\nAluminum foil, dirt, Plexiglas, wood, glass, steel, rye grass, video
\nmonitor
\nDimensions variable
\n(Flash Gordon meets Kim Jones<\/a> but manages to stay presentable.)<\/p>\n
On the other hand, who knows? Some artists are sleepers who wake up later, while others who come on strong are never heard from again. <\/p>\n Below are a few of those I hope to hear from again. <\/p>\n If Alwyn O’Brien, image via Best Of<\/a><\/i> . Objects of Unknowing: Somewhere between the Propped and the Picturesque<\/i>. Drawing Construction #2<\/i> (Shadow Boxing Compass). 2010 Schwartz, Elsewhere under the Monochrome<\/i>. 2010 Lisa Rickey’s pillows look light as air, a la Warhol<\/a>. They’re not. Kick one if you want to break your toe. Any way the Henry can buy these and leave them in the courtyard? That courtyard needs all the reflections it can get.<\/p>\n Rickey Pillow Talk<\/i> (Reflection<\/i>). 2010 stainless steel![\"mfabryanschonflashg.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/mfabryanschonflashg.jpg\")
An exhibit is the last thing tuition buys you. Using as evidence the University of Washington’s MFA survey at the Henry Gallery<\/a>, the program of digital arts and experimental media<\/a> is worth the dough, as is sculpture, especially ceramic sculpture. Painting is less so. Although there are artists graduating who know how to move paint around, their modes range from bombast to nostalgia. Nobody appears to have spent any time in the church of what’s happening now. (Denzil Hurley<\/a> is on the faculty, and yet there’s no sign these students had the benefit of his counsel.)<\/p>\n
\nO’Brien<\/a> stops making art, she’ll be missed. Starting with a lumpenproletariat material base familiar from the
\nabstractions of Franz West<\/a>, she gives us the old world radiant in decorative
\nruin. I can’t think of a UW graduate working in clay who has mattered this much since Michael Lucero<\/a> in 1978. <\/p>\n
\n2010
\nSlip cast porcelain, photographic decals, foam core, plaster, paper,
\nwood, wheel, paint, wallpaper<\/p>\n![\"mfahenryobrian.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/mfahenryobrian.jpg\")
(Images via<\/a> All<\/strike> My Heroes Died of Syphilis<\/i>)<\/p>\n![\"mfaobrienfoot.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/mfaobrienfoot.jpg\")
![\"mfaobrienfoot2.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/mfaobrienfoot2.jpg\")
When in doubt, build something. Samuel Payne<\/a>‘s installation is a piece of high-flying overkill, a forensic examination of an ominous black smeary thing that remains hearty, despite a laboratory’s efforts to isolate it. <\/p>\n
\nSandbags, ax, jack stands, car scissor jacks, music stand, wood, light,
\ntape amplifier, speaker, cart, shoes, rope, hand-sewn sandbags from
\nclothes, canvas, paper, C.V. joint grease, tree stump, sound of chopping
\nwood <\/p>\n![\"mfahenrypayne.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/mfahenrypayne.jpg\")
Hanita Schwartz took an object, did something to it, did something else to it.<\/p>\n
\nMixed media
\nBox: 64 x 42 x 40 in.
\nPrint: 50 x 40 in. <\/p>\n![\"mfahenryhantiisrael.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/mfahenryhantiisrael.jpg\")
Peter Nelson<\/a>, <\/i>still from Mr. and Mrs. Nelson<\/i>. Oodles of charm here. Puppets with paper m\u00e2ch\u00e9 heads and hands struggle through the issues of late middle-age confronting the artist’s parents. Killer text. <\/span><\/span>I especially appreciate the stunned expression on the dad’s face. He thought everything was dandy but found out his wife has long contemplated an exit. <\/p>\n![\"henrymfanelson.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/henrymfanelson.jpg\")
Nelson video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nApproximately 8-10 ft. x 10-12 ft. x 8-10 ft.
\n(Image via<\/a>)
\nLisa Rickey Pillow Talk<\/i> (Reflection<\/i>). 2010 stainless steel
\nApproximately 8-10 ft. x 10-12 ft. x 8-10 ft.
\n(Image via<\/a>)
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