2007 MFA Fine Art Thesis Exhibition

Natalie Aguilar
Bridget Barnhart
Lina Bokhary
Benjamin Carder
Iris Charabi-Berggren
Amanda Curreri
Anne Devine
Jennifer Durban
Frank Anthony Ebert
Patricia Esquivias
Heather Feeney
Renee Gertler
Kathryn Gritt
David Gurman
Jessalyn Haggenjos Barr
Amanda Herman
Marnia Johnston
Robin Johnston
Bessma Khalaf
Melanie C. Lacy Kusters
Sarah Marie Lewallen
Christopher Loomis
Samuel Lopes
Celia Manley
Jack Miller
Carrie Anne Minikel
Elizabeth Mooney
Nyeema Morgan
Harry Muniz
Alison Naschke-Messing
Jennifer O'Keeffe
Karen Olsen-Dunn
Katina Papson
Lee Pembleton
Ryan Pierce
Lacey Jane Roberts
Amy Rose Sampson
Erik Scollon
Marsha Shaw
Shawn Sloan
Reggie Stump
Gabrielle Teschner
Julie Ann Travis
Carly Troncale
Lindsey White
Tom Wiehl
Christine Wong Yap
Jenny Zito

Amanda Curreri  
Kinetic Energy
variable
table legs re-functioned into temporary graffiti in multiple locations
2007
 
Artist Statement
I make work that aims to re-orient our relationships to the objects, people, and ideas around us. The current work, Re-Orientation Opps, has a sculptural focus, putting people in direct conversation with diverse elements such as building materials, table legs, architecture, language, and photographs.

As an inter-related grouping of works, the R.O.s utilize scale, situation, and interconnectivity towards a re-viewing and re-doing of daily life.

R.O.s attempt to use the vernacular - linguistic, visual, or object-based - that society offers. R.O.s then rearrange this vernacular to highlight potential ways of understanding and communicating different from that which is proscribed. The R.O. framework comes from an attempt to first place the work within the realities of our contemporary society, as opposed to prior avant-garde models that situated themselves outside society.

Contact
acurrerib@gmail.com
www.amandacurreri.com

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