The Division of Fine Arts featured artist for November is Landin Eldridge, Visiting Lecturer of Art. The title of her exhibition is Where’d You See It Last?
Where’d You See It Last? is an exhibition of my efforts at trying to piece together a story with complete accuracy over and over and over again (never quite hitting the mark). Through repeating stuck-in-my-head stories, I hope to remember something crucial that will prove the beliefs I hold about myself are true. My drawings are like trying to retrace your steps. Perhaps you’re looking for lost keys, verifying you didn’t say something stupid to new friends, or trying to recall a happy moment in vivid detail. In any case, retracing steps involves mentally placing the furniture in the room, the people on the furniture, and the events of the night in order so that you can find what you’ve forgotten. Unfortunately, memory is not reliable, and this recollection will always contain warping. When making a drawing, I take images through multiple layers of transformation (alteration in photoshop, 3D scanning, printing/collage, photo transfers) to imitate the inaccuracies of memory. I combine these digital processes with traditional drawing media like ink, graphite, and pen to create physical compositions on paper. Through these processes, I memorialize the stories and beloved images I want to verify.
Landin Eldridge is an artist, gallerist, and educator based in Knoxville, TN. Originally from central North Carolina, she completed a BA in Studio Art and Theatre at Davidson College and an MFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Painting and Drawing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her art practice is a synthesis of traditional drawing, creative writing, and technological references that explores concepts of intimacy, embarrassment, fear, humor, and obsession. Her most recent exhibitions include Prove It: An Installation of Drawings at the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture and No Bigger Than a Breadbox at the Emporium Center in Downtown Knoxville. Her drawings and short stories have been featured in publications such as Fruitslice Issue 5: Rituals and Hellmouth Mag. Prior to teaching at Maryville College, she helped facilitate exhibitions with the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, Gallery 1010, and the Knoxville Arts and Culture Alliance.
There will be an art reception for Landin Eldridge on Friday, November 21st from 6-8 p.m. in the Clayton Center for the Arts’ Blackberry Farm and William “Ed” Harmon Galleries. The reception is free and open to the public.