{"id":2008,"date":"2018-05-15T15:04:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T20:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:39:43","slug":"off-the-wall-spartanburg-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/off-the-wall-spartanburg-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Off the Wall&#8221; Spartanburg Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 17 &#8211; August 6,&nbsp;Spartanburg Museum, &#8220;Off the Wall&#8221;, curated by<br>Associate Curator, Ashleigh Shuler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While in classical sculpture, art was made from raw materials, in the present day it is often constructed from pre-existing, reclaimed objects. Contemporary sculpture is about understanding the ways in which objects both acquire and lose meaning, and using this understanding to imbue them with new values. Off the Wall examines 11 sculptors who use this &#8220;alchemy of objects&#8221; to create new physical, conceptual, and political spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<br style=\"clear: left;\">\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Artists included the Group Exhibition:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherbeardsley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heather Beardsley<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbenevenia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mike&nbsp;Benevenia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spartanburgartmuseum.org\/jonathanbrilliant\">Jonathan Brilliant<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/entwisjj.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jeremy Entwistle<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tracyfeatherstone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tracy Featherstone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sherman Finch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nathanielfoley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nathaniel Foley<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/annakell.com\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anna Kell<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnckelley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John C. Kelley<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scad.edu\/academics\/faculty\/ron-longsdorf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ron Longsdorf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/account\/profile\/2274177?srsltid=AfmBOor8eeRaTZkPzbwuA-_IKHkFIlUde-H3WakXeFPDwvHrKKB8Qw9J\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/account\/profile\/2274177?srsltid=AfmBOor8eeRaTZkPzbwuA-_IKHkFIlUde-H3WakXeFPDwvHrKKB8Qw9J\">Janet Orselli<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laurenmichellepeterson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lauren Peterson<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/spartanburg_sf2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2363\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/spartanburg_sf2.jpg 672w, https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/spartanburg_sf2-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/spartanburg_sf2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Spartanburg_of_the-_wall-e1544988178154.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2316\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Spartanburg_of_the-_wall-e1544988178154.jpg 516w, https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Spartanburg_of_the-_wall-e1544988178154-500x438.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 17 &#8211; August 6,&nbsp;Spartanburg Museum, &#8220;Off the Wall&#8221;, curated byAssociate Curator, Ashleigh Shuler While in classical sculpture, art was made from raw materials, in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":5008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,46,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contemporary-art","category-exhibitions","category-hybrid-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5009,"href":"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions\/5009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shermanfinch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}