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Exploring Distortion And Clarity In The Modern Printed Portrait, Karina M. Harper
Exploring Distortion And Clarity In The Modern Printed Portrait, Karina M. Harper
Summer Research
My work has focused on two sides of the artistic process: inspiration and application. While studying abroad, I read, saw, and experienced modern France, living with a host family in Dijon. In the midst of this, I researched the work of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a French printmaker who utilized the lithographic process and pushed it forward as a modern and respected art practice. Lithography is a type of art involving changing the chemical nature of limestone to attract ink where an image is drawn with greasy pens. Returning to the Puget Sound campus and to one of the few lithograph …
Jeff Solomon's Speech On Hide/Seek: Difference And Desire In American Portraiture, Jeff Solomon
Jeff Solomon's Speech On Hide/Seek: Difference And Desire In American Portraiture, Jeff Solomon
HIDE, But Not SEEK: Censorship in Art and the Queer Community
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Growth / Decay, Yuri Kahan
Growth / Decay, Yuri Kahan
Summer Research
With or without organic matter, the Earth will continue to participate in its celestial dance with the rest of the Universe. For my work this fact is paramount. I am envisioning the Earth as a post-organic realm, as a space that will remain far beyond human existence. The Earth’s turning is not dependent on humanity, on flora or fauna, on any single living thing that inhabits it’s crust. This is an element of ‘our’ planet that I think is often ignored, forgotten, or simply unknown or not thought by most. As such, these pieces are about the purity of Earth …