“Unveiling” Exhibition
Field Projects
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The artists of the Queens College MFA program look to art as a vehicle for social progress. They address issues ranging from gender identity to material historiography to ecology and issues of racial equity, but all show particular care for the place of the body as a mirror of society. Foregrounding feminist issues, Christy Bencosme translates the voices of the economically oppressed. Creating community driven works, Bencosme “initiates a visual conversation with others,” in hopes of instigating community dialogue around shared equity and social progress. Ris Aguiló-Cuadra looks to Spiritualist artists as guides, incorporating astrology, numerology, spirituality, and divination into their work. As a queer Latinx artist, Aguiló-Cuadra feels “drawn to the mystical,” as a space of betweenness. A multi-disciplinary artist, Brianna Harlan uses community intervention and re-contextualized objects to reflect on the dynamics of social and sociopolitical norms and their effect on health, intimacy, selfhood, and community. Connor Henderson focuses on interpreting society through a critical feminist lens, analyzing social constructions of gender and identity. His practice is rooted in queer theory and primarily utilizes photography. Shenan Howard’s work pushes the space between painting and ceramic sculpture, showcasing landscape works in unexpected settings between wall and pedestal. Adam Nadel’s research based photography practice utilizes the wet collodion process, subatomic particle accelerators, object recognition, algorithms, paint, steel, and wood. These diverse physical processes subtly elucidate the research-driven component of Nadel’s practice. Minano is a conceptual photographer who stages images depicting emotive realism, capturing the psychology of intimacy while addressing issues of gender, race, and human rights. A Pollicino’s work facilitates considerate ways of uplifting trans identity, justice issues, and community-based discussion around difficult topics. Isiah Powell-Taylor is a mixed media collage artist whose work centers around the reformation and celebration of the past. He uses a personal family archive of images, specifically drawing on his Grandmother’s 1958 high school yearbook for the series entitled Mimi, one of which is presented in our exhibition. Julia Sinelnikova works with holograms, performance, and digital culture. They perform with hand-cut light sculptures as “The Oracle,” a persona who births the mythological objects and channels an archetypical woman sorceress.
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Schedule
from May 27, 2021 to June 18, 2021
Opening Reception on 2021-05-27 from 18:00 to 20:00