BAAC Gallery on Main presents new exhibition, ‘Vision’

The Batesville Area Arts Council (BAAC) is currently presenting “Vision,” an exhibition by Eliseo Casiano, at the BAAC Gallery on Main, 226 E Main St., through March 5.

Casiano is an Oklahoma native currently based in Batesville. He received his BFA in painting from East Central University in Ada, Okla. and his MFA from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La. 

Casiano serves as gallery manager for the Batesville Area Arts Council and teaches part-time in the Fine Arts Program at Lyon College. His paintings have been shown widely across the United States, including the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, and the Vermont Studio Center.

“Vision” is described in a media release from BAAC as “…a collection of paintings recontextualizing figures and space into tableaus with fixed information and indefinite resolution. Casiano combines family history with symbolism in portraiture to interpret his cultural lineage. His paintings function by deconstructing the past to understand the present, examining representations of race, family relationships, and maneuverability through a space of otherness.”

There will be a reception for “Vison” at the gallery on Jan. 28, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The exhibition is free and open to the public during BAAC’s regular gallery hours, Tuesday – Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. This exhibition is sponsored by Citizens Bank.

Images:

• Tino, acrylic on unstretched canvas, 2020, 14 in. X 18 in.

• Laredo, acrylic on unstretched canvas, 2021, 29 in X 41 in.

• Heatwave, Acrylic on unstretched canvas, 2019, 39 in. X 47 in.

Images submitted via BAAC