BFA Exhibit To Explore Communication, Interaction
Two students whose art examines human communication will put their work on display in the SHSU Satellite Gallery beginning Tuesday (Nov. 18).
“Speak Up Johnny,” a senior Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition featuring the works of Jerry Garner and Dakota Hickman, will be exhibited through Nov. 22, including a reception and gallery talks on Thursday (Nov. 20).
Garner’s work explores the desensitization “from distinguishing my wants from needs.”
“Most of the modern advertisement tactics promote a better life through seductive persuasion, spiritual fulfillment or social acceptance,” he said. “This powerful method to entice purchases of something temporary begins with your eyes but leads in to pursuing your heart.
“In response to conspicuous consumption of most Americans, I repurpose that notion with the same recognizable methods, not to get you to buy something, but to make popular what often goes unsaid,” Garner said. “Alongside this, I explore object and mark recognition with
association to tell narratives of memories and personal relationships captured in those objects. I am determined to direct the viewer at the abundance while connecting them with the objects, to look past what is familiar and distinguish wants from needs.”
Garner anticipates graduating from SHSU in the spring with a dual degree in graphic design and studio arts.
He has worked closely with practicing artists installing shows for the 3G Gallery and has been awarded may times for pieces in student shows.
Hickman’s work focuses on the factors in the connections between people, objects and environment that lead to missteps in understanding.
“Two parties entering a situation where neither have the same idea of the outcome instantly presents them with a hurdle to jump,” Hickman said. “Through installation and collage-based sculpture, I create these hurdles visually to better understand and convey the method in which these problems are solved.”
Hickman is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in both studio art and graphic design and advertising.
His sculptures focus on collage and installation, creating visual commentaries on the interactions between people and what it means to communicate, and building formal structures to house the ideas for these interactions.
The Satellite Gallery is located at 1216 University Ave.
For more information, contact associate professor of photography Becky Finley at 936.294.3418 or visit srs033.wix.com/satellitegallery.
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