Press Release: Pace University Art Gallery Presents Flux, a Tribute to Retiring Faculty Artists

Exhibition showcases the work and legacy of Barbara Friedman, Linda Herritt, and Will Pappenheimer

Pace University Art Gallery is pleased to present Flux: Barbara Friedman, Linda Herritt, and Will Pappenheimer, an exhibition showcasing the work of three distinguished contemporary artists and longtime faculty members in Pace’s Art Department as they prepare to retire at the end of the Spring 2025 semester. On view from February 7 to March 22, 2025, the exhibition will open with a free public reception on Friday, February 7, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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Flux celebrates their lasting impact on the university and their artistic contributions. The exhibition title reflects both the shift in the artists’ careers—from the classroom to the studio—and a thematic connection that links their distinct artistic practices. Barbara Friedman presents oil paintings, including three new large-scale works created specifically for this show, capturing glimpses of figuration emerging from sweeping layers of poured paint. Linda Herritt, explores text as both form and concept through prints and a site-specific wall installation, pushing beyond legibility. Will Pappenheimer’s incorporates video, augmented reality, and digital prints generated by AI text prompts, all investigating a devasted post-human environment.

Throughout their careers as artists and educators, they have each generously guided the development of new artists. Brenda McManus, chair of the Art Department, said, “Barbara, Linda, and Will’s unwavering dedication, passion for teaching, and exceptional leadership have left an indelible mark on our community. Their retirements will be deeply felt, as they have not only shaped the academic and artistic growth of our students but have also profoundly enriched the department with their vision, mentorship, and commitment."

Sarah Cunningham, director of the Pace University Art Gallery, added, “While we will certainly miss them as cherished colleagues, we're also extremely excited to see the incredible new art they'll create with more time in the studio. This show is just a glimpse of the amazing work to come!”

As part of the exhibition, each artist will present a public talk about their artistic practice: Linda Herritt will speak on Monday, February 10, at 11:00 a.m., Barbara Friedman on Thursday, February 20, at 12:30 p.m., and Will Pappenheimer on Monday, March 3, at 1:30 p.m. All exhibitions and events at Pace University Art Gallery are free and open to the public.

Pace University Art Gallery is located at 41 Park Row in Lower Manhattan. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., with extended hours on Thursdays until 7:00 p.m. Please check the gallery Instagram for the University holiday closures.

Image credits

• Barbara Friedman, Peripheral Vision, 2024-2025, oil on linen, 80” x 67”
• Linda Herritt, Rainbow Accent, 2025, watercolor monotype, 22” x 30”
• ∅ne, Will Pappenheimer, #129 Flooded and Moldy Rooms; After Takashi Murakami, 2024, framed archival inkjet print, 51.5” x 46.5” x 2”

About Pace University

Since 1906, Pace University has been transforming the lives of its diverse students—academically, professionally, and socioeconomically. With campuses in New York City and Westchester County, Pace offers bachelor, master, and doctoral degree programs to 13,600 students in its College of Health Professions, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Lubin School of Business, Sands College of Performing Arts, School of Education, and Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems.

About Dyson College of Arts and Science

Pace University’s liberal arts college, Dyson College, offers more than 50 programs, spanning the arts and humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and pre-professional programs (including pre-medicine, pre-veterinary, and pre-law), as well as many courses that fulfill core curriculum requirements. The College offers access to numerous opportunities for internships, cooperative education and other hands-on learning experiences that complement in-class learning in preparing graduates for career and graduate/professional education choices.

About Barbara Friedman

Barbara Friedman has exhibited widely: over forty solo shows, with an exhibition opening at Frosch and Co later this month. Other solo shows include Five Myles, Ober Gallery, Sara Nightingale, CAS, Buddy Warren, BCB Art, the Painting Center; and twice at Michael Steinberg. Earlier solo exhibitions were at Art Resources Transfer, The Queens Museum, and White Columns; Carnegie-Mellon, Cleveland State, the Roanoke Museum, and the Dana Wright Gallery (San Francisco) among others. Two-person and selected group shows include The Drawing Center, Five Myles, PS1, Exit Art, Amherst College, Parrish Museum, Artists Space, SUNY Old Westbury, Octavia Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, Studio 10, Valentine, Gerald Peters, Storefront Ten Eyck, Life on Mars, Pierogi, Amy Simon, Art in General, Queens University Cultural Festival (Belfast), Galerie am Meer (Berlin), Aldrich Museum, Printed Matter, Aljira, and the Newhouse Center of Contemporary Art in Snug Harbor. Reviews of Friedman’s work have appeared in the New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, Forbes, Whitehot Magazine, New York Sun, Irish Times, Newsday, Art in America, ARTS Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, and Artweek. She has been awarded residencies at the Bogliasco Foundation, Yaddo (twice), Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Marie Walsh Foundation Summer Session, Pouch Cove and the Golden Foundation. Her paintings were selected for the 2007 and 2010 issues of New American Paintings, as well as for the MTA Arts in Transit Poster Project She has been a member of the Art faculty at Pace since 1983.

About Linda Herritt

Linda Herritt’s text-based installations and works on paper have been exhibited in one and two person exhibitions at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut; the Boiler (Pierogi), Brooklyn; Valentine Gallery, Queens; 1K Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Pierogi, Brooklyn; the San Francisco Art Institute, California; The Frist Center for the Arts, Nashville, Tennessee; and Art&Idea, Mexico City, Mexico. She has exhibited in group shows at the Litho Werkstat, Berlin; Drawing Center, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver; Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam; and Galería OMR, Mexico City, among others. Fellowships include a Brooklyn Arts Fund Award (2016), a NYFA Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts (2014), a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, a Rockefeller Foundation Grant, and a NEA Sculpture Fellowship. She participated in the International Artist in Residence Program in Vienna, with US residencies at Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, Art/Omi, the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, and Dieu Donne. Her work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, and Art in America. Recent prints will be included in a 2025 group exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum, Japan. Linda Herritt is a member of the Art faculty at Pace University, New York.

About Will Pappenheimer

Will Pappenheimer is a Brooklyn based artist working in new media, performance and installation with an interest in spatial intervention and the altered experiences of the artwork as site. His current work explores the collage of the virtual and physical worlds in the recent medium of augmented reality (AR) and “mixed reality.” He is a pioneer of AR medium and a founding member of the AR collective, Manifest.AR, formed in 2011. His projects and performances have been shown internationally at Whitney Museum of American Art, LACMA, Los Angeles; SFMOMA and bitforms in San Francisco; the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; FACT, Liverpool, UK; Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul; Fringe Exhibitions in Los Angeles; the ICA, CyberArts Gallery and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington; Xi’an Academy of Art Gallery in China; the New Museum and the 2017 Moving Image Art Fair in New York. He recently debuted a solo show of new mixed reality sculptural works at the Alpha Gallery in Boston. The artist’s works have been reviewed in the Whitney Museum curator, Christiane Paulʼs recent historical editions of “Digital Art,” a chapter of Gregory Ulmerʼs theoretical book “Electronic Monuments,” Art in America, New York Times, Hyperallergic.org, WIRED, Modern Painters, the Boston Globe, EL PAIS, Madrid, Liberation, Paris, and Art US. A documentary on his work is part of Bloomberg TV’s Art + Technology series. He teaches new media at Pace University, New York.