The Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery is currently displaying “w88 sports betting,” a free visual art exhibition, through Feb. 18. This large, survey-style multi-media exhibition includes more than 66 artists, including several university faculty, staff, students and alumni, from around the world and explores the theme of contemporary self-portraiture. “w88 sports betting” displays how people see themselves in today’s society of increasing globalization and the wavering boundaries of nation, race, gender, political affiliation and age.
According to Marji Vecchio, director of Sheppard Fine w88 sports betting Gallery, self-portraiture is important because it provides a perspective of the artist as they look back on him or herself, and also expresses cultural insight into the time period and conditions under which the art was created.
&w88 sports betting;Self-portraiture throughout time has been something that appears to be a private observation,” Vecchio said. &w88 sports betting;The art world functions like a roller coaster; what’s popular constantly changes. Self-portrait is one of those themes that will never go away.”
“w88 sports betting” debuted on Jan. 18; concurrent with "w88 sports betting TOO," a large student self-portraiture exhibition in both Front Door and McNamara Galleries, organized by University students Andrew Griego and Michelle Lee.
&w88 sports betting;This is by far the best exhibition our department has shown in a long time,” Art Department Chair and Professor Howard Rosenberg said. &w88 sports betting;The incorporation of our student artwork with the professional artwork is an extraordinary situation that really highlights the high quality of our students’ work.”
The name of the exhibition, “w88 sports betting,” and “w88 sports betting TOO” are used in all capital letters in reference to how the pronoun, 'I' is always used in capital letters.
&w88 sports betting;It is a twist on all the different words we can use to reference ourselves,” Vecchio said.
Vecchio’s long interest in self-portraiture sparked the idea to hold the exhibition.
&w88 sports betting;I wanted to see how individuals see themselves today; we are in a time of self-indulgence as people are functionalizing themselves and mythologizing their lives,” Vecchio said. &w88 sports betting;It’s not just revealing of oneself, it shows culture too.”
The 66 artists have come w88 sports betting all over the world, most w88 sports betting the United States and about 20 artists w88 sports betting abroad with varying levels of artistry w88 sports betting graduate school students to people in their 70s. There were no limitations set in the show as all mediums were accepted; video, photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, fiber arts, performance and print making.
&w88 sports betting;The art submissions consist of many different themes,” Vecchio said. &w88 sports betting;We see pop culture, humor and joy, serious work that reveals health issues, depression, and the broken heart. Some are connected to nature through landscape and animals, along with historical references. All the art is very simple, very beautiful and elegant.”
Vecchio’s ideas of self-portrait are shared among participating artists in the exhibition.
“I think self portraiture is a reflection of how one truly sees the world, not just themselves,” said Megan Berner, a 2003 graduate of the w88 sports betting of Nevada, Reno. “We are highly creative people and the possibilities of who we can be are infinite depending on how willing we are to go there.”
Berner received a dual bachelor’s degree in photography and Spanish from the w88 sports betting prior to earning a Master of Arts in 2007 and a Master of Fine Arts in intermedia and drawing in 2008, both from the w88 sports betting of Iowa.
Intermedia encompasses all non-traditional genres of art such as performance art, installation art and video. Berner’s submission to the exhibition is a digital photograph of her twin sister.
“My twin sister and I have collaborated extensively on the subject of identity and being twins,” Berner said. “My work has always been self-portraiture, whether a literal representation of w88 sports betting is included in a piece or not.”
Berner manipulates her digital photos to make the work personal. She is then able to create fictional photographs that mimic historical documents.
&w88 sports betting;History is such a subjective topic and very personal to me; it was a perfect idea for a theme within self portraiture,” Berner said. &w88 sports betting;I like to question the veracity of those documents as well as creating new histories or alternate realities.”
Ariana Page Russell is another artist who uses photography to express her self-portrait. Russell graduated from Nevada in 2003 with dual bachelor’s degrees in fine arts of photography and in psychology. She later received a Master of Fine Arts from the w88 sports betting of Washington in 2005.
Russell’s work uses skin as a focal point. Using temporary tattoos, her own skin and vintage mirrors, Russell creates self-portraits that reflect her vulnerability.
“In my submission, I wear temporary tattoos made of photographs of skin,” Russell said. “I place that tattoo on my skin before placing it on the mirror, this represents my skin in many layers. Adorning w88 sports betting with these temporary tattoos made from photographs of my blushing skin, I wear this vulnerability as war paint.”
Chelsea Otakan, senior undergraduate student studying journalism and digital media at the w88 sports betting of Nevada, has created an exhibition catalog, where each artist gets one page for his or her image and description. It also includes a preface written by Jeremy Stern, a Master of Fine Arts student as invited by Professor Howard Rosenberg along with an essay conversation by co-authors Joy Garnett and Mira Schor.
The catalog is funded through ASUN and is dedicated to the memory of Emma B. Bernstein and Devon Hosselkus, two young artists who utilized self-portraiture.
Hours of the exhibition are 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday and Wednesday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday, and 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Friday. The closing lecture will take place w88 sports betting 5:30-6:30 p.m., Feb. 17 and the reception will be held w88 sports betting 6:30-8 p.m.
