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Friday’s opening reception paired works of sculpture, ready-made, and paper art with a performance from Douglas R. Ewart and Quasar, along with special guests Ann Ward, Jeff Parker, Lester “Helmar” Lashley, and Harrison Bankhead. One visitor, six year-old Indigo Valiant, a frequent jazz concertgoer, tried to describe how she danced to the music: “It’s complicated,” she said. The Logan Center’s partitioned design allowed for a quieter exhibit space at the front of the building and a louder performance space in the back of the building. The opening reception is part of a larger series of events being put on by the Arts & Public Life program and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture at the university.
“The Chump Change work is something that I haven’t exhibited before this, but I anticipate will be exhibited many, many times in the future,” Myrie said. “My needs for figuring out if I should put pennies in a well or if I should put them on the floor was aided completely by the residency. I was able to talk to people who work for the Water Reclamation District and know how to dig a well, and then I was able to speak to them and figure out if that was good or bad for me and then I could make further decisions.”
