Probing Collective Memory: Gregory Ruppe

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Background: The Concept/OK: Art in Oklahoma exhibitionwelcomes the public until February 16, 2013 at the new Tulsa Arts andHumanities Council’s Hardesty Arts Center. Ruppe's residency project remains on display throughout the exhibition. 
Residency Project Statement: Things will never be the sameCommonplace among households, the pianooccupies a space of both reverence and burden. It is simultaneously cherishedand unwanted. Its historical presence is bound to a collective memory thatresists our willingness to discard it, though its typical inactivity reducesthe object to an impractical piece of furniture inhabiting dead space. Usingthe piano as metaphor for greater social constructs, Things will never bethe same takes an indeterminate position to question our nostalgia forthe past, our relationship with the present, and the potential of activationwhen relinquishing control to the unknown.
Biography: Born in Houston, Texas, Gregory Ruppe receivedan MFA in Sculpture from Texas Christian University in 2012. He utilizes abroad range of mediums including castings, drawings, video, and sound to createinstallations and project-based works. He has exhibited regionally andinternationally, most recently at Nasher Sculpture Center (Dallas) andHiroshima Art Center (Japan). Ruppe is also a founding member of HOMECOMING!,an experimental art collective based in Fort Worth, where he currently livesand works. 
Read more in this previous postabout Ruppe’s residency.