underseers: Jason Lazarus
Date: May 29, 2026 - August 16, 2026
Gallery: Entel Family Gallery
For Lazarus, “the antonyms of the term ‘overseers’ disappoint—this exhibition is both journal and journalism, a turn away from foreclosure, and toward possibility.” Taking this premise as a point of departure, the exhibition explores alternative ways of seeing and recording the everyday.
Featuring new sculpture, concrete photography, and object-based archives, underseers revisits moments typically defined by a photographic encounter and translates them into other forms. By deliberately withholding images, Lazarus invites viewers to reconsider how vision is constructed—shifting perception from the immediate and visible toward something more intimate, reflective, and embodied.
As part of the exhibition’s summer programming, Lazarus will present a public reading of their new essay, Listening for Monuments, a meditation on a growing collection of used doorstops included in the exhibition.
Jason Lazarus Bio
Jason Lazarus is an artist exploring vision and visibility. His work includes a range of fluid methodologies: photography, found and appropriated images, text-as-image, photo-derived sculptures made individually and collaboratively with the public, live archives, film, video, LED light images, and public submission repositories among others. This expanded practice seeks new approaches of inquiry, embodiment, and bearing witness through both individual and collective research. Currently, Lazarus is an Associate Professor of Art and Art History at the University of South Florida.
Seen / Heard: Good Art vs. Bad Art vs. Not Art
Following a recent act of defacement in Jason Lazarus’ exhibition underseers, the Dunedin Fine Art Center chose to respond not by hiding the moment, but by creating space for dialogue. That response became Seen / Heard, a new community conversation series exploring artistic intent, interpretation, perspective, and the relationship between artists and audiences.
In this first discussion, Good Art vs. Bad Art vs. Not Art, DFAC Curator Danny Olda is joined by artist and curator Taryn Möller Nicoll for a thought-provoking conversation on how we define, evaluate, and experience art.
The panel discussion was incredibly well received, sparking thoughtful audience participation and insightful questions that made for a lively and engaging conversation. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make this an inspiring afternoon of dialogue.