Who decides how the past is remembered? What is privileged? And, what is lost? In response to the protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, the 2018 University of Oregon Art History Student Association Art Show “Contested Memories” explores issues of memory and memorialization. The works in this show interrogate the construction and transmission of familial, historical, personal, and social memories.
The Best Offense showcases the three honors theses of Aidan Grealish, Teddy Tsai and Mary Vertulfo, each consisting of a creative component and a written research paper. While the College of Design and the Robert D. Clark Honors College may seem dissident in focus, their purpose is much the same. Both academic and creative interrogations serve our students in the pursuit of knowledge and growth; the potential for critical analysis in an empty gallery is equal to that of a blank sheet of paper.
Schedule of Defenses (open to the public):
Tuesday, April 10
12:30 p.m. Mary Vertulfo
3:30 p.m Aidan Grealish
1st Year MFA Exhibition featuring work by Joseph Coniff, Elnaz Talaei, Doran Asher Walot, and Junwei Zhang.
“I kinda feel like selfies are kind of a few years ago.”
-Kim Kardashian
SELF is a collection of self portraits from four artists exploring identity in the epoch of the “selfie”.
We’re soooo bad at captions. #mightdeletethislater
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Work by Allison Schukis, Chase England, Baily Thompson and Meg Arnold.
Three strangers have come together as colleagues to present a collection of work. There will be multiple pieces, from these individuals, in one space. The air in the room will be elusive, to say the least.
Includes work by Cullen Sharp, Kaitlyn Mccafferty, and Elijah Roth.
