MFA Thesis Show: Spring 2009
MFA Thesis Show: Below are images from the 2009 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the New York Studio School. The exhibition featured 14 sculptors and painters from around the world and the United States. In the final month leading to the show, the investigations of the past year coalesced into a single body of work. Derek O'Neill's talk on the Tibetan Wheel of Life inspired an investigation of mandalas and symbols which led me to the works of Joseph Campbell, Carl G. Jung and Sir James G. Frazer, and the art of ancient Indian, Himalayan and Native American cultures, to name a few.
The following are collages made with materials found in my studio: paper, wood, canvas, acrylic paint, oil paint, watercolor and gouache. Some are combined with needle and thread, others with glue and string. The final pieces (Triangle Piece, Portrait of a Man, Four Corners) are the most sculptural: they begin to incorporate the wooden backing that protrudes from the wall. The Self-Portrait with Bamboo is painted on sewn canvas scraps.
The following are collages made with materials found in my studio: paper, wood, canvas, acrylic paint, oil paint, watercolor and gouache. Some are combined with needle and thread, others with glue and string. The final pieces (Triangle Piece, Portrait of a Man, Four Corners) are the most sculptural: they begin to incorporate the wooden backing that protrudes from the wall. The Self-Portrait with Bamboo is painted on sewn canvas scraps.
Memama’s Tapestry
20" x 15" watercolor on paper
September 2008
Life’s Cycles
26" x 20.5" watercolor and gouache on paper
March 2009
Sun Shape32" x 26" acrylic and gouache on paper
April 2009
For William10" x 10" oil on canvas
May 2009
Triangle Piece11.5" x 10" acrylic on paper
April 2009
Portrait of a Man10.5" x 10.5" pastel and acrylic on paper and wood
May 2009
Rose Bouquet10" x 10" oil on canvas
April 2009
Bamboo out the Window28" x 21" oil stick on canvas
April 2009
Drunken Collage19" x 19" mixed media on canvas
April 2009
Four Corners17" x 17" oil on canvas and wood
May 2009
Rose Mandala
27" x 23" oil and gouache on canvas and paper
April 2009
Pathétique
32" x 18" oil stick on canvas
April 2009
Mandala Study/ Union of Opposites23" x 23" oil stick on paper
April 2009
Self Portrait with Bamboo
80" x 58" oil stick on canvas
May 2009
Tibetan Wheel of Life (blue)32" x 24" acrylic on paper
March 2009
The following did not make it into the show although they relate to the other pieces.
Tibetan Wheel of Life (red)29" x 22" watercolor, gouache and acrylic on paper
March 2009
Tibetan Wheel of Life
54" x 48" mixed media on paper
March 2009
Self Portrait
17" x 16" oil pastel and acrylic on paper
April 2009
Rose Atelier Painting
26" x 24" x 8" oil on sewn canvas
April 2009
posted by Ariel Churnin at
2:10 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Ariel, I really like the collages and the feelings on it. Do you know Washington Barcala?
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