Student art shows off on campus

Today is the last day works of art by students in Art 497A (Installation Art) will be on display. The works were individually designed by students and give students a chance to experiment in a public space, said Sallie McCorkle, associate professor of art. A roster posted on the first floor of the Visual Arts building lists the artists and the locations of their work.

Angel Thompson (junior-integrative arts), whose work is displayed in the exhibit, explained that her work allows people to acknowledge the lines that they themselves draw. Her still-life, called The Lines We Draw, is viewed through two different perspectives: a picture frame representing the art and a window representing the real.

The performance aspect of her exhibit, which took place Thursday, was her actually being part of the work, lying nude with her still life.

Thompson is a model for some of the figure drawing classes, the Art Alliance and free-lance drawing, said McCorkle.

The exhibit was a holistic way for Thompson to incorporate how she lives her life in her own work, McCorkle explained. It enabled people to think for themselves about the meaning of the work, she added.

"An appreciation for the unexpected," Thompson said, is what she wants people to gain from her work.

Sam Kebbell's work was inspired by the Patterson Building, which houses his exhibit. The building is the former home of the University Creamery.

The work makes a connection between the production line and a ghost, explained Kebbell, foreign exchange student from New Zealand majoring in architecture. The work includes photographs projected onto screens illustrating the process of the old Creamery, Kebbell said.

So far, the exhibits have received good responses from those who have seen them.

"People have said that they enjoy seeing artwork outside of a classroom environment," McCorkle said.

Other forms of student artwork will continue to be displayed throughout the rest of the semester.

Sculpture exhibits by two other courses, Art 230 (Beginning Sculpture) and Art 330 (Intermediate Sculpture) will be on display until Dec. 3 outside of the Visual Arts Building and the Arts Building.

The beginning sculpture students created sculptural objects incorporating architectonic ideas and memory, McCorkle said, while the intermediate sculpture students created objects that addressed the idea of contemplative spaces to ponder.

All the students had to take into consideration structural and safety requirements, functional aspects, weather conditions and visual impact, McCorkle explained.