{"id":11001,"date":"2021-08-25T16:21:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T20:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/?p=11001"},"modified":"2022-07-25T15:33:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:33:17","slug":"kelvin-burzon-12-art-on-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2021\/08\/25\/kelvin-burzon-12-art-on-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelvin Burzon \u201912 art on display"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/08\/1536611904733.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/08\/1536611904733.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11002\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/08\/1536611904733.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/08\/1536611904733-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/08\/1536611904733-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Kelvin Burzon <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kelvin Burzon \u201912\u2019s art exhibition titled, <em>\u201c<\/em>Noli Me Tangere<em>,\u201d <\/em>will be on display Aug. 30 through Dec. 10 at Syracuse University\u2019s Point of Contact Gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNoli Me Tangere,\u201d \u201ctouch me not\u201d or \u201cdon\u2019t tread on me,\u201d (Latin) is a series of photographs that examines an internal conflict of homosexuality and Catholicism, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.syr.edu\/blog\/2021\/08\/23\/point-of-contact-gallery-announces-opening-of-noli-me-tangere-by-artist-kelvin-burzon\/\">university news release.<\/a> The photographs address, but don\u2019t aim to solve, the contentions between religion and homosexuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Utilizing appropriated religious imagery and language, the work is recontextualized by the insertion of LGBTQ members and activists posing as Catholic deities. Themes, lighting and color treatment are adopted from the works of Renaissance artists. The photographs are then presented as polyptychs in the style of Catholic altarpieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have always been interested in the religion\u2019s role in culture and familial relationships and have been drawn to the religion\u2019s traditions, imagery, theatricality, and its psychological vestige,\u201d Burzon said, adding that his work is inspired by cerebral influences growing up in and around the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy cultural and familial identity, my memories as a child, cannot be separated from the church,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was an integral part of what it meant to be Filipino.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burzon received MFA degree from Indiana University\u2019s School of Art + Design, where he developed his most recent bodies of work. At Wabash, he studied studio art and music, and became versed in painting, sculpture, ceramics and photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While at the College, Burzon was a member of Kappa Sigma and the Glee Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelvin Burzon \u201912\u2019s art exhibition titled, \u201cNoli Me Tangere,\u201d will be on display Aug. 30 through Dec. 10 at Syracuse University\u2019s Point of Contact Gallery. \u201cNoli Me Tangere,\u201d \u201ctouch me not\u201d or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"w_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/08\/1536611904733.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11003,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11001\/revisions\/11003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}