AWAY FROM CENTER.

2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition

Curated by Tiona Nekkia McClodden

AWAY FROM CENTER. explore structures and materials that defy first-take legibility while refusing passive engagement. These works purposely obscure, reveal, grieve, and elaborate form as a malleable function. The exhibition structure will engage the viewer with an arrangement that presents the refusal of a singular gaze by employing a choreographic method of pivoting to regain a firm stance and position. In this exhibition, which unfolds in two parts, the artists employ various methods of pushing information away from the center to engage with the periphery as a means to imagine.

Part I: Min Baek, Maxime Cavajani, Mae Eskenazi, Rudy Gerson, Jingyi Li, Hainuo Shi, lexi welch, Susannah Yugler

Part II: Adrienne Reid, Mel Brown, taylor manigoult, Aislinn Pentecost-Farren, Kevin Mulvey, Vy Trinh, Chenxi Shao, Yi-Han Huang

Parts I and II were on display at the Atelier Art Gallery in Philadelphia March 16 - 25, March 30 - April 8, 2023