Author: John Patrick Allen
The inaugural exhibition in McCullough's Center Gallery is a welcome shock. "Drawing the Line, Then Crossing It," a selection of works by recent Middlebury graduate and former Campus cartoonist Sam Dakota Miller '08.5, electrifies the space, jolting the Center Gallery to life. The exhibit, which opened on Saturday, Feb. 21, consists of a combination of large "finished" prints and smaller less-polished sketches. The pieces are unframed, held to the wall by overlying panes of plexiglass.
All of the drawings are declarative in both form and content. Most of the prints are in black and white ink, with the occasional burn of red or orange. At times, pen is combined with watercolor, giving the pictures a blotched, slightly dirty appearance. One piece, a black-and white ink drawing with gray watercolor, depicts a young man painting the words "EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON" in massive all-caps on a white wall. Two old men and an old woman look on, laughing at the boy's effort. In another, a hunched man, looking sideways with suspicion at the viewer, pulls a long coat or blanket tighter around his shoulders. On the blanket is written, again in huge block print, "WE ARE ALL ONE"
New exhibition provides a strip of Midd culture
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