Spring Break
Everything from napkins to hot dogs utilized in 'not your typical art show'
Joey Akeley
Issue date: 11/19/08 Section: News
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A variety of art, ranging from photography booklets to a dress made out of napkins, are featured at the show.
Jorge Barragan, a senior design studies major, made a booklet of pictures that illustrated graffiti.
"It's a form of expression because a lot of people think of graffiti as something bad, but in reality it is still considered art," he said. "Even if they are doing it illegally, it is still considered art. So, a lot of people discredit it, look down on it, but I think it's fabulous."
Barragan said he was inspired by graffiti as a child, which has led him into his art skills.
"It came from one day walking on the tracks when I was young and being able to see all these other people doing graffiti, which inspired me to go home and draw and basically start doing my own graffiti," he said. "And from there, I did drawings and paintings, and now, I am in graphic design."
Hedwig Heerschop lectures for Photography 113, a class on alternative photo media that produced all the art in the gallery. Although she is currently still working on her master's in fine arts, she said she was honored to be able to step in for instructor Brian Taylor, who went on a sabbatical leave for this semester. She said that she was proud of her students work.
"I think it looks great," Heerschop said. "It's beautiful show. It's very inventive. It has a little bit of everything. They did a great job."
Heerschop said each project uses one of three disciplines that were used in the 1800s and early 1900s: cyanotype, VanDyke and gum bichromate prints.
She said cyanotype prints are blueprints that are often used for architecture, VanDyke prints are brown prints and the gum bichromate prints are colored prints.
Senior photography majors Alex Alvarado and Vicky Carmichael said the gallery is not your typical art show.
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