Five faculty members of the Department of Art and Art History will be part of the group exhibition “Pacts and Invocations: Magic and Ritual in Contemporary Art,” which opens Thursday, June 23, at the Spartanburg Art Museum.
Curated by Assistant Professor of Print Media Erik Waterkotte, “Pacts and Invocation” will feature work by 10 artists, including UNC Charlotte faculty members Malena Bergmann, Aspen Hochhalter, Anna Kenar, Janet Williams and Waterkotte.
“Pacts and Invocations: Magic and Ritual in Contemporary Art” will present works in a variety of media that explore concepts of "magic" and "ritual" found in traditional Western religions, rural superstition, the occult and popular culture.
An opening reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 24; the exhibition will be displayed through Sunday, Aug. 28. The museum is located at the Chapman Cultural Center, 200 E. St. John St., Spartanburg, S.C.
As an extension of the exhibition, a catalog is being produced that will include reproductions of the participating artists' works as well as written contributions by John Reeves, the Blumenthal Professor of Judaic Studies, in UNC Charlotte’s Religious Studies Department and Matthew Garite from High Point University’s English Department.