Works on the cutting edge of sculpture are on display in two Seton Hill University art galleries.

“SculptureX: Art & Agency 2 Emerging Artists Exhibition” runs through Sept. 30 in the Harlan and Jodee Harris galleries in the university’s arts center at 205 West Otterman St., Greensburg.

The exhibition is part of the SculptureX Symposium: Art & Agency 2, taking place this weekend at locations around Pittsburgh and Greensburg.

The symposium explores “the ways artists are establishing contemporary sculpture practices that connect and interact broadly, often bypassing disciplinary, even national boundaries in their attempts to reshape the world,” according to the website.

How that translates into real life is reflected in the themes of the works themselves, said gallery director and Seton Hill adjunct professor Emily Franicola.

Visitors arriving at the gallery are greeted by “Surveillance Pylon 2,” a towering work by David K Ross. Other works comment on topics such as identity, family and memory.

Shirley McMarlin | Tribune-Review Gallery director Emily Franicola views works in the “SculptureX: Art & Agency 2 Emerging Artists Exhibition” running through Sept. 30 in the Seton Hill University Arts Center galleries in Greensburg.  

Some works grapple with the ways changes in identity are imposed on people, especially the young, from sources outside themselves, Franicola said.

While some use traditional materials, many of the artists have created assemblages of found objects.

“One of the artists was building their work in their apartment during covid,” Franicola said. “They were using the materials they had readily available.”

Another has installed an interactive piece woven from paracord that hangs from the gallery ceiling.

“You can get inside it and experience it that way, and watch it change,” Franicola said.

In addition to Ross, the artist group includes Shori Sims, Dennis Doyle, Ryley Brown, Melanie Landsittel, Noelle Choy, Ella Medicus, Abigail Benkovich, Saige Baxter and Simon Tatum.

In addition to Seton Hill, symposium co-organizers include students, alumni, faculty and staff from Chatham, Edinboro and Slippery Rock universites, University of Pittsburgh, The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, CIVITAS.design in Erie and The Sculpture Center in Cleveland.

Artists featured in the Seton Hill show are current undergraduate or graduate students or alumni from the participating schools, chosen by faculty members.

Gallery hours are 1-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 1-3 p.m. Fridays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. Visitors should ring the bell outside the main doors to be admitted to the building.

Admission is free.

For more information, email Franicola at efranicola@setonhill.edu.

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