“The Rider“ is a painting of a figure robed in black against a desert backdrop, but in place of a face, there is a black answering machine. Banner for Their Own Devices: A solo exhibition by Joe Hedges

Their Own Devices: A solo exhibition by Joe Hedges

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Campus Wide Art

Tue, Oct 13, 2026

9 AM – 6 PM PDT (GMT-7)

Private Location (sign in to display)

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“The Rider“ is a painting of a figure robed in black against a desert backdrop, but in place of a face, there is a black answering machine. Below the image are the exhibition details: Their Own Devices A solo exhibition by Joe Hedges October 1, 2026 - November 12, 2026 Reception slash Lecture: The opening reception of Joe Hedges: Their Own Devices as well as a lecture by the artist will be held on Thursday, October1st, Noon. Location: Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art is located in the Art Building situated in the center of the fine and performing arts complex on the EWU campus in Cheney, Washington. Hours: Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 9am to 6pm and closed weekends, holidays and for spring break March 22-26, 2027. Admission is free. Flyer for Their Own Devices: A solo exhibition by Joe Hedges
October 1, 2026 – November 12, 2026

Reception/Lecture: The opening reception of Joe Hedges: Their Own Devices as well as a lecture by the artist will be held on Thursday, October1st, Noon.

Location: Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art is located in the Art Building situated in the center of the fine and performing arts complex on the EWU campus in Cheney, Washington.

Hours: Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 9am to 6pm and closed weekends, holidays and for spring break March 22-26, 2027.

Admission is free

Artist Website:
Joe Hedges: www.joehedges.com

The gallery will host multimedia installations and oil paintings Hedges calls Their Own Devices, made on CNC-routed wood panels, each one cut to house an inexpensive, obsolete consumer device sourced from thrift stores: alarm clocks, blood pressure monitors, stereos, tape recorders, a defibrillator. Figures drawn from real and imagined Renaissance and Baroque sources inhabit panels that are physically interrupted by this hardware, which protrudes from the surface and disrupts the picture plane in both two and three dimensions. The result is both painting and object — a body of work in which the oldest technology of representation is forced into contact with machines that have already outlived their usefulness.

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