Tangibles: Research Week Exhibition

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
24 Hour Drawing

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
24 Hour Drawing

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
24 Hour Drawing

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
Accordion Book Project

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
Accordion Book

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
Accordion Book

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
Positive and Negative Spaces Project

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
Positive and Negative Spaces Project

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
Positive and Negative Spaces Project

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
Positive and Negative Spaces Project

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
Positive and Negative Spaces Project

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
The Interruption 

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
The Interruption 

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
The Interruption 

Core 2-d 
Instructor: Sarah Miller
The Interruption 

Core Time and Technology
Instructor: Katy Mccarthy
GIF Project

Core Time and Technology
Instructor: Katy Mccarthy
GIF Project

Core 3-d
Instructor: Katy Mccarthy

Core 3-d
Instructor: Katy Mccarthy
Land Art Project

Core Time and Technology
Instructor: Katy Mccarthy

Core 3-d
Instructor: Katy Mccarthy
Land Art Project

Core 3-d
Instructor: Katy Mccarthy
Found Object Project

Medium: Gelatin  
Int/Advanced Sculpture Spring 2021 
Instructor: Rachael Starbuck
TA: Leah Shirley 

Medium: Cardboard, Sculptamold, Plaster, Wire, Paint, Spray Paint, Moss
Beginning Sculpture Spring 2021 
Instructor: Rachael Starbuck
TA: Kerry Maguire

Medium: cold rolled and hot rolled steel
Int/Advanced Sculpture Spring 2021 
Instructor: Rachel Starbuck
TA: Leah Shirley 

Medium: Found cardboard and plastic vessels, rope, store curlers, paper, cornstarch, water, spray paint, wooden casing exactly 5 “7”
Beginning Sculpture MW Fall 2020
Instructor: Rachel Starbuck
TA: Lucas Strzelec
 

Medium: Wood, pastel, paper, brick, ceramic, string, resin, metal
Sculpture for Non-Majors Fall 2020
Instructor: Rachel Starbuck

Medium: plaster molds set into a cardboard frame and surfaced with plaster bandages
Beginning Sculpture MW Fall 2020
Instructor: Rachel Starbuck
TA: Lucas Strzelec

Medium: Plaster, cardboard, sculptamold, acrylic paint
Beginning Sculpture Spring 2021
Instructor: Rachael Starbuck
TA: Kerry Maguire

Medium: plaster and acrylic paint
Sculpture for Non-Majors Fall 2020 
Instructor: Rachael Starbuck

Medium: Cardboard, plaster, wood, paper mache, receipts 
Beginning Sculpture TTH Fall 2020
Instructor: Rachael Starbuck
TA: Ariel Wood 

Medium: Sculpture (Plaster + Antique Bird Cage Holder)
Instructor: Rachael Starbuck

Medium: canvas, cotton fabric, installation foam, paper clay, joint compound, aluminum foil, clay, gouache, pastels, my tarot deck, the sun, wire, jump rings, incense stick, elastic, book board, leather, paper (cotton and duralar), and thread
Beginning Sculpture MW Fall 2020
Instructor: Rachael Starbuck
TA: Lucas Strzelec

Charcoal, 2021

Ink, 2021, 18in by 24in

Ink pen, 2020

Paper, 2021, virtual

Color pencil, 2020

Hangers, 2021

Fabric, yarn, mixed media, 2021

Collage (mixed media) pipe cleaner, paper I drew on at 5 and at 20 years old, a poppy field, 2020

Printer paper, 18inch x 18inch x 18inch, 2021

Drawing, 2021, 18"x24", Virtual

Glitch Print, 5 X 6 in., 2021

website: https://lillianmargsmi.wixsite.com/my-site

Acrylic paint, 11"x14", 2021

This piece is about the boy I loved. It was a toxic relationship where I succumbed to his every need and standard so that he would love me. His emotions were like a roller coaster and I had to simply adjust. He would gaslight, he would say one thing and mean the other. However, the only constant thing about him was the black vans he would wear every single day. The painting on top was originally how I wanted to execute this piece. However, it looked too perfect. It didn't speak about all the turmoil and heartbreak that I went through. This is why in the bottom painting I added my white anger and hurt to resemble the chaos that surrounded the only constant thing about him. 

Woven Prints, 18 X 24 in., 2020

website: https://lillianmargsmi.wixsite.com/my-site

Branches, cotton, bead, air bag, acrylic painting, 22cm x 22cm x 8cm, 2021

During the pandemic, I want to make a lung’s sculpture since it was mainly targeted by the virus. I would use different styles to reveal the strong comparison between a healthy and broken lung to warn and advocate people to not only protect themselves under this pandemic but also protect people around us by applying safety measures. 

Drawing glitched digitally, 2021

Audio, 2021

website: https://lillianmargsmi.wixsite.com/my-site

Oil Paint, 16"x20", 2021

The offense of one's skin color has become so triggering that the world has resorted to racially motivated crimes against Asian Americans. Sly comments such as “wuhan virus”, “kung-flu”, “china virus”, have led to violent slashing, stabbings, beatings, and even murders. This piece is a very personal piece to me because it is a portrait of my father eating noodles at one of our favorite restaurants. However, the rise of anti-asian hate crimes have not only infringed on our undeniable rights as humans but also brought upon a paralysis of fear. I worry every time my mother walks our dog, afraid that someone will take offense of her “asian” attire. I worry about my father, afraid that his accent will cause discomfort when he’s ordering noodles.  With strong emotions, I painted this piece to bring awareness to the fact that the virus in America is not my asian origins, it is racism itself. 

Paper, 4" x 15", 2021

This piece was created by scoring paper at different places so it can be molded to form repeating units which were then arranged together.

Film Photography, 2021

Film Photography, 2021

Used things around me and made the ordinary extraordinary just by photographing it.

Cardboards/Acrylic/Toothpicks, 2020

Worked with body-as-site and created an artwork that is a physical extension of my body. The topic I wanted to address was the problem of ‘Likes’ on social media. Many people, especially teenagers, often feel depressed when a photo they posted only gets a few ‘Likes’. In other words, people consider social media ‘Likes’ as a measurement of popularity, which is a serious social concern.

Digital, 2021

This piece is also a glitched image. Similar to the previous one, ordinary place and structure have been modified extraordinarily. The entire composition expresses the transition between different domains. What kinds of these domains could be is open for interpretation - perhaps into a fairy tale, wonderland, or the universe. 

Digital, 2021

This artwork was created using glitching, which led to the incorporation of uncontrolled and almost accidental components in the composition. Utilizing such a characteristic of the process, I re-contextualized a picture of a plane window and produced an abstract space that conveys a feeling of being in a different dimension.

Micron pen, 24 x 18, 2021

This work is intended to show the change in time during the 24 hours of drawing. I captured moments of one action: squeezing a lemon. The whole picture plane is filled with hands with lemon, in varying sizes and different line qualities. The hatching in the background intensifies the act of squeezing and gives hands movement.

Graphite and Oil Pastels, 18"x24", 2021

This piece was based on a photo that was taken during my Peru Medical Mission Trip. During the trip, we visited three poverty-stricken cities: Santa Clara, Lonca Dora, Sanbora. What fascinated me about this picture was how it captured the expression of this little girl. In the photo, she not only looks very mature for her age but also her gaze contained a certain sorrow within it. This made me pursue this drawing because I wanted to show the truth of tourism. At the time, all we could see as tourists, was the colorfulness of her bright cultural clothes and the music that surrounded her. Multiple people clapped for her, took pictures of her, and smiled at her. Without knowing, we objectified and dehumanized her into a human postcard. This is why the disruption caused by the oil pastels is so important, because just like the effects of tourism it covered her face, concealing her true feelings and emotions.  

video game, 2020

Made using the game engine, Unity, CECE Sings is an interactive narrative that takes note from glitch feminism. Based on a memory, the story follows eight-year-old Celine on an emotional rollercoaster to potential superstardom. In conversation with the idealizations of the popstar and the cyborg, CECE Sings confronts your Y2K fantasies.

Charcoal, watercolor, tissues paper, 18inch x 24inch, 2021

4x5 film photograph, 2020

My mother and I hold each other as we are both dressed in her work uniform, myself in a blonde wig to complete the resemblance. Taken beachside, the person behind us claims the focus of the photo – placing us both in a dreamy, non-space. This performance was an attempt to 'download' her existence so I can always carry a piece of home. Moving away for college is a venture that often assumes distance from home is required for personal growth. I challenge this notion as it feeds harmful, elitist mindsets that disregard the need for belonging.

Medium: cold rolled and hot rolled steel 
Int/Advanced Sculpture Spring 2021 
TA: Leah Shirley 

Video, 33 seconds, 2021

Before the pandemic, my lunch break in the art building usually consisted of peanut M&Ms from the vending machine – sometimes packing my lunch for the longer days away from home. This simple luxury no longer seems tangible. Therefore I pack my digital Go-gurt, digital sandwich, digital Fritos, and digital cookie into my digital Hannah Montana lunchbox, ready to conquer my digital day.