Exhibiting Artist Richard Tomasello and Gallery Director Davana Robedee will discuss Tomasello's exhibition Rhino World Order and the themes of school shootings, mob mentality, toxic masculinity, the bystander effect, and systematic violence.

Tomasello says, "My work is influenced by the violence and voyeurism of the world. Gun violence and mass shootings have become commonplace in the United States. Lockdown drills practiced daily by American school children have become the norm. Cellphone technology allows us to capture and share violence in real time. For the last several years I have made large-scale plaster sculptures, built from cardboard and foam armatures, as well as slip-cast ceramic forms. I use plaster because it is strong yet also vulnerable and prone to cracking. My work depicts oppressive icons and also yearns for a more innocent past."