Art 141: Sculpture Foundation

Variants II

December 10 - December 31, 2021

Gordon Snelgrove Gallery

Students in first-year sculpture studied on-line this past term due to Covid-19 restrictions. For their final term project, they could choose to work with the concept of the coronavirus molecule with its spherical shape and radiating protein spikes – a relevant topic given the zeitgeist of the pandemic! Each student chose their own materials and processes for making the virus – with artistic license for inventive interpretations. Working in contemporary traditions of found-object assemblage, they created the multiple “variants” you see in this gallery.

Some first-year sculpture students worked with this theme last year as well – their work and the class project are discussed here. The class Exhibtion: Variants from spring 2021 can be found here.

Instructors: Susan Shantz & Louisa Ferguson (MFA graduate TA)

Students: Alex Galindo Barrones, Danya Lawton, Abby Neufeld and MadisonLeVesconte