Installation art projects showcase student talent

Nature wasn’t the only thing 13 students in Brian Rust’s Art 4331 class had to contend with as they completed their installation art projects. The artists were also responsible for maintaining their outdoor projects. And maintain them they did, despite the vandalism of a few sculptures, which had to be reconstructed by the determined students. Their projects are now on view in their outdoor setting on the property adjacent to the Forest Hills Golf Course, site of the former Oliver General Hospital. The artwork will be on display through Nov. 28.

The Morris Museum of Art, which owns the property, will hold a reception in their honor on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 1-3 p.m. at the site.

 “The students in this upper-division sculpture class have worked with traditional and nontraditional art materials to construct temporary artworks outdoors,” says Professor Rust.

Katrina Kelly’s artwork Dry Bones Boat is a skeleton of a boat constructed from rebar, spray foam insulation, and wood.

Ericka Pastecki’s Red Dirt of Georgia exhibits three large manmade dirt mounds covered with red clay. “The contrast between the green of the field and the red clay brings back nostalgic feelings of growing up in Georgia,” she says.

Untitled by Virginia Marks has 100 feet of eight-inch-wide pieces of copper flashing hung from a magnolia tree. Ms. Marks says, “Each piece harnesses the power of the wind as it catches the light of the copper.”

Wesley Stewart’s 12-foot high metal sculpture, Birdcage Skeleton, shows his welding capabilities.

Laura Umphrey, a post-baccalaureate student, utilized her weaving and welding skills to create Another Gathering. The artwork made out of rebar and dog fennel weeds takes the form of bushes.

Sonia Fernandez’s artwork, Exoskeleton, is reminiscent of the changing seasons and the progression of life.

Chrysalis, long pods constructed from corn husks, by Charlie Roland, symbolizes the metamorphosis that most creatures in nature undergo. The pods, attached to a tree, have lights suspended within their hollow shells.

Earth, Air, Fire and Water, by Michael Swan, is represented by a globe made out of wisteria, a dry creek created with rocks, and burnt wisteria.

Teena Marie Aceto was inspired by the miss you letters her friends would send her reminding her of the northern fall weather. Letters from that Autumn has several letters from family and friends hanging from a tree to symbolize the falling of autumn leaves.

Caleb Parker’s Bird/Dog consists of plywood silhouettes of dogs and birds.

The installation art students have begun working on their last projects for the semester, which will be exhibited on campus in about three weeks. The works will be on display throughout the month of December.         

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