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The Arts
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Students examine private, public personas
By Katie Wall Published: Friday, February 22, 2008  Savannah College of Art and Design senior painting students work with professor Sandra Reed each quarter to select a theme, approach a gallery, and create and curate an exhibition on their own. This quarter, the students built their ideas around the topic “Public Faces in Private Places,” and the results are on display at Dimensions Gallery, 412 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Feb. 22-27. While discussing individual styles and critiquing each other’s work, they discovered one common interest: Each student was intrigued by the secrets individuals harbor and the passage between public and private lives. The emerging work addressing this common theme is as varied as the artists themselves. For students Traci Carmichael, Jaclyn Mosing and Meg Grgurich, the home serves as an interface between public and private personas. Chris Deriso’s “Release” is part of an installation he created for “Public Faces in Private Spaces,” a collaborative exhibition showing at Dimensions Gallery. Grgurich said, “The home is a base of stability and is representative of one’s personality. It’s a guarded and private place in which public roles are hung up like a coat on a hook at the door.” While Grgurich’s work reveals the home as a gateway to an individual’s truest persona, Carmichael looks at what happens when a home is no longer private. “The most private person that I know lived in a public space,” she said. “His home was everywhere and anywhere. His shelter was a box.” Mosing interprets the concept of an attic as a private place. She said, “An attic is a room designed to put things away in order to forget about them.” In her painting for this exhibition, she incorporated visual stand-ins for her classmates’ private experiences, thereby creating their attic. Chris Deriso selected a different angle of interpretation and created an installation. His piece “Release” (at right) is part of an installation called “The dirt that was under the rug is now on the floor.” Deriso explained that his work reflects on the line between the private and public selves. “One must decide what personal afflictions become dialogue to the public. Only through reaction and discourse can there be any anticipated change,” he said. Deriso’s installation is a model for openness and solidarity between public and private lives. Classmate Joseph Varas explores narcissism in provocative pieces that probe intimacy. Choosing the medium of encaustic, he examines visceral subject matter in a series of small paintings. Not all of the work on display is heavy and philosophical. Some students use humor to communicate. Griffin Wilson displays images of people in rearview mirrors, bringing his viewers into the awkward situation of watching people who think they are completely alone. Students focused on multiple aspects of their exhibition. They aligned their artist statements, calibrated prices within the exhibition and considered what manner of frames would be suitable and affordable. To see the outcome of their work, visit the exhibition, which opens with a reception Feb. 22, 7-10 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. Wall is a project manager in the communications department. |
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