The Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University is pleased to present a closing reception for Echoes from the Rust on Friday, January 10, 5-PM. 

Echoes from the Rust traces the artistic lineages of the Rust Belt as it re-emerges from a time of fracture following corporate abandonment and economic decline. This group exhibition hones in on artwork made by artists with lived experiences in Detroit and Pittsburgh, two post-industrial titans forged by steel. 

Through various personal explorations the artists invoke the deep rich cultural inheritance of the Rust Belt. These sensitive minings are reflected against surfaces in new forms of paintings, drawings, collage, found objects, and video/site-specific installations. With experimentations intersecting themes around identity, migration, labor, and place, Echoes from the Rust compels us to re-center the Rust Belt’s multifaceted histories – to provide guidance as a bright shining light moving forward.

Echoes from the Rust is curated by Kemuel Benyehudah, a Brooklyn born curator who has witnessed gentrification’s socioeconomic disparities, cultural erasure, and human displacement. He is interested in expanded notions of community to envision equitable futures for all.

Works by the following artists are included in the exhibition: N.E. Brown, Halima Afi Cassells, Adnan Charara, Joshua Challen Ice, Hubert Massey, and Omid Shekari. 

The exhibition also features work by Tyree Guyton and Steve Foust from the University Art Collection, Wayne State. 

Echoes from the Rust runs through Saturday, January 21st.  

Gallery Hours: Wed/Thur, 12-5PM; Fri, 12-7PM; Sat, 12-5PM.

More information can be found at waynestategalleries.org.