# Event Details - **Event Name**: Wege Gallery | Gallery Talks w/ Paul Erschen and Dan Devening - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 01 Mar, 2025 at 10:00 am – Sat, 01 Mar, 2025 at 11:30 am - **Event Description**: DAN DEVENING | PAUL ERSCHEN WORDS ON A PAGE February 28 - April 11, 2025 GALLERY TALKS WITH PAUL ERSCHEN AND DAN DEVENING Saturday, March 1, 10:00 am - 11:30 am CST Wege Gallery Join us for a conversation between two artists and a walkthrough of the exhibition WORDS ON A PAGE. Registration is encouraged. register: https://forms.office.com/r/Qig0GmQRk3 __ The Wege Gallery is proud to present Dan Devening and Paul Erschen: WORDS ON A PAGE. Featuring sculpture by Erschen and works on paper by Devening, the gallery becomes a site of correspondence between the two artists where their interests in various forms of visual communication, industrial and technological advances, and the analogue processes of making things by hand overlap. “The medium is the message,” coined by communications theorist and philosopher Marshall McLuhan claimed that the way we send and receive information is more important than the content of the message itself, or—the content matters less than the structures of the media. His theories circulating in the 60s were prescient then, as we consider our contemporary relationship to our phones and computers. McLuhan and other medium theorists apply these ideas to the dawn of written text, when Socrates complained of its disruption to the oral tradition, itself a medium that established societies and institutions. “The goose quill put an end to talk. It abolished mystery; it gave architecture and towns; it brought roads and armies, bureaucracy. It was the basic metaphor with which the cycle of civilization began, the step from the dark into the light of the mind. The hand that built the parchment page built a city.” --M.M. From this angle, WORDS ON A PAGE invites us to consider how we are shaped by the media that surrounds us, how our forms of communication and ideals have adapted to mirror the attributes of the dominant forms of media. For Devening and Erschen, it’s a dilemma to resolve in the studio. Putting attention squarely on form, format, and the formal, they acknowledge the various traceable histories of the elements within their work, and their processes and materials—spray painted and sewn collage, clay, cast aluminum, plaster and concrete—take on a referential quality. In WORDS ON A PAGE, the two artists work within the broad confines of their media, somewhere in the zone between reverence and disruption. __ more info, events and gallery hours: wegecenter.org - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/fairfield/wege-gallery-|-gallery-talks-w-paul-erschen-and-dan-devening/200027901934435 - **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 12 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Fairfield - **state**: IA - **country**: United States - **location**: MIU Art Department - **lat**: 41.0157841 - **long**: -91.96766711 - **full address**: MIU Art Department, 1000 N 4th St, Fairfield, IA 52557-0001, United States,Fairfield, Iowa ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Wege Gallery | Gallery Talks w/ Paul Erschen and Dan Devening - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/e055ef354d9379ea4c5f9ee22dfc5753778e358ca6fb9b97fff631cffe4fa46b-rimg-w1200-h1800-dce7888f-gmir?v=1740790835 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Wege Gallery | Gallery Talks w/ Paul Erschen and Dan Devening being held? - **A:** Wege Gallery | Gallery Talks w/ Paul Erschen and Dan Devening takes place on Sat, 01 Mar, 2025 at 10:00 am to Sat, 01 Mar, 2025 at 11:30 am at MIU Art Department, 1000 N 4th St, Fairfield, IA 52557-0001, United States,Fairfield, Iowa. - **Q**: Who is organizing Wege Gallery | Gallery Talks w/ Paul Erschen and Dan Devening? - **A:** Wege Gallery | Gallery Talks w/ Paul Erschen and Dan Devening is organized by MIU Art Department. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Wege Gallery | Gallery Talks w/ Paul Erschen and Dan Devening is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Fairfield, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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