Rowing Forward Looking Back leads to abstract thinking

  • Some of Israel’s art uses carbon paper and leftovers of previous projects to create entirely new pieces. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
    Some of Israel’s art uses carbon paper and leftovers of previous projects to create entirely new pieces. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
  • America II demonstrates the power of language and memory. The Morse code spells out WTF. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
    America II demonstrates the power of language and memory. The Morse code spells out WTF. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
  • Rowing Forward Looking Back leads to abstract thinking
    Rowing Forward Looking Back leads to abstract thinking
  • A perspective of Hang Up shot from the floor like a child would view the piece. (left) and a perspective from an adult’s perspective in the exhibit. Israel said the piece speaks on the vulnerability of a child wanting to grab things out of reach and how people choose to reach for things of importance. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
    A perspective of Hang Up shot from the floor like a child would view the piece. (left) and a perspective from an adult’s perspective in the exhibit. Israel said the piece speaks on the vulnerability of a child wanting to grab things out of reach and how people choose to reach for things of importance. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
Georgia College & State University (GCSU) hosted the reception for the Rowing Forward Looking Back exhibit on Feb. 1 with an online talk by the artist Hannah Israel. Israel is from Columbus and is a professor of art and the gallery director at Columbus State University. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Her work has been…

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