7 October, 2011

5 Pieces of Art on CampusDan Agabiti

Photo by Dan Agabiti

Oasis Dreams✤ There’s a sign outside of the

exhibit that reads, “My work embraces the subjectivity of the human body through the expression of gestures produced by a dancer in response to music. The pieces all feature dancers fills up the entire room, the walls and everything. Theatrics are the flesh of the gestures that prevail in time.”

✤ “Art like that is just so enriching,” said Rebekah Chamberlain, a 5th semester Fine Arts major. “It enhances the mind and makes the campus such a brighter place.”

✤ Pieces by Ana Christine Colazzo in partnership with UConn’s Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center.

✤ Found on the third floor of the Student Union building.

✤ The exhibit ended October 6, 2011.

A close-up picture of a promotional display in the Student Union. Photo by Dan Agabiti.

September 1995-Present

Mobius SolarisRobert Perless of Greenwich, Connecticut

✤ Ever wonder what that triangular structure is in front of the Castleman Engineering Building? Well, it’s called “Mobius Solaris” and was part of the building’s renovation project that was done in 1995. The actual project itself had taken nearly 21 years to gather the money needed to make the building’s alterations. The approval was given to build the addition in 1991. The addition placed an extra 10,000 square feet that cost $9 million.1

✤ “I spend so much time in that building and the sculpture in !ont of it rea"y gives Castleman a nice touch,” Kate A"ison, a 7th semester Civil Engineering major said. Photo by Dan Agabiti

June 20 - September 30, 2011

Studies of the nude in collage

Works by Martin Bloom, Professor Emeritus at UConn’s school of social work

✤ “Collage is an art from in which materials and objects are pasted on a surface with artistic intent,” a sign outside of the exhibition read.

✤ The collages invited viewers the human body in different ways and to engage in the experience.

✤ One example was called, “Crossword in Bed” and displayed a couple in bed and the people’s bodies were composed of newspapers.

The display cases that housed the pieces from June to September. Photo by Dan Agabiti

Things That Go Bump in the NightWorks by Gregor BugaeffJune 20 - September 30, 2011

"I was born on the island of misfit toys, with things that go bump in the night.  Now I make both!"

A screen grab from Bugaeff’s website.

✤ Display found on Library’s level B including the fish metal statue.

✤ “To create my sculptures, I use reclaimed steel, cast iron and other items that would normally be thrown away or left to decompose,” Bugaeff writes for a note outside of the display.

✤ The works represent myths as well as iconic works.

✤ Bugaeff really wanted to try to preserve the environment when putting this exhibition together.

✤ Pieces included “Gorilla Jesus,” an acrylic on canvas and “Mummy and the Monarch Butterfly,” an acrylic on canvas

✤ One of the more noticeable sculptures was, “They day they cut the cable on old no. 7.”

✤ “Those things were creepy, but they were really cool,” said David Ritter, a 7th semester Classics and Philosophy major.

September 24-October 1, 2011

“Banned Books” posters in the Library

Displays were part of “Banned Books Week.”

✤ All over the Homer Babbidge Library, there were posters emphasizing Banned Books week, a promotion that was also endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

✤ The posters were trying to encourage people to read banned books and in doing so advocate their right to free speech. Books have historically been banned on four grounds: sexual, political, social and religious. You can find many banned books in the library’s collections.

✤ For more information, Loumarie Rodriguez of the Daily Campus, wrote an excellent piece about the event. Book shelves on the fourth floor of UConn’s Homer Babbidge Library.

Photo by Dan Agabiti

Sources

✤ 1) Information from a September 16, 1995 article in the Hartford Courant.

✤ All other information came directly from the art exhibits that I looked at or from students that I interviewed.