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Secrets, Todd Mccaffrey
Secrets, Todd Mccaffrey
CGU MFA Theses
What does it mean to be human and how does art help us in answering this question.
Raw, Jian Liang
Raw, Jian Liang
CGU MFA Theses
My work is an exploration of the body in obscurity. The understanding of my own cultural identity, gender, and sexuality lead up to the work in this show. The work is a metaphor for the complex identity that I experience, and a discovery of the queer, marginal space that I am in as a person, as a painter, as an artist.
The term “raw” refers not only to the sensuous bodies depicted in my work, but also the body of the physical material. The paintings question the intimate relationship between bodies, and the bodies’ internal as well as external spaces. …
Zooairyland- Xinjie Yin Mfa Thesis Show, Xinjie Yin
Zooairyland- Xinjie Yin Mfa Thesis Show, Xinjie Yin
CGU MFA Theses
During the process of discovering myself in my art world, I have determined to use cuteness as a way to express my worldview, values, and experiences. Cuteness is my own philosophy and language in the interpersonal communication. I intend to make cuteness meaningful to me as well as to the rest of the world. I believe cuteness contains a power to bring people back to their original simplicity regardless of their age, it is the idea of innocence. Cuteness is like a shield for me to protect myself from the tough, scary and crazy reality; and it is a positive …
In Visible Grounds, Jennifer Simms
In Visible Grounds, Jennifer Simms
CGU MFA Theses
Jenni Simms - In Visible Grounds - Show Description
I am interested in finding ways to make visual art that positions the viewer between advocation and negation, or possession and estrangement with the natural world and human presence. As an artist I am most satisfied when I can include all of these ideas together: a sense of time, edges of some kind, a sense of mystery alongside just enough of the known and signs of human presence and the natural world.
For In Visible Grounds I began my focus with color, or the visible light spectrum.is includes all of the …