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Wunderkammer, Dai Toyofuku
Wunderkammer, Dai Toyofuku
CGU MFA Theses
I manufacture objects that confuse classification and cross boundaries. Part unicorn horn and part Narwhal tusk, these objects straddle categorical containers. My sculptures attempt to break free from inherited structures of knowledge and modes of seeing. The boxes and pedestals are akin to these imposed structures, though these traditional structures always fall just short of fulfilling their supposed function; these categorical containers slowly leak.
Doubting Thomas, Michael K. Carter
Doubting Thomas, Michael K. Carter
CGU MFA Theses
My work is a deliberate attempt at a personal sense of wrongness. I believe that encountering this wrongness is more sincere and revealing of myself and my audience then any attempt at correctness could be. I feel there is a vulnerability and exposure in being the first to speak up, to leap before looking, to react without thinking, analyze or process experience.
Yarell Castellanos, Artist Statement, Yarell Castellanos
Yarell Castellanos, Artist Statement, Yarell Castellanos
CGU MFA Theses
My work explores the beautiful aspects of the grotesque elements in nature. My goal is to make conflicted and contradictory pieces in which abstraction and representation interact. I find that contradictions and extreme behaviors in nature to be stimulating.
Which Is Not One, Alex C. Moore
Which Is Not One, Alex C. Moore
CGU MFA Theses
Specific yet anonymous, my paintings allow the viewer to sit within what would normally be a fleeting moment of intimacy.
The Nature Of Making Sense, Allison Alford
The Nature Of Making Sense, Allison Alford
CGU MFA Theses
My interest is to breed the mystical with the mundane, producing informational systems that coalesce knowledge, ambiguity, logic and fantasy. The species that populate my imagery are totems that could function as heroines, monsters or shapes that elude and inform us. The work functions as a stage upon which, pixels, paint and mystical figures coexist. Each panel acts as a composite of multiple frames of a video: figures combine with paintings, drawings, symbols, and landscape. Though ultimately singular in image, the pictures imply multiplicity. The lineage of the work can be traced to influences such as François Dufrêne, Max Ernst’s …
The Observer Effect, Azadeh Tajpour
The Observer Effect, Azadeh Tajpour
CGU MFA Theses
My work explores the gray area and the shifting border between "us" and "other." It investigates the helplessness and the submissiveness on both sides of this spectrum and one's passivity that makes the "pain of others" inevitable. Moreover, it examines the individual and collective experiences of guilt and complicity in relation to world events. I am interested in the selective and repressed memories of individuals and nations, the reluctance to look and the ability to forget.
Minority Report, Tania Jazz Alvarez
Minority Report, Tania Jazz Alvarez
CGU MFA Theses
I make large, colorful, messy figurative paintings that tell stories and celebrate the underdog. I use found objects, as well as wood panels and canvases. The poetry of the street plays an important role in my art; from what I paint on, to what I paint with, to my subject matter, my art conveys both liberation and pride toward my Hispanic culture. When I create, I allow the paint to be true to its physical properties. I am aggressive and free in my painting and mark-making. If my paintings begin to appear “sophisticated,” I find ways to manipulate them. I …
Touch, Liz Nurenberg
Touch, Liz Nurenberg
CGU MFA Theses
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