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The Arts
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Students go for the ‘Green’
 "Pill Portrait" by Ryan Blackwell By Hannah Pittard Published: Friday, November 14, 2003 Working largely in traditional media for the purpose of addressing varying contemporary concerns, the students of painting professor Craig Drennen’s senior seminar class have created a group exhibition, “Green 15.” “ The content of the show could be compared to the body of information collected in anonymous media surveys,” reads the exhibition’s press release. “While the artists were essentially grouped together at random, patterns and connections can be found.” The 15 artists — Libby Adams, Ryan Blackwell, Matthew Brader, Seth Callaway, Aaron Gerth, Pallavi Govindnathan, Stephanie Howard, James Keul, Brian Newell, Jodie Niss, Lillian Pease, Katrina Polhamus, Turner Ross, Alex Spinney and special guest Cindy Chiappetta — claim that, because it is an exhibition without pre-existing hypotheses or agendas, “Green 15” is able to serve as a more honest look at the attitudes and experiences of the newest generation of painters. “ We have provided an arena for the exchange of ideas by allowing the audience to make observations and connections between drastically different works,” continues their press release. “The artwork presents questions for which the answers are often elusive.” Painting senior Ross described the show as a random grouping of emerging young painters and his style as semi-realist, aura-inspired architectural landscapes. His painting, “People’s,” is a “funky rendering” of Louis Sullivan’s People’s Federal Savings and Loan Association in Ohio. “ We want to have an exciting transitional exhibition — something that will take us from the realm of being painting students and propel us into the next step: the beginnings of our professional careers, further education or whatever comes after undergrad,” said painting senior Howard, who explained that her work typically deals with Southern themes. “I am from the South and that plays a huge role in the context of my work. I work with Southern Gothic themes and some Southern clichés.” Howard’s painting, “Confederate Love,” deals with the love/hate relationship she said many people have with the South and the “aura” or magic that is contained therein. Painting senior Brader’s piece, “Defending Dead Bird Paintings,” steers away from Howard’s Southern themes and looks instead at the process of fetish painting and digital images. “In the gallery, the painting will be displayed in a grave, completely covered in dirt. The only image the viewer will see is a Polaroid of the painting nailed to a stake.” Like the others, painting senior Adams views “Green 15” as work by an excited group of young artists exploring their desire to become fine artists. “We have actually experienced how to gather and produce an exhibition that is best learned through the actual event,” she said. “We have also had to work closely with each other to pull this whole thing together.” Drennen, who worked at several galleries and museums in New York City prior to coming to SCAD, including the Guggenheim Museum, the Jewish Museum, the Ace Gallery and the International Center for Photography, said he has faith in the show because of the incredible amount of teamwork and forethought that has gone into its preparation. “I think the show will be particularly good because the students contributed one work each, but have been working together to solve every issue of exhibition display,” he said. “They discussed and voted upon the title for the show. They created a scale model of the gallery, as well as scaled versions of their pieces, in order to orchestrate the show layout in advance. We’ve worked out our hanging technique, security, catering, music and so on.” “Green 15” is on display at Oglethorpe Row Gallery, 406 E. Oglethorpe Ave., through Nov. 20. A reception will be held Nov. 14, 5-7 p.m. |
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