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Black ink illustration of a group of people (torsos on up) standing together.

Pleasure Island: 2022 BFA in Studio Art Senior Capstone Exhibition, Part 1

Pleasure Island, the 2022 BFA in Studio Art Senior Capstone Exhibition, Part 1, features the work of seniors in the program.

Featured Artists
Lena Cramer
Maia Cousins
Kale Day
Betsy Ellison
Alex Evets
Kay Ingulli
Avery Johnson

On view

Apr 9–23

Location

Des Lee Gallery

OPENING RECEPTION
5-7p April 9

CAPSTONE PRESENTATIONS
9a-2:45p April 22

Documentation

Kale Day

The Sacrificial Killing of Yahu the Bear

Documentation

Betsy Ellison

Self-portrait after Balthus

Documentation

Kay Ingulli

Source

Documentation

Alex Evets

Geppetto’s Workshop

Documentation

Avery Johnson

That Strand of Pearls and Nothingness of Wearing It

Documentation

BFA in Studio Art Capstone Exhibition, Part 1

Des Lee Gallery

Documentation

BFA in Studio Art Capstone Exhibition, Part 1

Des Lee Gallery

Documentation

BFA in Studio Art Capstone Exhibition, Part 1

Des Lee Gallery

Documentation

Maia Cousins

Detail of MESSAGE:B: EZEKIEL RECLINES, foreground, and *MESSAGE:A: JACOB WOUNDED BY THE ANGEL,“ background.

Documentation

Kale Day

Detail of Egress

Documentation

Maia Cousins

MESSAGE:A: JACOB WOUNDED BY THE ANGEL

MESSAGE:B: EZEKIEL RECLINES

MESSAGE:C: CEVIÈRE, OR, CARCASS OF CARCASSES

Documentation

Lena Cramer

A House Is Not a Home

Documentation

Alex Evets

Geppetto’s Workshop

Documentation

Maia Cousins

Emmanence, left, and Transference, right.

Small gallery space. In the foreground is a 4x4' square carpet of dead leaves. Propped against two sticks is a large pillow in the shape of a bear with a bear imprint on the front. Its stomach is sliced open and fabric entrails are spilling out.

Two people look at a gallery wall on which is hung a steel plate and two rabbit pelts in black and white. The plate has an engraving of a rabbit and the two pelts contain drawings that are not legible.

Person sits on the floor with their eyes closed, wearing headphones. Beside them is a round, greenish carpet with an organic, veiny pattern on it, two round pillows, and overhead is hung a pale gauzy drapery.

Person sits at a carpenter's bench in a gallery space and carves a small white block of soap into an animal while people mill around behind them.

A lightbox in a dark room shows 20 small moving images in a grid. Two figures stand to look at it.

People stand in a gallery space with paintings and soft sculptures visible.

A crowd parts to reveal a person sitting on the floor next to a sculptural installation, listening to headphones.

Crowd of people chat with each other in a small gallery space.

Detail of a bright blue and pinkish painting of two bodies entwined. In front of the painting is a close-up of a leathery-looking mummy head.

Detail of a little wooden room, the size of an outhouse, filled with ropes and papers and ephemera.

Person stands and looks at an installation which includes a vertical painting on the wall in deep blues and pinks of two bodies entwined. On a bench in front of it is a leathery mummified figure.

On the left half of the frame is a yellow wallpapered wall hung with a tiny oval portrait of a person in armor. Around the corner of the wall is a gallery space filled with people.

Person sits in a wooden chair at a carpenter's bench on a short wooden dais. They lean over their knees and hand-carve a small piece of soap. People stand around the dais and watch.

Person stands and observes two paired abstract paintings on a gallery wall, displayed side by side. The paintings together depict a liminal space with some human body elements, done in rich blues, pinks and reds, and grey tones.

Documentation

Kale Day

Small gallery space. In the foreground is a 4x4' square carpet of dead leaves. Propped against two sticks is a large pillow in the shape of a bear with a bear imprint on the front. Its stomach is sliced open and fabric entrails are spilling out.

The Sacrificial Killing of Yahu the Bear

Documentation

Betsy Ellison

Two people look at a gallery wall on which is hung a steel plate and two rabbit pelts in black and white. The plate has an engraving of a rabbit and the two pelts contain drawings that are not legible.

Self-portrait after Balthus

Documentation

Kay Ingulli

Person sits on the floor with their eyes closed, wearing headphones. Beside them is a round, greenish carpet with an organic, veiny pattern on it, two round pillows, and overhead is hung a pale gauzy drapery.

Source

Documentation

Alex Evets

Person sits at a carpenter's bench in a gallery space and carves a small white block of soap into an animal while people mill around behind them.

Geppetto’s Workshop

Documentation

Avery Johnson

A lightbox in a dark room shows 20 small moving images in a grid. Two figures stand to look at it.

That Strand of Pearls and Nothingness of Wearing It

Documentation

BFA in Studio Art Capstone Exhibition, Part 1

People stand in a gallery space with paintings and soft sculptures visible.

Des Lee Gallery

Documentation

BFA in Studio Art Capstone Exhibition, Part 1

A crowd parts to reveal a person sitting on the floor next to a sculptural installation, listening to headphones.

Des Lee Gallery

Documentation

BFA in Studio Art Capstone Exhibition, Part 1

Crowd of people chat with each other in a small gallery space.

Des Lee Gallery

Documentation

Maia Cousins

Detail of a bright blue and pinkish painting of two bodies entwined. In front of the painting is a close-up of a leathery-looking mummy head.

Detail of MESSAGE:B: EZEKIEL RECLINES, foreground, and *MESSAGE:A: JACOB WOUNDED BY THE ANGEL,“ background.

Documentation

Kale Day

Detail of a little wooden room, the size of an outhouse, filled with ropes and papers and ephemera.

Detail of Egress

Documentation

Maia Cousins

Person stands and looks at an installation which includes a vertical painting on the wall in deep blues and pinks of two bodies entwined. On a bench in front of it is a leathery mummified figure.

MESSAGE:A: JACOB WOUNDED BY THE ANGEL

MESSAGE:B: EZEKIEL RECLINES

MESSAGE:C: CEVIÈRE, OR, CARCASS OF CARCASSES

Documentation

Lena Cramer

On the left half of the frame is a yellow wallpapered wall hung with a tiny oval portrait of a person in armor. Around the corner of the wall is a gallery space filled with people.

A House Is Not a Home

Documentation

Alex Evets

Person sits in a wooden chair at a carpenter's bench on a short wooden dais. They lean over their knees and hand-carve a small piece of soap. People stand around the dais and watch.

Geppetto’s Workshop

Documentation

Maia Cousins

Person stands and observes two paired abstract paintings on a gallery wall, displayed side by side. The paintings together depict a liminal space with some human body elements, done in rich blues, pinks and reds, and grey tones.

Emmanence, left, and Transference, right.

Hours & Protocols

The gallery will be open from 1-6p each Saturday during the duration of the exhibition, including the day of the opening reception. Additional viewing hours will be by appointment, Tuesday-Friday from 1-6p, through this registration link.

Visitors are encouraged to wear a mask and practice social distancing. Paper masks are available for anyone who needs one.

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