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To arrive at their resting place, items found at the bottom of a privy had to fall often ten or more feet, often out of someone’s back pocket, the same way many of us have dropped a cellphone in the modern toilet.
There is more than the single story of the material; there is usually a personal tie-in, a cultural or historical reference the viewer can also pick up on if they engage with it.
Her work tells a story of real objects typically recast in an otherworldly way.
"I do think that artists have always played an important role in imagining alternatives and bringing to light things that we’re not discussing otherwise."
"While exploring new hobbies, I came across new materials [and] I had collected ideas over the years that I had always hoped to explore."
"I think fundamentally artists are always interested in what comes next—what happens if I push this idea further, what happens if I try this new material, etc."
Schmidt works at a tiny scale so that viewers to have to get close to his paintings, to have an intimate and “one-on-one relationship with the surfaces.''
"I identify as interdisciplinary and sometimes I even go as far as to say non-disciplinary because I have a craft and DIY background. I don't necessarily feel like discipline is the right word to use. I love materials and I love playing with something new, I think that’s the thing that pulls me."
"I’m inspired by these musicians that weren’t satisfied with the presenting platforms or ensembles that existed, so they just created new ones."
"I like to encourage them that this is yours; own it, own its greatness. I say there’s always a blessing in the lesson."
“Someone told me years ago, you have to be your biggest fan and always remind yourself of that when you’re in doubt.”
Like a good therapist, Populoh’s inquisitive nature gets anyone in conversation with her to view the world from a new perspective.
Largely self-taught, Beale now mostly allows her intuitive process to guide her from design to realization of new pieces.
Fulton wants Sophomore to be a place for people to have experiences—some of them hopefully a little more profound than my remembrance of being sweaty and late—a place where friends can gather and conversations can be sparked.
Lucien’s work is an investigation of how everyday materials can function as metaphors recalling an absence or intimacy of the human body