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Making and Breaking: Art, Hospitality and Eucharist
Bruce Herman, Gordon College
The process of “breaking” is at least as important as making, according to the artist and educator, Bruce Herman. Central to his artistic process is a willingness to risk loss of the image in pursuit of the most fitting and poignant expression. The Christian sacrament of the Eucharist is pivotal to Herman's own self-understanding as an artist. “This is My body, broken for you,” spoken by Christ before his betrayal and execution is a watchword: there is a costliness to the creative process that echoes this most costly of human deeds — laying down one’s life for one’s friends. Artists routinely expose their heart, their inmost self to scrutiny by others in hopes that visual meaning might be shared. This vulnerability is at the heart of the artistic act, and that necessarily involves a personal loss and breaking even as something new comes into being. The artist, like the one who invites the other into her dwelling place in an act of hospitality, welcomes the viewer to be judge and jury, and this central risk is where the meaning begins. Without this risk there is no meaning. Join Herman as he delivers a slide talk on his personal studio process and theological framework.
Image caption: QU4RTETS No.1 (Spring) from a series in response to T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets Oil on wood with 23kt gold and silver leaf 97” x 60”
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Devlin Hall, Room 101
Devlin Hall, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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