Every year I attend the opening for the BFA show because it is a great opportunity to see the work that is being created by students, a large collection of work in fact. The BFA show, is the largest and only show of its kind in the country. There is always such a great turn out rate and the crowds grow larger and larger as the night goes on. This last show seemed a bit more overwhelming than usual though, with a line that formed around an entire city block leaving many people waiting till 10 pm to enter the door. A VIP opening lasted for the first hour and then the gallery opened its doors to the general public thereafter.
My installation entitled Karate & Dolphins for more work similar to this please refer to http://samiamirza.com/home.html.
Tamia and I standing in front of Erin Gigl's wall piece of an elephants ears and nose on the opening night.
Paintings by artist, Marley Freeman.
Clayton Flynn's giant cardboard room in which a video of the last lunar eclipse of 2008 was projected through prisms is seen on the left in this image. For more work by Clayton Flynn please refer to his website http://claytonflynn.com/home.htmlOn the right is the work of Esteban Schimpf entitled, An Arrangement of Things, for more work by Esteban please refer to his website http://estebanschimpf.com/home.html.
Image of the curated section containing the work of John Friel, Korey Vincent http://www.graystatic.com/, Justin Swinburne http://www.artic.edu/~jswinb/, and Sang Ho.
It was a long night indeed. Some friends and I headed over to home of Ms. Weiss, Mr. Lehman, and Mr. Furman, where an after party was being held in honor of the graduating seniors who have worked so hard to finish this year with strength and leading with their best foot forward. I had a wonderful time!
Michael Lehman, Alexander Ferrando, Elizabeth Weiss, Clayton Flynn, Esteban Schimpf, Caroline Askew, Hsin, Alex Bailey, and myself are captured in the photos above while enjoying the post-bfa show celebration!
CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES!
