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John Davey
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May 2nd
Amy Lovera
As the semester comes to a close we are seeing the fruits of an entire student bodies labor, spread across many different mediums. The university was kind enough to provide these students with an opportunity to display their work in a public forum. An opportunity to really show your work to such a large audience is so important to young up and coming artists. Looking around the several galleries that feature students work you get a great understanding of the artistic atmosphere that the students and professors have worked so hard to create. Mixed in with the many craft pieces and paintings from students we see several series of photographs.
Many of them feature portraits, often a topic that new photographers are excited to capture. We see several images in black and white that beautifully captures the shadows of rain. But not all of the series are as straight forwards. One image that stands out is a large print of two crushed lollipops laid on top of one another. The semi translucent candy pieces create interesting color combinations as light shines through two different colored pieces. The seemingly random way that the pieces fall create fascinating abstract shapes that help add to compositions. The lollipops are displayed on a stark white background, preventing the viewer from becoming distracted by background noise.
This show was an excellent display of the abilities of the students of Bridgewater. In the future I look forward to what these artists will go on to create in their careers. Personally I found myself inspired by the level of quality of the pieces on display, and I count myself lucky to be in an environment that cultivates such talent.
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John Davey
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May 2nd
Amy Lovera
Unlike many other state schools, bridgewater is a strong supporter of their art department. From the yearly Bridge publication featuring local students and artists, to frequent speakers and displays from the art world. Often you can find new and exciting exhibits on display here in on our campus. One example of these shows came to campus earlier in the semester and was on display in the art gallery for several weeks. The show featured works from surrealist photographer Karen Jerzyk. The images on display featured bizarre compositions of the end of the worlds. They played with interior layouts as well as with color. Many of the compositions dedicated entirely to single colors throughout the entire image.
The images spoke to a fear of the future, as well as what would come to the next generation. Many of the subjects of the photos were either children or starved spirits that reached out towards them. Only in a few images did we see feature entirely adult subjects, but the subjects in those compositions were in no way normal. Many of them were deformed or missing limbs, which only added to the ethereal feel that the pieces have. They almost feel as if we are looking into some kind of dreamscape or after life. Certainly these pieces speak to something beside the material world for their inspiration. Due to the location of the exhibit I was lucky enough to spend several days looking at the pieces on display. I found myself lost in the many details of the images, almost always finding some new detail that I hadn’t before. These images are incredibly intricate and truly speak to the artist’s ability.
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John Davey
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May 2nd
Amy Lovera
For our class I went to two exhibits at the Fuller Craft museum, both were mixed medium but heavily included photography within the compositions of the galleries on display. The Fuller Craft is New England's only contemporary craft museum and they commonly have several displays in rotation. Currently one of these displays that features a lot of photography is their display on mental health. In this display we had two series of photos both having to do with the topic of mental health and those who suffer from it. Photography has often been used as a medium to explore mental illness as a topic, either through abstract images or ones founded more in reality.
This exhibit had two series that had a totally opposite style from one another. Of the two one used more realistic images, a series of birds captured mid flight. The series is displayed in several five inch by five inch tiles, the tiles are arranged in a square pattern that occupies an entire wall of the display. The scale of this piece is quite impressive and reaches from the floor to the ceiling, causing the viewer to feel dwarfed by this collection of bird images. The images themselves all capture the birds mid-flight, some taking off from a perch while others are landing. All the photos are also in black and white, between the shadows of the birds and the light passing through the wings the images imposingly beautiful. They speak to simple beauty of the natural world, while highlight the fragility of that beauty. This piece left a lasting impact on me that I won't soon forget.
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John Davey
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May 2nd
Amy Lovera
The fuller Craft museum often has multiple shows on display throughout their several galleries. Many of these shows often feature photography, either through traditional means or through more unique methods. Along with their show touching on the topic of mental health they also featured a gallery dedicated to artifacts from the recent women’s march in DC. Although the show mainly focused on the pink hats that were so iconic of the march, it also used mixed medium to translate the scale of the march in such an intimate gallery. Along with the pink felt and knit hats meant to resemble cat ears, we also see several handmade signs from protestors as well as magazines that covered the march.The exhibit feels as if an attempt to forever freeze this historic moment in place. Along with smaller glass display cases littered throughout the museum there was also the main display.
This display took over an entire hallway of the museum, it was placed so that as you made your way through the museum you would eventually pass through it. The hallway featured several unique pink hats on display racks, and behind the hats was a massive printed photo of the gathering of the women’s march. The wall opposite displays different hats and a different picture of the crowd. The photo is so high resolution you can even pick out faces from the crowd of protestors. At the same time one feel impressed by the sheer scope of the image, yet you feel an intimate connection to the crowd as you look at their faces and see them as normal people trying to make a change.
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