2024 Annual Student Art Exhibition Images
Preview
Student Exhibition Year
2024
Description
Fabric and dance shoes suspended from wood and safety pins. Presented as part of the 2024 Annual Student Exhibit in the Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College.
Artist Statement
My experiences as a dancer have allowed me to escape and accept reality, and this notion inspires my work. On a stage, you see a dancer’s fluidity within movement and balance. Behind the scenes, there is pain and many obstacles mixed with intense emotion and feelings of euphoria. Dance inspires me to pose moments in time that elicit the malleability of the mind and body.
Through the sculptural process I cut, rip, and wrap material from dance shoes, clothing, silk fabric, and tulle which relate to dance and my life. When manipulating these materials, feelings of both excitement and nostalgia arise through the process as I am using them to create something while actively knowing that they can never be used again for their original purpose. When clothes, shoes, and fabric have passed their “expiration date” we often forget about them, but there is beauty in giving new life to old objects. My artistic practice, like dance, fulfills my inherent need to create visual imagery and allows me to process and redefine my experiences.
Rights Statement
Copyright of the underlying work is held by the artist. The digital image presented here is for educational purposes only and is not for commercial use.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Comments
Winner of the Berman Award. Awarded by the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art for artistic achievement in the Annual Student Exhibition.