New Work: The UrbanGlass MFA Exhibition
June 10th – August 22nd, 2015Events, Exhibitions
On view: June 10 - August 22, 2015
New Work features 4 artists from around the United States: Doreen Garner, Shaun Griffiths, Tatara Siegel, and Kim Watters, all recent MFA recipients.
The work of Doreen Garner (Rhode Island School of Design, 2014) uses glass, hair weave, latex, and other materials to create objects and performances that explore rap culture, craft, race, and sexuality. Architectural space and optics are the subject of Shaun Griffith's (Alfred University, 2014) video, which presents a painstakingly built glass room that depicts shifting light and shadows. Tatara Siegel (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2014) also makes work that recreates the familiar; her series of sculptural objects meticulously render trash and maintenance supplies in materials including glass and ceramics. Kim Watters' (Alfred University, 2014) works use neon and fluorescent lights to present text and gestural lines based on results from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Test.
Exhibitions at UrbanGlass are generously supported in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Robert Lehman Foundation.
