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| Connecting Ends is the name of our 2013 Thesis Exhibition.
Location: SVA Gramercy Gallery 209, East 23rd Street, New York, NY
Reception: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013, 6 – 8pm
On View: Thursday, October 23rd – Saturday, November 10, 2013
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday 9am – 7pm, Saturday 10am – 6pm
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This is our thesis exhibition featuring my 19 other classmates and I. On the reception night we had many famous people come which was exciting. I have some very talented classmates! Below you will find portions of our thesis projects. I've included a summary of each of my talented classmates and a link to their personal websites. I hope you enjoy seeing the talent!
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| Two Beautiful Daughters Shelly Au
Two Beautiful Daughters is a series of images depicting how China’s rapid growth has ushered in the destruction of history
and communities. The artist finds hope and courage through the chaos and brokenness of demolition.
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| Photo by Randhy Rodriguez Sub Conscious Way Randhy Rodriguez
Sub Conscious Way explores the effects of imposed architectural spaces on the subconscious mind and how the uninviting, confusing and labyrinthine design of subway stations is beautiful and inspiring when seen with an inquisitive eye.
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| Throughput Elizabeth Harnarine
Throughtput examines the strange experience of living with Crohn’s Disease and the discovery that, despite the overwhelming
amount of information and technology available, there are very few options for controlling its impact on daily life.
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| Underworld Clay Patrick McBride
Underworld investigates the New York City subway system and its passengers. It portrays the subway as a separate and almost subconscious realm, where the basest of human fears of apply.
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| The Strangers Masha Ermak
Inspired by a raw chicken, the artist abstracts her own body to invent new creatures with human personalities. The Strangers flips beauty on its end, playfully forcing the viewer to see the human form in a new way.
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| Danseuses d' Adagio Paige Denkin
In Danseuses d' Adagio the artist uses an all in-camera technique to show the inner strength and power found, but often overlooked, within ballet dancers.
Focusing on female pointé dancers and the wide range of motion that propels them, she hopes to reveal the truth behind these athletes, emphasizing the
fluidity of their movements with the raw strength of their bodies.
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| The Pale City Joong Yeol Ahn
The Pale City explores thoughts and emotions regarding the current crisis and looming military threat from North Korea.
The artist uses found imagery to integrate violence and militarism into scenes of everyday life.
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| Euphoria Vicente Muñoz
Euphoria seeks to understand electronic dance music, DJs, and raves as a means of social interaction, pleasure and escape from reality.
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Disquieting Muses Cana Atay
Disquieting Muses portrays fictional stories based on conscious and unconscious memories. They tell the journey of a conflicted woman
seeking to find and overcome moments in her past that haunt her.
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| Dreamscapes Alice Kivlon
The illustrations in Dreamscapes are seeded from the artist’s dreams. Each element in Dreamscapes, recognizable or not,
is fraught with meaning; the relationships within the pieces recreate the intensity of a fleeting dream.
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| Thursday on the Island Anna Colliton
Thursday on the Island is a visual representation of a mystery story that explores the themes of loss, isolation and confusion, as well as searching and finding.
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| Revelation Through Trees Imara Moore
After her father’s death, the artist found herself comforted by trees, which appeared to her as representations of a dialog between reality and spirituality.
Revelation Through Trees is a collection of photographs taken during this time.
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| Wild Encounters in the Remnants of the City Yannick Bindert
Wild Encounters in the Remnants of the City combines the tragic beauty of abandoned structures with the symbolic hope of renewed life found in the presence of wildlife.
The artist imagines an eyewitness account of the last man on Earth, for whom these encounters have taken on new meanings of beauty, companionship and survival.
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| Photo by Randhy Rodriguez Fashion Meet Flora Ruo Bing Li
Fashion Meet Flora uses the stylistic conventions of fashion and beauty photography to explore the relationship between the human and natural worlds. Some of the images have a fresh, pastel quality, while others are dark and moody. This project creates a sense of blooming beauty, suggesting that beauty exists in all realms of life.
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| Photo by Randhy Rodriguez A Fisherman's Journey Diana Kahrim
Born and raised in a fishing village in the Caribbean, the artist grew up with her father’s stories that shaped her life, defined her values and inspired her ambitions. In A Fisherman's Journey she returned to the village of her birth to photograph its residents and explore a way of life that so intimately influenced her.
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| Immemorial Bina Altera
Immemorial is a series of images of objects that represent legacy, death, personal relationships or power symbols
that act as footprints or significant markers in people’s lives.
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Photo by Randhy Rodriguez
Fruits of Nature Dila Atay
In Fruits of Nature elaborate miniature still lives address the imaginary line of fear and wonder as humankind interacts with wildlife. Additionally,the work questions how much damage humankind is causing to the planet and what we can do to right our wrongs.
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| Photo by Randhy Rodriguez Mind Chatter Stephanie Guttenplan
Mind Chatter presents a visual representation of an ongoing internal dialogue in a collection of self-portraits that express fantasized and theatrical private thoughts. the effects of societal ideals of beauty and self-image.
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| Photo by Randhy Rodriguez Beauty Blueprints Heather Meyers
In Beauty Blueprints the artist photographs her subjects and then has them mark-up their portraits for retouching. This process becomes a collaborative exploration of the effects of societal ideals of beauty and self-image.
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