Soft opening for the School of Art's annual First and Second Year MFA exhibition. "The Very Best Deserts" showcases new work by a diverse group of eleven emerging artists working in a range of methodologies, conceptual frameworks, and media.
Closing party during the downtown gallery crawl for the School of Art's annual First and Second Year MFA exhibition. "The Very Best Deserts", showcases new work by a diverse group of eleven emerging artists working in a range of methodologies, conceptual frameworks, and media.
8:00pm - 10:00pm, Andy Warhol Museum
Produced alongside the political theatre of 2017, "Highest Grossing Film: The Sequel" approaches issues of capital, entertainment, and collapse.
Upon coming across a home video that presents both his pregnant mother and the artist as a newborn, MFA Candidate Gary Swartzel acts as a drag character of his mother in order to queer his existence prior to birth.
Upon coming across a home video that presents both his pregnant mother and the artist as a newborn, Gray Swartzel performs a slapstick drag persona of his mother in order to queer his existence prior to birth.
Created within the current political tumult, new works by the 2018 CMU School of Art MFA candidates examine pop culture fantasies of entertainment, capital, and collapse.