Curatorial Statement

Artists are believers, but we are living in a global society in which religion and contemporary culture often collide. How are young artists informed by their experiences with religion or lack thereof? How do they address the complex notion of religious identity in American society and culture?

Some choose to address established religions by questioning their current relevance or by inserting ancient ideas into contemporary and individualist settings. Some focus on the way government and science operate as religious institutions. Others create their own, entirely new, systems of belief. The artists all have a very determinate belief system, whether it is critically questioning religion, quietly embracing it, or creating something that is entirely their own. 

In One Nation (Under God?) the connection between art and religion is broadly explored to leave the viewer not with conclusions but with subtle questions about the intersection of religion and contemporary society in both America and the global society to which it subscribes today.

View the full curatorial statement here.

Friday, March 27, 2009


TED GAHL, MFA Painting 2010
ORIGINAL NARCISSIST
Digital print of sculpture



TED GAHL, MFA Painting 2010
UNTITLED
Modified nightlight



KARA DUNNE, MFA Printmaking 2009
‘MARY’S MIGHTY MAIDS’
Silkscreen on vacuum bags, dirt, sins
www.karadunne.com



ANDRÈS MONZÒN-AGUIRRE, BFA Painting 2009
SELF PORTRAIT AS ALBRECHT DURER
Oil on panel



MICHAEL F. KOLENDOWICZ, JR. BFA Painting 2009
SELF PORTRAIT AS THE LAOCOON
Acrylic and oil on canvas



MICHAEL F. KOLENDOWICZ, JR. BFA Painting 2009
SELF PORTRAIT AS CHRIST BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN
Acrylic and oil on canvas



ALLISON WUCHER, BFA Painting 2009
THE LIFE OF CHRIST
Frame: pine, gold leaf, egg tempera, acrylic
Painting: oil on masonite



ELENA CALDERON-PATINO, MA Art and Design 2009
COSMIC ONE AND COSMIC TWO
Mixed Media




JOHN BERRY, BFA Sculpture 2009
LICK
Video and artifact



ESTEBAN DEL VALLE, MFA Painting 2009
FAILED NOAH’S ARK
Reductive charcoal drawing, spray paint, and acrylic on canvas



EMMETT MOORE, BFA Furniture 2010
RESURRECTION: 2ND ATTEMPT
Walnut, soil, iron




ANTHONY ESTEVES, BFA Sculpture 2009
OUR HEART
Cast aluminum



JACQUELINE FROLE, BFA Graphic Design 2009
TWINS
Photo collage



MIKE ECKHAUS, BFA Sculpture 2010
TALLIT KATAN
Woven wool yarn



MIKE ECKHAUS, BFA Sculpture 2010
HAIRCUT
Video



BRETT DAY WINDHAM, MFA Sculpture 2010
ELVIS MANDALA
Collage on paper



BRETT DAY WINDHAM, MFA Sculpture 2010
MARILYN MANDALA
Collage on paper



KELLI RAE ADAMS, MFA Ceramics 2009
RITUAL PRESENCE
Unfired terracotta and porcelain, pigments



SARAH GROSS, MFA Ceramics 2009
CONFESSIONAL
Terracotta



GIGI GATEWOOD, MFA Photography 2009
NEWTONIAN TELESCOPE FROM THE SERIES “KNOWING AND BELIEVING”
Archival inkjet print
www.gigigatewood.com



EVAN CHAMBERLAIN, BFA Glass 2010
FIGURE HEAD
Glass




ERIN PERRY, MFA Sculpture 2009
SALVATION A WAY FOR RUIN: A JOURNEY INTO ULTRA SUBJECTIVITY
Mixed media
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