The Ohio State University Department of Art Faculty Exhibition is currently on view at the Urban Arts Space, featuring works by 23 full-time, tenured, tenure-track, and visiting faculty. The exhibition spans from historical artifacts to cutting-edge technology, with many works focusing on the natural world or technology. Highlights include virtual reality experiences and David John King's "Here Hear," which combines tiny objects on a rotating platform projected onto a wall via video camera, drawing from the artist's dreams and memories.
This exhibition matters because it showcases the breadth of creative practice within a major university's art department, bridging traditional art forms with emerging technologies like virtual reality. It provides insight into current academic art trends and offers the public a chance to engage with both experimental and established faculty work, reinforcing the role of university art departments as incubators for contemporary artistic innovation.