Student artwork inspired by dreams, illuminated by light

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(PHOTO/ Patrick Linzy)Students made assemblages of art incorporating lights for a class assignment on display in Malone until Tuesday, Feb. 14.


Lizz Robb
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Malone Gallery is currently housing two student projects, designed to capitalize on the participating students’ strengths, while also pushing them past their comfort level.
From now until Tuesday, Feb. 14, Malone Hall will be exhibiting student artwork from classes taught by Larry Percy, associate professor of art and design.
Currently housed are two separate projects: “Dreams, Paths, Threats” and “Samurai Helmets.”
At first glance, the gallery exhibits many beautiful colors and designs that have unique, eye-catching qualities.
On the left side of the room, the “Dreams, Paths, Threats” project grabs attention with its use of light, color and various mediums. In this project, students were asked to create an assemblage based on how they felt about three words of the project title.
Percy’s reasoning behind this is that “we all have dreams, we all have paths and we all face threats.”
Percy explained the project as a high-end, problem-solving project where students had an abundance of freedom in its creation. Students were able to use diverse mediums to fabricate in 3-D what they saw in their minds, including glass, paint, plastic and whatever else they could find to bring their dreams into reality.
“This project was incredibly complex in that I was pushing some of these students into uncharted waters,” Percy said. “In the end, I was amazed with the way the pieces reflect and inform their makers and each other’s thoughts on the premise of the show.”
Victor SanakaiPapi, senior art major from Columbus, Georgia, and one of the students who took part in the “Dreams, Paths, Threats” project, said, “It is a beautiful thing to draw inspiration from yourself and what you feel like or what you are thinking. . . and documenting it ...


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