{"id":828,"date":"2005-02-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=828"},"modified":"2005-02-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-02-25T05:00:00","slug":"art-exhibit-rethinks-meaning-of-trash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2005\/art-exhibit-rethinks-meaning-of-trash\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Exhibit Rethinks Meaning of &#8216;Trash&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"photo right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/news\/images\/828.jpg\" alt=\"Cyndi Gusler\" \/><br \/>Assistant Professor of Art Cyndi Gusler will present an art exhibit that requires a second look.<\/div>\n<p>  Some people take a cursory look at a painting, sculpture or other art work and quickly label it &quot;trash.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>A new art exhibit at Eastern Mennonite University is literally that.<\/p>\n<p>But look again. The artist, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/humanresources\/personnel\/pages\/cdg582.html\">Cyndi D. Gusler<\/a>, calls her mixed media work &quot;transformed trash.&quot; All pieces in her display that opens Monday, Mar. 14, were fashioned entirely from manufactured products that have been cast off. The result is a body of highly textural sculptural objects that look, from a distance, like mineral formations, but upon closer inspection reveal hidden identities.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"photo left\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Valentinite with cellophane cleavage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/news\/images\/Gusler-Valentinite.jpg\" \/><br \/>&quot;Valentinite with cellophane cleavage&quot;<\/div>\n<p>  Each piece in the series includes crushed, broken, cut, torn, dissected or otherwise altered commonplace materials reassembled in unexpected yet deeply familiar ways.<\/p>\n<p>Gusler is an assistant professor of art at EMU, where she teaches courses in painting, drawing, three-dimensional design and printmaking.<\/p>\n<p>She is a 1993 graduate of EMU and earned a master of fine arts degree from James Madison University.  <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I collect observations made in the natural world, information about minerals and gemstones and interesting trash,&quot; Gusler said. &quot;The next, more challenging step, is the assimilation of these three components into a coherent and aesthetically compelling whole. For guidance, I return to uncut, unpolished gemstones as well as my gleaned and intuitive understanding of art.&quot;    <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"photo right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Artinite with silky luster\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/news\/images\/Gusler-Artinite.jpg\" \/> <br \/>    &quot;Artinite with silky luster&quot;<\/div>\n<p>A reception for the artist will be held 7-8:30 p.m. Mar. 14 in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/vaca\/gallery\/hartzler\/\">gallery located on third floor of EMU&#8217;s Hartzler Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit will open for viewing daily during regular library hours through Apr. 1. Admission to the gallery is free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor of Art Cyndi Gusler will present an art exhibit that requires a second look. 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