Susan Bergman Gurrentz ’56 Gallery
Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
September 4 - October 4, 2024
Mā-trē-ə-ti-zəm (noun): active love, reverence, and reciprocal care of nature and all of her children. It is an acknowledgement that nothing we hold dear exists in isolation created by artificial borders. Its effects are global. It is a belief that, just as water down your drain eventually finds its way to an expecting mother's womb, we reap what we sow and we gain what we give.
Works in this show are about these very real connections that sustain us in the wake of historical assaults. Several are reimaginings of everyday traditions and seemingly innocuous symbols that subjugate half of the human population and claim ownership over nature. Others are reflections on the harm we inflict on the environment as well as the tender side of our relationship with it. All of them are prompts for deeper reflection on your own relationship with nature and your fellow citizens, and to explore the only real truth we know: things must change.
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