MIMESIS

On view March 21-March 23, 2012

Closing reception Friday, March 23, 2012 5pm-8pm

Fine Arts students Paul Beima and Gabriella Ricci present their senior thesis exhibition: 

Ricci: I create installation-based sculptures that resemble organic forms made out of transparent resin and plaster.  My intent is to have these forms relate to the systematic order of the natural world. The inherent conflict in depicting the systems of the natural world with synthetic materials is an integral theme in my work.

Beima: One of the most interesting dichotomies in the world is between science and art. The science of optics says white light contain all colors, and is therefore impure - thus only darkness, a complete absence of light, can be considered pure. The opposite is true in art. Black pigment contains all colors, while white, the symbol for purity in western culture, contains no other colors aside from its own pure pigment. These paintings explore my visual manifestation of this universal art-science phenomenon.