Senior Art Show

The Foreman Gallery opened the senior art show the week of May 11th to display the final pieces of all the senior art students here at Hartwick College. Spending almost every day down in Anderson, i had to go check out all the pieces for myself. The entries were very thoughtful, ranging from sculptures to photos to digital art pieces, and each had the artist's own touch to them.
The first thing which i saw when entering the gallery were the two digital art pieces being projected onto walls. The first used a projected facing a set of mirrors and the reflection off those mirrors is what appeared on the walls. This was a very creative way to present this piece. There were even several mirror plates to use, so there could be multiple ways to show the designs. This was one of my favorite pieces because it was innovative and interactive.
Together with this piece was the other projection, which featured a two-level projection on a car in a street. It was innovative but only kept my attention for a minute. Next to the digital pieces was a set of very interesting close-up photographs which i enjoyed. The pictures were digital prints of winter scenes where you could really see the intricate patterns of ice on various objects. Very cool.
On the floor beneath these pieces was an interesting mirror piece and a set of paper-related items. The mirror piece used mirrors to view a painting located directly between them. The mirrors had things painted on them which you could align with the painting to dress a woman. This was incredibly innovative but i couldn't get the pieces to match up. The newspaper sculpture and paired photographs were rather drab. I found these to be the most ill-inspired pieces at the show. Perhaps it is my opinion, but compared to the other pieces, this appeared to have the least thought.
All and all the pieces in this Senior Art show were very interesting and rather inspiring. Although i will never take part in a show like this, it makes me think how hard these artists think about their pieces before bringing them to their final stages. It was refreshing how all the pieces were so different, as artists hailed from all concentrations of the field.