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Hardcore Frivolity, Dixie Lyn Boswell
Hardcore Frivolity, Dixie Lyn Boswell
CGU MFA Theses
I believe in experiencing the world and truth through all the senses. Digging beneath the surface and not stopping at the first thing that flutters through my head. My art installations work with light, abstract imagery, reflective surfaces, and motion, to manipulate spaces creating multi-sensory experiences that encourage a heightened awareness of being in one's body.
I Promise, Maya Luque
I Promise, Maya Luque
CGU MFA Theses
This exhibition is about Chinese burial sites and the practices that accompany the loss of a loved one. The Chinese have a practice where they build large earthen mounds as burial sites; they then visit the sites of their ancestors once a year. I have made my own burial site out of beeswax-dipped paper, which I have then stitched together, like a quilt, to form a hollow version of this mound. In traditional Western home economics quilt making is important; in my installation I use the stitch work to represent a home. In this installation my aim is for the …
Projectordinary, Paul M. Kelley
Projectordinary, Paul M. Kelley
CGU MFA Theses
These works are slices, reflections and projections of life. They celebrate what seems humdrum and humble. With stripped-down almost deadpan effects that are nearly as dull as the objects, my works lie somewhere between 2D and 3D, blurring the lines of physical space with the digital. The spatial and sculptural qualities that they attain induce a playful illusion in the moment of trying to make sense of what the eye sees. With a bit of precision, it is vital to make use of the negative space and align animations and digitally repeated forms with objects to retain believability, normality and …
The Darkness Is Passing, Grace Heeeun Park
The Darkness Is Passing, Grace Heeeun Park
CGU MFA Theses
My work is about the interplay of light, darkness and space. I express illumination of space and penetrating light with abstract painting. I use the white of canvas and thick application of black paint to create frames and to break rules of defined dimensions. Through my paintings, I challenge the perception of space and question the boundaries between two and three dimensions.
Here's Looking When, Erica Ryan Stallones
Here's Looking When, Erica Ryan Stallones
CGU MFA Theses
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