Two color photographs side by side. The photo on the left is Jorge Villarreal. He is holding a camera lens over one eye and there is white smoke billowing around him. The photo on the right shows Nathan Felix with an orange sky, clouds, and a city skyline behind him.

Villarreal/Felix

Oct. 14–Dec. 14, 2021
Forsyth Learning Gallery | Memorial Student Center, MSC 2428

 
Jorge Villarreal and Nathan Felix are Texas based, Mexican American artists commissioned by the Forsyth Galleries to reimagine the natural themes within the fall exhibition, A Garden of Earthly Delights. The artists use photographs and film to communicate a 21st century perspective on late 19th and early 20th century techniques and themes.
 
 
 
 

 

Inside the Exhibition

Taxidermy head of an animal.
A digital screen shows a white sink with yellow and pink flowers floating in milk. Below the screen is an actual sink.
Cabinet of curiosities containing dried flowers, shells, old photographs, tin boxes, geodes, etc.
A digital screen shows a woman in a bathtub of milk. There is a piano below.
Vinyl on wall depicts colorful fruit. Color photograph on wall depicts green sink with fruit floating in milk. A digital screen shows a woman in a bathtub of milk.
Cabinet of curiosities containing dried flowers, shells, old photographs, tin boxes, geodes, etc.
Digital image of fruity cereal floating in milk.
Vinyl on wall depicts colorful fruit. Color photograph on wall depicts white sink with yellow flowers floating in milk.
Vinyl on wall showing brightly colored fruit. Framed color photograph of child in white sink in milk. Child's face is visible, palm fronds float on the milky surface.
Cabinet of curiosities containing dried flowers, shells, old photographs, tin boxes, geodes, etc.
Vinyl on wall depicts colorful fruit. Color photograph on wall depicts green sink with fruit floating in milk. A digital screen shows a woman in a bathtub of milk.
Vinyl on wall depicts colorful fruit. Color photograph on wall depicts white sink with yellow flowers floating in milk.
Vinyl on wall showing brightly colored fruit. Framed color photograph of child in white sink in milk. Child's face is visible, palm fronds float on the milky surface.
Entrance to the gallery space. Vinyl on wall depicts used vessels, such as Perrier cans. Color photograph on wall depicts pink sink with pink flowers floating in milk.
Cabinet of curiosities containing dried flowers, shells, old photographs, tin boxes, geodes, etc.

 

Jorge Villarreal – A Talk with the Artist

Artist Jorge Villarreal shares how he expresses himself and how he captures “portraits” of his friends by photographing their sinks in compelling ways.

 

Nathan Felix – A Talk with the Artist

Artist and musician Nathan Felix shares a look at his “Rebirth” film series and how locations, subjects, nature (and milk) played into his artistic process.