Art 109: Visual Dialogue

Category Studio Project: Project NOW

Inspired by the artwork explored during the term with its diverse styles, techniques, materials, subjects, forms, purposes, and aesthetic traditions, students created artwork that aligns with current art discourses – art that creates dialogue.

BEWARE OF DOG

Invasive catastrophes

The artwork uses a mix of real plants and drawn honey bees so that a scene can be constructed with the bees pollonating the plants. The art has the seasons of the year, with Fall including a honey bee infested… Continue Reading →

I Spy Overconsumption

This is my take on the nostalgic game of I SPY. It is made from pieces of secondhand fabric I repurposed for this collage as well as trinkets I have collected through my life. I chose this form of media… Continue Reading →

when the olives are gone

This project is a series of four digital posters that respond to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, using real news images and quotes to highlight the destruction, loss of life, and global calls for justice. QR codes are linked to… Continue Reading →

Big, Beautiful, Bimbo.

Big, Beautiful, Bimbo is of course a play on words about the Big Beautiful Bill. My project is a self-critique, as well as a critique on Mr. President. I chose fashion as a medium, and non-toxic spray paint to add… Continue Reading →

Queer Erasure

Stonewall was a series of riots in 1969 following the violent police raid of a gay bar in Greenwich Village NY. It fueled the fire of the gay rights movement and today has a National Monument honoring the people who… Continue Reading →

Othering

This work is a critique of the slander directed at immigrants in America. I wanted the grimy nature of the piece to depict the absurdity of the statements that have been made. There are also multiple references to public statements… Continue Reading →

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

This painting draws inspiration from Harlan Ellison’s book I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, depicting a humanoid being in form but stripped of the ability to speak, express, or escape. It is meant to raise questions about consciousness… Continue Reading →

“Modern Banner”

This piece is a comment on the American military-industrial complex and the involvement of the US government in numerous atrocities including the Israeli genocide of Palestinians, having provided significant amounts of funding and military resources to Israel. The US government… Continue Reading →

This piece visualizes the overwhelming presence of plastic pollution in our oceans, focusing on the haunting repetition of discarded water bottles drifting in the tide. Inspired by real-world environmental data, Plastic Tides invites viewers to reflect on their own consumption… Continue Reading →

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