While the Halsey Institute is best known for showing the work of emerging and mid-career artists, director Mark Sloan says, “I want to highlight the accomplishments by two native sons as a way to demonstrate the fact that important contemporary art can originate anywhere.” Both Fairey and Johns have had a long association with the Halsey Institute, and this exhibition brings these two celebrated artists together for the first time in their home state.

In addition, Fairey has created four outdoor public murals in locations around Charleston.

Read more about the exhibition and related events on The Halsey Institute’s website.

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Via: Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art