The APEX Gallery
at the South Dakota
School of Mines & Technology presents an exhibit titled “Relevance
at the End of Everything” featuring new works by artist Kyle Novak.
The APEX Gallery at the South Dakota School of Mines
& Technology presents an exhibit titled “Relevance at the End of
Everything” featuring new works by artist Kyle Novak.
Novak’s work portrays a sense of
cultural critique and social commentary. The exhibit “Relevance at the End of
Everything” is a collision of objects and images, presenting the viewer with
contrasting perspectives of beauty and decay. Ornate, worn with age. A fuzzy,
faded memory of time and place. A story you once told but don’t tell anymore. A
backwards glance, an unsent message—personal and universal. The clarity and
vision of nature confused by the life of a city street, in all its beauty and
blinding lights. This is a body of work that asks questions but struggles to
give answers. In this age of immediate information, instant connection, and
constant entertainment, where do we find meaning? What really matters? What are
the moments that stay?
Novak is the art gallery director
at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Fla. He graduated from the Memphis College
of Art in 2008 with a bachelor’s in fine arts degree in Studio Art, receiving the Ted Rust Memorial
Grant and the Painting Concentration award. After graduation, he served as the head
preparator for the David Lusk Gallery in Memphis, Tenn. from 2009 to2011. In
this position Novak installed large scale works at Art Wynwood and Art Basil in
Miami, Fla. Beginning in 2012, Novak became the Art Gallery Director at Santa
Fe College. He has exhibited work in numerous group and solo exhibits in West
Palm Beach, Atlanta, Memphis and Gainesville.
Please join us for any of the
following events, which are free and open to the public:
Artist Talk / Open Discussion:
Friday, Jan. 18, 12-1 p.m.
Opening Reception:
Friday, Jan. 18, 5-7 p.m.
(light refreshments provided)
Gallery Hours: M-F 9-5
Jan. 17 – Feb. 15
Classroom Building, Room 200