Margi Weir – Art Criticism

Bold Colors. Bold Meanings.

By: Anna Roberts

In her artist statement Margi Weir talks about how her body of work, The Politics of Hue, is not meant to change anyone’s opinion on the chosen socio-political topic. Rather, Weir wants viewers to leave questioning their own thoughts. This exhibition, located at the Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery in Valdosta, Georgia, like many of her work, has underlying meaning to it. All the works presented in the gallery involved Weir’s response to and engagement with the world around her. Her works are visually inviting to the viewer. The repetitive patterns and bold color make viewers wonder how deep the symbolism goes behind her pieces. Many of her works are based around the idea of textiles, or rather stitching together digital patterns to make them visually appealing. She brings these ideas to life by using acrylic, Plexiglas, and vinyl.

A Catalog of Erosion in American Society

By Blake Wise

Attending the Dedo Maranville gallery exhibition “Bearing Witness”, visitors could possibly walk in on live debates over social issues within American economics and politics. The discussion always started on the walls and stretched around the entire gallery space connected from piece to piece. Margi Weir is the artist behind the work, and claims she’s had a myriad of different reactions from audiences since the series began, but one thing she’s always experienced is the impact. Weir’s work revolves around social constructs, governing ideology, racism, environmental issues and almost anything that has sculpted the American people over the past century into who we are, what we do and why we do it. The answers are all the same: we’re not doing enough.

Margi Weir Exhibition

by Tony Coates

Walking into the Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery located on the Valdosta State University Campus, audiences will be greeted with a splash of different colors from the “Bearing Witness” gallery installations by Margi Weir. These installations take color and combine everything that is symbolized in modern culture by that color and collage them into one beautifully designed acrylic painted piece. Weir also uses the acrylic paintings to create awareness as well beyond just the colors creating one large piece that is equivalent to 3 of her normal-sized large canvases. Vinyl images merged to create this one stunning piece that is so large it fills up one whole wall of the gallery. This exhibition combines many ideals, so if viewers do not agree with one color and its symbols, there are up to eight colors, including Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Black, White, Purple, and Orange, so that everyone can relate to something in this exhibition. The stories and awareness that Weir provides are modern culture. The execution of each piece is very detailed in each work presented.

Margi Weir: Bearing Witness Exhibition

By Christian Perry

Margi Weir, *Justice in America,* 2016, acrylic on canvas, surrounded by vinyl

Valdosta State University’s Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery has opened up a new exhibition, called “Bearing Witness”, showcasing Margi Weir’s social political artworks. The show officially opened on the 17th of February and will end on March 6th. The artworks collectively shed light on subjects from social injustice to eco-sustainability. Weir’s works show the violence of these problems in the form of beautiful visuals, and it is evident that she has a passion to voice her concerns for these subject matters.

Artist Margi Weir: Bearing Witness Solo Exhibition

By Abby Mickler

The solo exhibition that was recently housed in the Dedo Maranville Gallery at Valdosta State University is one in which artist, Margi Weir, presents some of her works that depict issues and trends within our society today, mostly the negative aspects. Weir’s exhibition is entitled “Bearing Witness”, which seems appropriate considering the context and subject matter of her pieces.

Oppression Brought To Light Through Art

By Kelley Gray

“Bearing Witness: Installations by Margi Weir” was yet another successful one at Valdosta State University located at the Dedo Maranville Gallery in the Fine Arts Building on campus. The exhibition deals with the more serious issues in our society today, including political and racial issues.