Ithaca College

Exhibiting artist Linn Underhill will speak about her work on view at the Handwerker Gallery in her exhibition, Last Standing, on Thursday, February 23, 2017, at 6 p.m.. This event is cosponsored by the Handwerker Gallery and the Women and Gender Studies Program. 

LAST STANDING: Linn Underhill
Curated by Mara Baldwin, Text by Diane McPherson
February 1–March 5, 2017
Handwerker Gallery

Linn Underhill began working on "Last Standing" after her older sister and last sibling died of lung cancer. In the midst of mourning, she woke one night with the impulse to make art out of her grief--to go to her studio, take off her clothes, and cry. Using a remote-controlled digital camera set on continuous exposure, she stood naked in front of the camera, crying. In later sequences she stands from a crouch, laughs, sings, jumps into the air, splits wood, and twirls a blanket around her like a bullfighter's cape. Each sequence, between four and six panels long, becomes an astonishing narrative about discovering the power still inherent in the aging female body.

Underhill, most recently an Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Colgate University, has been teaching, exhibiting her work, and curating photo exhibitions since 1972. She earned a Master of Fine Arts in Photographic Studies from SUNY Buffalo and Visual Studies Workshop, and an undergraduate degree in Photography from Alfred University. Between 1985 and 1988, she taught Introduction to Photography at Ithaca College. 

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All exhibitions and events at the Handwerker Gallery are free and open to the public.  The Handwerker Gallery is open Monday, Wednesday, & Friday from 10am-6pm; Thursdays from 10am-9pm; and Saturday & Sunday from 12pm-5pm. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Mara Baldwin at mbaldwin@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3548. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

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