The Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro presents Altered States an exhibition on view Dec 3, 2011 – Feb 12, 2012 in The Gregory D. Ivy Gallery, The Weatherspoon Guild Gallery.

Minnie Evans, “Untitled”, June 10, 1962, graphite, ink, and wax crayon on paper, 11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. Museum purchase with funds from the Dillard Paper Company for the Dillard Collection, 1981.

The term “altered states” (of mind, of consciousness, of awareness, etc.) describes intense mental and/or psychological changes that cause the person to lose his/her normal sensory perceptions. Almost always temporary, these distortions can occur as a result of fever, psychosis, meditation, lucid dreaming, sensory deprivation or overload, and trauma, to name but a few stimulants. Frequently associated with being transported into a transcendent realm of higher consciousness or truth, the phenomenon often is associated with artistic creativity as well. The works of art on display in this exhibition not only feature figures experiencing such mind expansions and visions, but also depict the products of such mental conditions.

The exhibition is organized by Elaine D. Gustafson, Curator of Collections.

Weatherspoon Art Museum, 500 Tate St Greensboro, North Carolina 27412
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