MFA Thesis Defense: Hannah Day

March 17, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Art Building, The Art Gallery, UHM Add to Calendar

2017 MFA THESIS EXHIBITIONS

March 5 – April 7, 2017

The Art Gallery at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

MFA candidates from the Department of Art + Art History, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM), concurrently present new and engaging works that demonstrate each artist’s caliber of ideas, skills, awareness of the global context within which art is created and circulated, and critically engaged artistic practice. The artists, the titles of their exhibitions, and their areas of specialization are:

Kelly Ciurej, "Artificial Sweetener" (photography)

Hannah Day, "The Grove" (printmaking)

Jan Dickey, "cover the earth" (painting)

MFA THESIS DEFENSES at The Art Gallery:

Hannah Day, Friday, March 17, 2017, 1:00 p.m.

Kelly Ciurej, Friday, March 24, 2017, 1:00 p.m.

Jan Dickey, Friday, April 7, 2017, 1:00 p.m.

EXHIBITION SUMMARY of "The Grove" by Hannah Day:

These works in graphite and intaglio explore the uncertainty and perceived futility that consumes the life of the figure, a character explored through undefined narratives constructed primarily with repetitious imagery. A woman wearing a cage over her head like a helmet wanders the world of her subconscious, seemingly alone. At moments she is joined by a second figure, at others, she is isolated in a dense thicket of trees. A series of graphite drawings appear ghostly on the page, smooth and seamless impressions of unassuming portraits. In contrast, installations assembled of cut elements from line etchings are pieced together with the texture of a puzzle being put together with the wrong pieces.

ARTIST STATEMENT by Hannah Day:

Picturing one’s mental space as a literal terrain to be traversed and explored, "The Grove" puts on display the mental wanderings of one individual. A female figure is shown traipsing about the locales that compose her inner landscape, a space made up of densely wooded areas and pockets of stark nothingness. In her travels she finds things hidden amongst the trees that continually dissolve her trust in the line between real and imagined. Subject matter is rendered with a minimal value range, highlighting the work’s consideration of the ephemerality of her psychology and the instability of her understanding of her self and all that exists around her.


Ticket Information
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 - 4:00; Sunday 12:00 - 4:00. Closed Saturdays. Mar. 27, Kuhio Day. Spring break Mar. 27–31, by appointment. Admission is free. Donations are appreciated. Parking fees may apply.

Event Sponsor
Art + Art History, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Sharon Tasaka, (808) 956-8364, gallery@hawaii.edu, http://www.hawaii.edu/art/exhibitions+events/exhibitions/?p=2769

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