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VES THESIS EXHIBITION 2012: ATTACHED

April 27—May 24, 2012

Opening reception: Friday, April 27, 5:30-6:30 pm

Rebecca Levitan | Juliet Macchi | Ingrid Pierre | Scott Roben |
Chappell Sargent | Sara Stern | Altan Daniel Yavuzkurt

Rebecca Levitan
The Laws of Physics Demand It (XII) 
Silkscreen ink on linen
16 x 25 inches

Juliet Macchi,
Stars (Detail)
Folded paper stars

Statement A (You Should Definitely Read) Its purpose is to look interesting. It is ambiguous; whatever you take out of it is fine by me. You don’t need to know and understand everything, or anything, in order to appreciate it - it’s art for enjoyment. Yes, I am avoiding specificity on purpose.

Ingrid Pierre
Destiny, Manifest (Detail)
Mixed media
Installation

Viewed through my multi-ethnic identity and Western upbringing, my thesis contains works that contrast Mahayana Buddhist principles of transcendence with contemporary culture. Through a collision of media and cultural cues I hope to raise significant questions about what it means to live and practice as a Buddhist in a world of technological goods, material concerns, and complex cultural histories.

Scott Roben
50 (asphalt)
Oil on canvas
85 x 72 inches

The works in this thesis seek to capture the experience of late-night window shopping, focusing on our strange, ephemeral impression of the form of the female mannequin—fragmented both in its own world and by reflections from ours.   

Sara Stern
Skyping into a Late Night Talk Show in the Daytime
Single-channel video
13 minutes looped

Altan Daniel Yavuzkurt
The Memory of Trees
Mixed media
Installation

Wood is the memory of trees. The jungles and forests retreat as civilization advances, leaving behind only precious mahogany, fragrant rosewood.