This collection contains the work made by students in Grinnell’s Studio Art Department. Student work involves a broad range of media from studio courses, which includes: painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, print media, digital media, and installation. It also features images from student exhibitions at the Smith Gallery, and the annual Bachelor of Arts Exhibition at the Faulconer Gallery.
This wood sculpture explores the invisible tension and balance needed in conversing with others. Constructed as a seesaw, this sculpture can only maintain balance when two people are sitting.
This work comes out of the desire to produce a visual representation of the wounds Indigenous women have faced in postcolonial society and show through the healing process that their dreams and realization of the future can be made. Utilizing traditional weaving methods to create dreamcatchers, I wanted to combine that method with embroidery and color.
This mixed media drawing explores the connection between the body and understanding gender and sexuality through psychoanalytic theory. By combining an abject representation of a body with humorous text, it presents both the frustration and joy that comes with applying critical theory to physical existence.
Figural drawings inspired by the non representational marbled ground. Lovers was part of a series of works devoted to merging representational drawing with complete abstraction. It began as a water marbled image covered later with ink illustrations, then photographed and manipulated digitally. Finally, it was reprinted on archival paper.
Handmade artist's book (8 pages) with screen printed band. Compilation of one-second laser-engraved field recordings taken on the Grinnell College campus and in downtown Grinnell with additional text debossed into each page.
4-color (black, white, red-to-amber yellow gradient) screen print inspired by graphic design depicting the sun with text in English, Latin, and Japanese.
Digital graphic score (6 pages) for "Anticipation," an original composition for 5 MIDI marimbas and synthesizer. An audio recording of the composition is also available on SoundCloud. https://soundcloud.com/zackstewart-audio/anticipation
