The Permanence of Loss

2018

January 26 – February 17

SITE Sharp

 

Contributing Artist

Ben Harle

Exhibition Statement as Preserved in the SUGS/SITE Archives:

The Permanence of Loss transforms SITE Sharp into a space to discuss death. Ben Harle (MFA Ceramics, 2018) presents a new collection of ceramic memorials and videos, intended to advance the capacity for the gallery to foster personal contemplation. Cultural practices and methodologies surrounding burial, cremation, and other ways we are remembered may differ from person to person, but philosophical connections made by openly discussing our own beliefs can help form new perspective. The Permanence of Loss presents these relationships in a constructive, positive manner.

Programming

January 26, 4:00 – 6:00PM
Leroy Neiman Center

February 5, 4:00 – 6:00PM
SITE Sharp

Exhibition Material

In February, 2018, SAIC’s student-run fnews Magazine covered The Permanence of Loss in an articled entitled “Loss, Permanence, Vessels: On Ben Harle” by Manisha A.R..

 fnews article