Where’s My Pickles?
Trang An
Brianna Ang
Jonathan Barba
Jessica Chan
Tiffany Chang
Valerie Chin
Linda Chung
Trina Dikitanan
Andreana Ho
Angel Ho
Camilla Houston
Julie Kim
Kevin Kwong
Cecilia Lee
Patricia Lee
Cindy Lin
Katherine Matsui
Jenny Mimura
Moises Ramirez
David Ro
Alia Steele
Hakim Wahib
Steve Yen
University Art Gallery and Room Gallery
UC Irvine
Thursday December 3 2009 – Friday December 11, 2009
Hours: Tues – Sat, 12 – 5 PM
For more information, contact gallery@uci.edu or call 949/824-9854
University of California Irvine, Senior Art Exhibition Students
presents, Where’s My Pickles?, a group show and final act of
preservation for the concepts, artistic endeavors, and formal decisions
that we have been fermenting in during our time here as students. After
our years of bobbling and wading inside of the University’s jar we find
it to be losing it’s once hermetic seal and now with a cracked lid in our
sights we encounter a new freedom that we are easily lost in, captivated
by the fresh air that meets us.
Where’s My Pickles? Showcases the work of twenty-three students.
Thematically we are held together by our exploration of individual
identity and in our final attempt to bring together all that has driven
and sustained through our studies here at the University. The work
exhibited includes a wide range of mediums, techniques and concepts.
Ranging from paintings to installation Where’s my Pickles? is looking for
more then just non-perishable cucumbers. Valerie Chin’s Contextual
Context seeks to define the identity of an average college student
through digital photography and manipulation. Creating one body through
photographs of many she emphasizes individual uniqueness as well as
collective identity. Kevin Kwong’s Monument in Flux and Moises Ramierz’s
Life after Death both explore reference to spirituality through
abstraction in painting. Other students chose to play with space and
invite viewers to gain a more kinetic experience within the gallery.
Cecilia Lee’s Holes and Angel Ho’s piece use a variation of everyday
materials to create a physical experience for the viewer.
Although there is great diversity in the concepts examined, there exists
strong threads between the students work. It seems reasonable that as
students and peers we have similar interests and influences in our lives
that have led us to create common themes through various techniques and
processes in art. What remains most interesting is how it all comes
together to create a unique show that highlights the individual as the
artist as well as the class as the exhibit. Come look at us before this
jar gets to crowded.
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Thursday, December 3rd was opening night for the Senior Exhibition for Fall 2009 at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts. It was my first opening. My first exhibition. Geez it felt cool.
Anyways I thought I would share some pictures of my classmates amazing artworks.
Katrina Dikitanan Art:Peace (Canvas and video 2 panels, 4’ x 6’ canvases each; TV monitor)
Kevin Kwong Monuments in Flux (Acrylic on canvas over panel 2 panels, 65 ½” x 41.5” each)
Patricia Lee Round 3 (Acrylic 3 circular panels, 3 feet each)
Tiffany Chang Would You Like to Eat? (Acrylic, gouache, paint sharpie on canvas 4’ x 6’)
If you haven’t checked out the exhibit, it is open until Friday, December 11th in the University Art Gallery and Room Gallery at UC Irvine!
Valerie Chin Contextual Content (Photography 6’ x 3’)
