Annual Student Show

This year’s Annual Student Exhibition features work from across the Hite Art Institute’s extensive disciplinary range, from sculpture to print making, ceramics to design. It also highlights the conceptual and stylistic diversity of our talented students. But despite this diversity, certain thematic concerns are clear. The modernist design aesthetic of Lily Chalson’s skateboard and playful musical pairings, the fantastical found construction of Michael Gorman’s giraffe, and the recreational paraphilia of Mallory Lucus’ Chill Out suggest that this work is deeply concerned with the role of play in our daily lives. And yet Chill Out also hints at a darker side of play. Indeed if we read the title as a command, the work resonates with artwork in the exhibition that investigates boredom, anxiety and fear—artwork like Natalie Shain’s Dissociation, Madeline Schowalter’s Ofelia, and Samuel Wilding’s Untitled. Is this the binary state of our new ludic economy? Are we trapped between these inescapable positions: playing or bored; laughing or anxious?

The Annual Student Exhibition will be on view at the Cressman Center for Visual Arts from December 20-February 1, 2020.
A reception will be held on Friday January 24, 2019 from 6-8 pm.  

Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 11:00am to 3:00pm

Cressman Center for Visual Art
100 E. Main Street , Kentucky 40202

Event Type

Arts, Exhibit

Audience

Students, Faculty/staff, Alumni, Public

Departments

Arts & Sciences, Fine Arts, Hite Art Institute

Website

https://louisville.edu/art/exhibition...

Hashtag

#art, exhibition

Keywords/Tags

exhibition, art

Contact Name

Jessica Oberdick

Contact Phone Number

8524437

Contact Email

jessica.oberdick@louisville.edu

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