Zoë Charlton
Untitled (Undercover Series)
Image courtesy of Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, Illinois



Steven Jones
Pig Iron, 2004
cast iron

COLLEGE PARK, MD--The University of Maryland's Union Gallery presents Fly-Over State Perspectives, an exhibition of contemporary art by three artists originally from non-urban regions of the United States - Lauren Frances Adams, Zoë Charlton, and Steven Jones. The exhibition explores how the artists' work was influenced by their origins

Fly-Over State, which runs from August 10 to September 14, is a cross-section of ideas about life in areas of the country that are often overlooked by urban elites. Curated by University of Maryland Masters of Fine Arts candidate, Brian Sykes, the show hopes to demonstrate the humorous, self-critical and reflective qualities of culture that exist in geographies between the northeast and west coast.

Pittsburgh based Lauren Frances Adams' Crowd My Landscape is a mural based on recollections of the various realities associated with her memories of her family's farm in eastern North Carolina. Baltimore based Zoë Charlton's confrontational imagery addresses unpleasant truths of the history of oppression of African American women in the United States. Fellow Baltimorean Steven Jones's work transforms rural icons such as straw bales and pigs through the metal casting process to create iron and bronze sculptures, in an energetic and humorous light.  

An artists panel, entitled "Identities: Personal Perspectives", will be held on Tuesday, September 5 th from 5-7 p.m. in the Prince George's Room in the Stamp Student Union. The panel will by hosted by Jeffry Cudlin, adjunct professor of Art and Art Theory in the University of Maryland's Department of Art and Art Critic for the Washington City Paper. A reception in the Union Gallery will immediately follow the panel discussion.

The Union Gallery is located on the first floor of the Stamp Student Union on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. Admission to the exhibition is free and open to the public. Hours are 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday; Friday 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Saturday 11:00 a.m-5:00 p.m.

For more information, contact the gallery at 301-314-8493
or by email at uniongallery@umd.edu .