Holy Cross Announces New Exhibit at Iris & Gerald Cantor Art Gallery
Monday, April 22, 2019
PHOTO: Holy Cross/Work by Alexandra Yoeckel
The exhibition will be on display on Thursday, April 25.
The opening reception will go from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
“Ennead” will remain on view through graduation day, Friday, May 24.
The Exhibit
The show’s title refers to a group or set of nine, representing the nine women artists showing their work as a collective. Student artists Katherine Badenhausen, Sarah Behrens, Margaret Goddard, Abigail Kostecki, Anna Lenney, Elisaveta Mavrodieva, Mae-Chu O'Connell, Sara Vo, and Alexandra Yoeckel will give presentations about their work in the gallery during the Academic Conference on Wednesday, April 24 beginning at noon through 1 p.m
All of the artists are double majors, with areas of study including Architectural Studies, English, Political Science, Psychology, and Religious Studies, in addition to graduating with a degree in studio art.
The Artists
Katherine Badenhausen, the recipient of the Visual Arts Department’s 2019 Reardon Award, uses mixed media to create her work, “My passion for architecture stems from a designer’s ability to visualize, to create, and to build a space for people to inhabit. I look to highlight the spatial experience of architecture, accentuating the impact of light, shadow and detail in these spaces.”
Sarah Behrens, uses mixed media as well to express political ideas, “My work addresses the aesthetics of respectability. I often use elements of humor and satire to disarm the viewer and draw them further into my work. I use satirical reimagining of traditional imagery to push the boundary of respectability.” Margaret Goddard, a painter, uses family photographs as inspiration for exploring familial connections, “When I look at these photographs I wonder how the people in them relate in appearance or in personality to my identity. We share something by way of DNA but our connection is more or less lost. Their image is the only way of relating myself to them.”
Abigail Kostecki describes the process and materials she uses to delve into the subconscious mind, “As an artist, I am drawn to work with fiber because the act of working with the material is meditative in nature. Specifically, the techniques of crochet, weaving, and embroidery allow me to enter into a subconscious state forcing me to surrender control and yield to the material. My current installations and objects are inspired by reoccurring dreams and nightmares, experiences that can be extremely frightening.” Using recycled materials from thrift stores, Anna Lenneytransforms them into spiritual pieces which, “attempt to make visible a subjective experience of the sacred dimension we seek within the mundane world around us… I attempt to visualize that which has a transformative effect on us.”
Elisaveta Mavrodieva is a painter who seeks to align herself with, “a long historical tradition of women serving as allegories for the divine. Building on this history of visual representations of the female figure, but reworking it sans the hegemony of the male gaze, is central to my work both because I am a woman and because spirituality, mysticism and the abyss are attainable to every human being.”
Mae-Chu O’Connell uses installation, performative space, and video to examine the adaptability of her physical identity, “My creative work is a backlash against two contradictory sentiments: a desire to achieve traditional feminine beauty, and an urge to be a strong feminist who breaks with societal norms … I also wish to challenge certain tenets of masculinity through appropriation.”
Sara Vo explores cultural identity through mixed media, “I see my artwork as a social lens, providing various perspectives of the Vietnamese-American identity. While providing my own insight, I include the historical narrative of my family members to define the contrasting opinions between different generations.” Alexandra Yoeckel describes her attraction to the use of textiles in her work, “The textures of fabric influences the way I see patterns and the interweaving of materials. The combination of color and form has become a metaphor for me of the interweaving realities of individual’s experiences in life… Through the use of printmaking, collage and sewing I am exploring color relationships, texture in textile surface design and the power of layering images.”
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