Celebrated artists and students kick off deFINE ART at MOA
Writing and photos by Raye Ebensteiner, Video by Alex Puga
Energy filled the SCAD Museum of Art wall to wall for deFINE ART’s opening reception. Students were bumbling and chatting excitedly amongst each other about the new exhibits taking place Feb. 18-20.
The reception was not just a beautiful journey, but personal one too. Walking around the corner, artist Keturah Davis was seen weaving material into a new installation as a performance piece. Others stood around Marilyn Minter’s “Nasty Woman” photorealism series that burst of lips, bubblegum, blues and pinks. Stumbling into a whimsical fantasy, Icelandic artist Shoplifter’s exhibit “Chromo Zone” was a world of its own attracting the largest crowd. This exhibit plays with rainbow fibers resembling hair hanging from the ceiling. It was like entering the world of Dr. Seuss. Shoplifter finds the subject of hair at the center of her work creating a global connection no matter age, gender, culture or social position.
Outdoors, the courtyard was filled with students creating work on a three-paneled installation piece. One side was seen as a projection, another was filled with illustration students drawing and lastly, animators painted scenes on the third panel. Students crowded around, bobbing over shoulders watching the collaborative work come to life.
