Gallery 217, located in the Don Taft University Center, in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts, will feature 13 pieces from South Florida artist Mwanel Pierre-Louis from Sept. 26 to Nov. 7. The opening reception is on Sept. 26 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The exhibit will be part of the Guest Artist Exhibition that happens every fall, where local artists who are external to the university, receive a chance to get exposure on their art pieces.
“My work is basically realism meets abstraction, but also represents people,” Pierre-Louis said.
Pierre-Louis focuses more on “abstract art that is combined with realism and many hints of pop cultural references,” said Mario D’Agostino, interim Art + Design program director in DCMA.
As a Haitian man who has lived in New York, Los Angeles and Miami, Pierre-Louis has spent most of his career absorbing culture from each of these cities and displaying them through his artwork.
Pierre-Louis’s artwork showcases contrasts of fragmented personal experiences, with a strong focus on the way between subject and color.
He has done artwork for companies like Starbucks, Sony Music Records, Create! Magazine and Adidas, adding to his portfolio of realism and abstraction.
“[DCMA as a] department and as a program is always doing some sort of art advocacy for trying to shine a spotlight on local artists’ work. So for me, it’s just another opportunity to get the artist’s work out there but also to just put at the forefront some of the amazing stuff that NSU is doing,” D’Agostino said.
Ths exhibition is run by Stephanie Deach, adjunct professor, and the students in her course Arts 3040: Museum Studies and Gallery Practices, which helps students who are interested in curation and gallery management.
“While we do not know what pieces will be featured in the gallery, we know that this showing will act as a megaphone for bringing more attention to his work,” D’Agostino said.
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