William Harris Gallery hosts group thesis exhibit
Four RIT graduate students display their visions of life’s journey
Courtesy of Yuanyuan Liu
Untitled, 13 in. by 19 in., Archival Pigment Print, 2015
“Solve for X” is the latest group thesis exhibit at Rochester Institute of Technology that explores the questions, perspectives, frustrations and wonderment of life’s journey. The show, which displays the creative works of four RIT imaging arts graduate students in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, runs April 23 through May 7, with an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. April 23 in RIT’s William Harris Gallery.
Running the gamut from photography and video to glass sculpture and photo books, the four student artists—Yuxiang Dong, Catherine Hellsten, Yuanyuan Liu and Jason Reimer—use a variety of media to communicate their creative perspectives within their individual bodies of works.
- Yuxiang Dong, from Wujiang, China, presents his photo exhibit, “Identity Aperture: Self-portraits, Genealogy and Other Archives,” which explores the particular and unique experiences that help recount his journey through life.
- “Mnemonic Waters,” a creation by Catherine Hellsten, who hails from San Antonio, explores episodes from the personal mythology of others by visually translating vivid memories into narratives of surreal imagery set within a glass landscape.
- “无法抗拒-Untranslatable” is an expression of pessimistic and helpless feelings toward an individual’s inner struggle against the powerful, external dynamics of societal and cultural influences and the mutual manipulation that takes place among people. It was produced by Yuanyuan Liu from Shenyang, China.
- In his book “197_,” Jason Reimer from Santee, Calif., utilizes a discordant mix of cinematic, personal and evidential photographs to prompt a meditation on how we understand the most fundamental of human experiences—birth and death.
William Harris Gallery is located on the third floor of RIT’s Gannett Hall. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment on weekends. The gallery is handicapped accessible and all exhibits are free and open to the public. For more information, call 585-475-2884 or go to the RIT College of Art and Design website.
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