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Manifest Creative Research Gallery: 6th annual MASTER PIECES - 13 July 2012 to 10 Aug 2012 Current Exhibition |
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Matthew O'Brien
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6th Annual MASTER PIECES Main Gallery, Drawing Room, and Parallel Space Opening Reception 6-9p.m. on Friday, July 13 Exhibit continues through August 10 Building upon the philosophy of the Rites of Passage exhibits for undergrads, each year Manifest offers a similar opportunity to graduate students and recent MFA/MA graduates for exhibiting at Manifest - Master Pieces. This sixth installment of the Master Pieces project continues to reveal the intensity and professionalism of students working towards their terminal academic degree in the field of art or design. Often the most exceptional work comes out of these artists’ immersion in their culture of study and intellectual pursuit. Manifest’s goal, therefore, is to select and document works that in the truest sense of the word are contemporary masterpieces – works that set the standard of quality that the artist is expected to maintain throughout his or her professional career. The exhibit catalog for this show will serve as a visual documentation of these artists’ own benchmarks for years to come and will be Manifest Press's 64th volume! This 6th annual Master Pieces was open to submissions by current graduate students, or those who received their MFA/MA degree in 2011 or 2012. One hundred and thirty five artists submitted 342 works for consideration. Of these, twenty four works by the following eighteen artists were selected for exhibition at Manifest Gallery and documentation in the full-color catalog. What you'll see: Almost one-third of the work on view is sculptural. The exhibit runs the spectrum from printmaking, larger scale metal sculpture, wood sculpture, diminutive metalworking, photography, assemblage, painting, collage, and drawing. Only one artist's works qualify as straight forward realism, with the remainder being highly formal or conceptual devices. Two of the exhibitors, Joanne Easton and James Schenck, are currently Cincinnati residents. Featuring works by: Devin Balara Current MFA/MA Student Indiana University Robert Beam Current MFA/MA Student University of Oregon Julie Chabrian Current MFA/MA Student Southern Illinois University Carbondale Joanne Easton 2011 Master's Degree Recipient School of the Art Institute of Chicago Amanda Forrest - Chan Current MFA/MA Student University of Alberta Chelsey Hammersmith Current MFA/MA Student Bowling Green State University Nathan Hatch 2011 Master's Degree Recipient University of Kentucky Andrew Hendrixson 2011 Master's Degree Recipient University of Florida Wonjun Jung Current MFA/MA Student Hunter college, CUNY Mel Keiser 2011 Master's Degree Recipient Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Sarah Knill 2011 Master's Degree Recipient Kendall College of Art and Design Rahshia Linendoll-Sawyer Current MFA/MA Student George Mason University - School of Art Zahra Nazari Current MFA/MA Student Memphis College of Art Matthew O'Brien 2012 Master's Degree Recipient Eastern Michigan University Samuel Preston Current MFA/MA Student Fontbonne University Niv Rozenberg 2012 Master's Degree Recipient Parsons The New School for Design Carol Salisbury 2012 Master's Degree Recipient University of Kansas James Schenck 2012 Master's Degree Recipient University of Cincinnati This exhibit occupies all three gallery spaces at Manifest several of the exhibitors will be in attendance at the opening. The July 13th event will also be the inaugural reception forTyler Wilkinson's Manifest Artist Residency. Ty is Manifest's first MAR award recipient. His space (adjacent to Manifest Gallery) and current work will be open for visit, and he will be available to discuss his residency plans with the press and public. For more information about the MAR visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/mar Institutions represented by exhibitors in this exhibit: Bowling Green State University Eastern Michigan University Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Fontbonne University George Mason University Hunter College, CUNY Indiana University Kendall College of Art and Design Memphis College of Art Parsons The New School for Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago Southern Illinois University Carbondale University of Alberta University of Cincinnati University of Florida University of Kansas University of Kentucky University of Oregon |
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