Sculpture exhibition in gallery

Nashville artist Michael Aurbach is exhibiting his multi-media sculptural installation, "The Institution," at the Department of Art Gallery in McComas Hall through Sept. 24.

Aurbach, a professor of art at Vanderbilt University, also will deliver a public lecture on campus on the final day of the exhibit (Sept. 24). The lecture will take place in Stafford Hall at 7 p.m. A final viewing of "The Institution" will be possible at a reception for the artist, which will immediately follow the lecture.

"The Institution" is a large-scale work in an architectural format. It is the latest in a series where the artist has been exploring "issues of secrecy, the transmission of confidential information, and the power (both personal and institutional) generated by the control of secret material."

Aurbach uses various electronic devices, such as motion detectors and closed-circuit television, to show the almost magical powers and defenses that institutions have, particularly their ability to control, detect and react to the individuals who enter into them.

He received his master's degree from Southern Methodist University in 1983, and since that time has attained national prominence as a sculptor. Aurbach has exhibited throughout the United States and has received a number of grants and fellowships, most recently from the National Endowment for the Arts. His work has recently been reviewed in Sculpture Magazine, a prestigious international art journal.

Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with new additional hours on Saturday and Sunday: 1-4 p.m.

For more information, contact Walter Smith at 325-2947.