Event: Artist David S. East Exhibition:‘from the 4 ounce’ and other systems, featuring ceramic sculpture, motorized and stationary pieces of art.

Date: Aug. 29 – Sept. 27, 2002 (The gallery will be closed Labor Day, Sept. 2); Aug. 29 (Thursday): 4-5 p.m., Artist’s Lecture by Tiffany Holmes whose multi-media installation Pet Ambitions opens simultaneously in the Merwin Gallery. Opening Reception for both exhibits follows the lecture from 5-6 p.m.

Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday: 12-4 p.m., Tuesday evening: 7-9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday: 1-4 p.m.

Location: The Wakeley Gallery, Ames School of Art, Illinois Wesleyan University, 6 Ames Plaza West, Bloomington

Admission: Free and open to the public

Background:

David S. East sees his art as creating systems, both actual and metaphorical.

East says of his work, "Each image or object acts as a system of thinking and reflection. These systems act out or reflect upon human functions, contradictions and absurdities. …The images I create thus speak of associations instead of specifics, of memory and reflection rather than immediate reality. These images interconnect forming metaphors and questions about how we view ourselves; and how it is that we communicate."