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Flotsam & Jetsam, Nicolas S. Shake
Flotsam & Jetsam, Nicolas S. Shake
CGU MFA Theses
My work is pastoral and post-apocalyptic with one foot firmly planted in historical painting and the other in traditional still-life, so it is entropic and sanguine, gleeful, despondent, and matter of fact. It comes at a point in time when the fiction of Nature as a refuge is no longer viable, persuasive or convincing. But rather than rehash this fact, my work celebrates the pastoral’s everyday ordinariness, the capacity for the viewer to experience something wondrous amidst decline. I focus on the cast-off household and utilitarian items that show up in the desert on the outskirts of Los Angeles. The …
Back From Port-Au-Prince, Kerry L. Rodgers
Back From Port-Au-Prince, Kerry L. Rodgers
CGU MFA Theses
In this body of work I aim to bring the possibility of intimacy and empathy to a city reeling from recent devastation. Before last year’s earthquake, Port-Au-Prince had been famous for its bright splashy colors; vibrant shades coated the homes, shacks, buildings and buses. But everything lost its color when it crumbled. The ubiquitous gray rubble is a constant reminder of the immense human suffering that the quake set into motion: death, displacement, and disease. Please see Download button in top right corner for the full statement.
Jane Gillespie Pryor Mfa Thesis Statement, Jane Gillespie Pryor
Jane Gillespie Pryor Mfa Thesis Statement, Jane Gillespie Pryor
CGU MFA Theses
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Since 1980, Sookyung Bae
Since 1980, Sookyung Bae
CGU MFA Theses
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Erin Payne Mfa Thesis Statement, Erin B. Payne
Erin Payne Mfa Thesis Statement, Erin B. Payne
CGU MFA Theses
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