Opening Reception for Off the Wall: Karyn Olivier

Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University

Celebrate the latest installation in our Off the Wall series by artist Karyn Olivier. Artist remarks, light bites + beverages.

Raymond and Susan Brochstein Pavilion

The goal of the Off the Wall series is to meet students, faculty, staff, and visitors with innovative works of art in one of the most utilized spaces on campus, the café at the Brochstein Pavilion. To date, the artists commissioned for Off the Wall include william cordova, Danielle Dean, Harold Mendez, Sondra Perry, and Clarissa Tossin. The next installation by Karyn Olivier will <a href="https://moody.rice.edu/events/opening-reception-wall-karyn-olivier" title="https://moody.rice.edu/events/opening-reception-wall-karyn-olivier" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">open on September 27, from 5 – 7 pm</a>. The work will remain on view through August 22, 2025.Karyn Olivier is known for her public art, sculptural installations, and image-based work that conflate collective histories with current questions about remembrance and reconciliation. She translates her extensive research visually by manipulating familiar objects or places, thus disrupting conventional perceptions and assumptions and offering new avenues for engagement instead. Her work for this installation, titled Revelation, is based on a photograph that Olivier took in North Philadelphia on her commute to Temple University where she teaches.The artis will give remarks at 5:30, the event is free and open to the public.

Opening Reception for Off the Wall: Karyn Olivier

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