A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign

October 28, 2015–December 12, 2015

Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery & Reilly Gallery

Public Reception
December 10, 2015
6:00 pm
Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery & Reilly Gallery

White walls with different signs on each, including eight white framed signs in two rows of four reading PROTECTING TODAY'S FOR TOMORROW in rainbow colors.

About the Exhibition

A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign is an exhibition featuring contemporary artists who merge fine and conceptual art methods with sign making, text, advertising, activism and socio-political commentary. The exhibition includes a site-specific presentation by Providence Painted Signs in Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery, and a group show in Reilly Gallery, including artists Alberto Aguilar (Chicago); Joe Amrhein (Brooklyn), Andrea Bowers (Los Angeles); Brandt Brinkerhoff & Katherine Walker (Chicago/San Francisco); Archie Scott Gobber (Kansas City); Steve Lambert (Beacon, NY); Jeremy Lundquist (Minneapolis); Eric May (Chicago); Patrick Martinez (Los Angeles); and Providence Painted Signs (Providence).

A gallery with a large tent-style sign taking up the majority of the space, with a black background. It reads SORRY, FOR CLOSED, with CLOSED in red. The walls are covered in colorful signs. — Installation view of *A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign* in PCG’s Reilly Gallery.

A large sign reading YES, I'M OPEN in red on a black background, in the middle of a gallery. The walls show more colorful signs. — Installation view of *A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign* in PCG’s Reilly Gallery.

Gallery installation view of artworks that are reminiscent of billboards and posters — Installation view of *A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign* in PCG’s Reilly Gallery.

Two white walls - the left with a black sign with neon yellow words, THROUGH THIS FORM THOUGHTS PASS FROM ME TO YOU. The right wall has two rows of four signs, and lighted signs are in the top corners. — Installation view of *A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign* in PCG’s Reilly Gallery.

Installation view of an empty gallery with eight abstract artworks spanning across the tops of two walls. Double doors are next to wording on the wall, reading A SIGN ONLY HAS TO SERVE AS A SIGN. — Installation view of *A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign* in PCG’s Reilly Gallery.

Installation view of an artwork on the wall with the words A FALLIBILITY OF PERCEPTION overlapping in many different languages. To the right are words reading A SIGN ONLY HAS TO SERVE AS A SIGN below two abstract artworks. — Installation view of *A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign* in PCG’s Reilly Gallery.

A lit neon sign of three large words in cursive stacked on top of each other on a white wall, reading EDUCATE AGITATE ORGANIZE. EDUCATE is pink, AGITATE orange, and ORGANIZE bright blue-green. — Installation view of *A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign* in PCG’s Reilly Gallery.

Installation view of a small white wall covered in the large black words ART DEPARTMENT MAIN FLOOR CENTRE ISLE. Behind is a larger wall with more large black and white signs painted directly onto it. — Installation view of *A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign* in PCG’s Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery.

Installation view of white walls with large black and white lettering directly on them. The left reads ART DEPARTMENT MAIN FLOOR CENTRE ISLE, the right SPORTING GOODS 7TH FLOOR. — Installation view of *A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign* in PCG’s Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery.

Installation view of a white wall with large black and white writing cut off at the top and surrounded by decoratve swirls. The right wall shows snippets of more writing. — Installation view of *A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign* in PCG’s Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery.

An artwork with a diagonal newspaper-like background. Over top is a yellow square with the words EXPERIENCE IS THE ONLY THING THAT BRINGS KNOWLEDGE created by cutouts in the yellow.

An artwork with bold red words reading IT WOULD BE SO NICE IF SOMETHING MADE SENSE FOR A CHANGE, over a horizontal newspaper-like background.

Supporters

Partial support for this exhibition and its programs provided by the Art & Art History Department at Providence College, Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation and Rhode Island State Council for the Arts.

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A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign

October 28, 2015–December 12, 2015

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A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign

A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign

October 28, 2015–December 12, 2015

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