Spring Break
Annual art presentation showcases creativity from university students
Betsy Cohen
Issue date: 4/7/09 Section: News
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Dedicated students spent hours on the displayed works at the 2009 Juried Student Exhibition, an annual art presentation.
Upon first arrival, a series of three black and white drawings greet visitors. In the left frame, a character wearing Middle-Eastern garb is depicted shooting two guns at an older man hiding behind a brick wall in the next frame. The third frame is a person looking out the side of a bus that has been blown to pieces, though appearing calm. A skeleton slumps over two seats behind. The work, entitled "Hey Zeus! Catch!," by Randy Stevenson, was one of just a handful of artists with works in the gallery to win an excellence award.
"Flowerbox," by Sabrina Strawn catches the eye with its pink electroluminescent wire that at first glance appears to have been spewed carelessly throughout the metal flowers. Upon further examination however, it is apparent that the wire has been strategically placed and at times, dips into the delicate spirals of metal flower plumes. The flowers have different elevations and directions, therefore teasing the eyes of the onlooker.
"The Offering," also by Strawn, uses a similar metal twisting as her first piece in the gallery. Hydrocal cement, wax, wood and metal take the form of a hand, holding out a metal strand.
Arthur Kobin's "Kevin" intaglio depicts a man in utter horror. The colorful portrait evokes a sense of horror, as the viewer glance at the figure's eyes, rolled back into their sockets, bloodshot and shadowed by sagging bags below them. Dirt appears to be stuck in every crevice of the many wrinkles of his fingers and face.
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