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Volume CXXXII, Number 17 |
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Exploring Kresge's basement
DAVIN MICHAELS
STAFF WRITER
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| A painting by Jackie Templeton '03 hangs in the basement of Kresge. The work of seniors Amado Mendoza, Kathryn Lemay, and Liz Wendell is also part of the exhibit which is called Four Shadows. (Hans Law, Bowdoin Orient) |
This year's series of senior art shows continues with Four Shadows, a collective show featuring the works of Jackie Templeton, Amado Mendoza, Kathryn Lemay, and Liz Wendell. The show opened Sunday in the basement of Kresge.
In a comment on the show's title, Templeton says, "Our title, Four Shadows was chosen because we are four artists, exhibiting a shadow of our work from our four years at Bowdoin. And we all plan on continuing on in art once we graduate, so it's a foreshadow of what's to come in the future."
The artwork is comprehensive. You can see each artist's progress throughout their years at Bowdoin and the gradual, morphing perspectives and interpretations they've taken on the world around them. The collections represent several different styles of art from painting to photography. In addition the show features a variety of themes from September 11 to introspective self portraits.
Each collection of projects has a compelling piece of work that stands out. For Templeton's exhibit, it is undoubtedly, Color of FDNY and Picasso. The former is a personal piece inspired by Templeton's brother who is a New York City Firefighter. The piece uses fire-bright colors, borrowing a vibrancy from inspirations like Warhol.
The work entitled Picasso is a reduction monotype; this process begins with a black-inked piece of plexi-glass and involves the use of toothpicks and cotton balls to pull out the lights in the image. It is a dark and mysterious portrait, but one that follows you around the room as you continue to observe the other pieces.
Wendell's most compelling works are her self-portraits. There is also a small oil painting on canvas entitled Red of three multicolored (blue, red and green) glass bottles, sitting on a window sill, silently reflecting the light shinning through.
Mendoza's most impressive piece is Warhol which frames the outline of a person using a few bright colors. The piece evokes a man born from the heart of the sun.
Lemay's inkjet prints are remarkable and display a montages of colors, shapes and themes, the most impressive of which is a selection entitled Thematic Clock.
The exhibit will be up for another week until March 6. It is one in a long line of senior art shows which have been taking place in the basement of Kresge this semester. It is impressive that only four years at Bowdoin could produce such notable works of art, works that reflect not only the influence of the Visual Arts department but the students' personal initiative as well.
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