CCU Bryan Gallery: Margi Weir's “Bearing Witness”

CCU Bryan Gallery: Margi Weir’s “Bearing Witness”


Margi Weir’s “Bearing Witness”
July 17-Aug. 25, 2017
Closing Reception: Aug. 24, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery
Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts

…‘bones’ that speak to the decline of the American Dream…the urban and rural ruins across the country.”
Margi Weir

Margi Weir is currently working on two different, but related bodies of work. Both involve her response to, and engagement with, the world around her. They both employ a process she calls “Snap Line.” In her first body of work Weir uses a computer to repeat images that she stitches together visually in order to make an appealing pattern, often resulting in tapestry-like, spatially flattened compositions. Meaning is implied by the juxtaposition of images, not stated in narrative fashion. Conclusions are left to the viewer in the hope that a continued questioning will be inspired by the work of art. She often enlarges these images and combines them with acrylic paint, vinyl, and resin on a panel. Most recently, these paintings have expanded to include cut vinyl designs on the walls or floor of the Gallery. Weir’s second body of work consists of large ink and wash drawings on rag paper. This body of work depicts the remains of buildings that were once signifiers of culture, which she refers to as “‘bones’ that speak to the decline of the American Dream . . . the urban and rural ruins across the country.”

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