DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B Spring Exhibit: MFA Thesis Exhibition:
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Description of Pictures: Art Department Student Exhibitions 2011 -- MFA Thesis Exhibition
April 23 to May 15, 2011
Emily Biondo
Jillian Bonahoom
Bobby Coleman
Michael Dotson
L. Kimberly Gillespie
Victoria Reeves Greising
Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi
Sarah Miller
Michael Sloan
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2011_DC_KatzenX_2011B_Bravos: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B Spring Exhibit: BRAVOS: Groundbreaking Spanish Design (34 photos from 2011)
2011_DC_KatzenX_2011B_MFA_1Yr: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B Spring Exhibit: First Year MFA Student Exhibition 2011 (22 photos from 2011)
2011_DC_KatzenX_2011B_MFA_Thesis: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B Spring Exhibit: MFA Thesis Exhibition (81 photos from 2011)
2011_DC_KatzenO_110402: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B1 Spring I Opening Reception (Public) (54 photos from 2011)
2011_DC_KatzenO_110423: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B2 Spring II Opening Reception (Public) (22 photos from 2011)
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KATMFA_110423_001.JPG: Emily Rerd
Because What's a Woman Without One?
This is a project about questions. I want to challenge our conception of sexual equality, our ideas of the role of gender in sex, and our cultural assumption of the presence of the phallus in all sexual acts. I want to ask the viewer -- or, really, I want the women I've created to ask the viewed -- what am I? Am I really the sum of my parts? Does my sexuality arise from my ability to create this image (the aroused penis), and can I exist without it?
The project began from trying to explore the idea of a composite image, of creating something big from something small. I thought that this method was one of the advantages of using printmaking as a medium -- the ability to create countless duplicates of the same image. While thinking about this idea of a composite image, I started thinking about the hyper-sexualized images of women in our culture and wondered, what are they made of? The answer seemed clear to me. The way women are often portrayed in media as sexualized objects may be old news to most people, but I think it's a topic that has more facets than we usually discuss. For example; the all-important presence of the phallus, in any sexual act, the difficulty for a woman in having an independent sexuality which is not dependent on any man's, and the reality that these images of women can be summed up in what they are created for and what they, in turn, create: men's pleasure.
The two women featured here are part of a series of five. The other three are placed around the Katzen building.
KATMFA_110423_188.JPG: Michael Dotson
Studio, 2011
KATMFA_110423_202.JPG: Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi
As We Waited We Were Longing For Spring's Sun, 2010
KATMFA_110423_292.JPG: L Kimberly Gillespie
Invasive Species: Infiltration, 2011
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2011 photos: Equipment this year: I mostly used the Fuji S100fs camera as well as two Nikon models -- the D90 and the new D7000. Mostly a toy, I also purchased a Fuji Real 3-D W3 camera, to try out 3-D photographs. I found it interesting although I don't see any real use for 3-D stills now. Given that many of the photos from the 1860s were in 3-D (including some of the more famous Civil War shots), it's odd to see it coming back.
Trips this year:
Civil War Trust conferences (Savannah, GA, Chattanooga, TN),
New Jersey over Memorial Day for my birthday (people never seem to visit New Jersey -- it's always just a pit stop on the way to New York. I thought I might as well spend a few days there. Despite some nice places, it still ended up a pit stop for me -- New York City was infinitely more interesting),
my 6th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco).
Ego strokes: Author photos that I took were used on two book jackets this year: Jason Emerson's book "The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln's Widow As Revealed by Her Own Letters" and Dennis L. Noble's "The U.S. Coast Guard's War on Human Smuggling." I also had a photo of Jason Stelter published in the Washington Examiner and a picture of Miss DC, Ashley Boalch, published in the Washington Post.
Number of photos taken this year: just over 390,000.
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