The Handwerker Gallery is pleased to announce that John Hanson, director of Hope College's DePree Gallery, will give a gallery talk on contemporary media at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, October 6. Hanson's talk will focus on issues associated with the installations on display in the exhibition "Light Boxes/Dark Rooms," which opens on Thursday.

The Handwerker Gallery is pleased to announce the opening “Light Boxes/Dark Rooms,” a traveling exhibition organized and circulated by the De Pree Gallery, Hope College, Michigan, on Thursday, October 6.

“Light Boxes/Dark Rooms” presents work by three contemporary Japanese artists, Shinji Ogawa, Tomoaki Shitara, and Ko Yamada, who explore basic themes in art such as the nature of imagery and the nature of looking. Their sources, which include Zen philosophy, postmodern theories, and contemporary film, demonstrate a sophisticated and erudite knowledge of the world.