Campus Connection

Professor John Ready’s artwork feature collages The UW-La Crosse University Art Gallery opens it spring season with an exhibition of works on paper by Department of Art Faculty member and Gallery Director John Ready. “John Ready: Works on Paper, Icon and Context” opens with a talk from 4-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in 116 Center for the Arts. The exhibit, in the University Art Gallery, first floor of the Center for the Arts, opens with a reception from 5-6:30 p.m. and runs through Saturday, March 3. Ready will also host a brown bag lunch discussion on his works from noon-1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, in Room 116. The exhibit and other events are free and open to the public. Ready’s work in the exhibit is the result of research and studio practice while he was on sabbatical during the 2010-11 academic year. His sabbatical research, titled “Icon and Context,” enabled him to create a series of collages. The works explore the iconographic nature of cultural images and the manner with which their meaning can be altered by varying contextual settings. Utilizing landscape as metaphor, Ready builds environments in the collages that utilize images from contemporary culture and their placement within constructed environments. Regular gallery hours are noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and during Toland Theatre events. Admission is free. The gallery opens for appointments by calling the UW-L Art Department 785.8230. If you go— What: “John Ready: Works on Paper, Icon and Context” When: Feb. 3-March 3 Where: University Art Gallery, UW-L Center for the Arts Admission: Free Gallery hours: noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and during Toland Theatre events. Extras: Gallery talk from 4-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in 116 Center for the Arts. Gallery reception from 5-6:30 p.m. Feb. 3. Brown bag lunch discussion, noon-1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, Room 116.