Advanced Studio Exhibition

Spring 2021

 

The Advanced Studio course prepares our Juniors and Seniors to create and exhibit art. This is often the first instance where the guides given as course assignments are not available. What has historically occurred was a spasm of creation that was at once a protestation against authority but was also a dance of emancipation, and then came Covid 19. 

This year’s iteration of the course, and exhibition, began 10 months into the ostensive shutdown of all we deemed normal, and yet the normal conversations began, the fits and starts rolled through, and the video filtered discussions seemed comfortable. My expectation was not that Covid 19 or the shut-down would be the theme of the exhibition, but I couldn’t help but suggest that it was a ripe melon sticky with possibilities. 

The resulting work was more a mindscape than a work production. The confines of the Zoom calls forced an inward exploration that seemed to not only defy a viewer but invert the notion of public display when considering an exhibition. This work is merely a brochure to the holiday that left you home alone. 

 

Francisco Guerrero  

Associate Professor  

 

Image of red sculptural artwork

Shiyun Chen (Shelley)

Keep Distance

Copper wire, Yarn, Crystal Glass Beads, Read-made cone spikes

Image of a box with lasercut text on three surfaces, superimposed on a crowd of people

Chyna Hanano

Shadow Box: Cardboard Room

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colorful graphic design with flowers and text

Huy Anh Tran

One More Flower

Graphic black and white skeleton figure with buildings

Alexander Whitehead

Grouping of drawings, paintings, and graphic artworks on a different sheets of paper

Mar Campoverde

close up of green leaf with text engraved in the leaf

Chyna Hanano

Ti Leaf Annexation Letter

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Red text art on a green background

Huy Anh Tran

demophobia (detail)

Graphic black and white figure with no head and white arm

Alexander Whitehead

Grouping of drawings and a photograph on a white wall

Mar Campoverde

Image of wearable red sculptural artwork

Shiyun Chen (Shelley)

Keep Distance

Copper wire, Yarn, Crystal Glass Beads, Read-made cone spikes

magenta text on a blue background

Huy Anh Tran

demophobia (detail)

Grouping of drawings and paintings on paper on a white wall

Mar Campoverde

Image of red sculptural artwork

Shiyun Chen (Shelley)

Keep Distance

Copper wire, Yarn, Crystal Glass Beads, Read-made cone spikes

Graphic black and white image of skeleton figure with large gun

Alexander Whitehead