{"id":23,"date":"2018-08-31T11:10:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T18:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/?p=23"},"modified":"2018-09-05T15:14:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T22:14:55","slug":"artistic-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/artistic-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Caryll Mudd and Norman F. Sprague Jr. Gallery occupies a prominent location on the lower level of the Shanahan Center for Teaching and Learning. It\u2019s actually one of two spaces\u2014the other being the Parsons building hallways\u2014hosted by the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts where displayed artwork emphasizes the breadth of ideas being explored at Harvey Mudd College. Rotating exhibits in Sprague Gallery\u2019s welcoming indoor\/outdoor space have featured alumni, faculty and student artists. During Alumni Weekend in April, the gallery housed the Spring Semester Exhibition, a collection of images from Art 33, a photography course taught by Ken Fandell, the Michael G. and C. Jane Wilson Professor of Arts and the Humanities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArt 33 is an art class that uses photography (as opposed to a photography class),\u201d Fandell says. The emphasis is on using photographic tools to frame conceptual and formal issues. The class is equal parts reading of history and theory and making art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition comprised work from two assignments: \u201cSequence\/Series\/Structure\u201d and \u201cBig.\u201d Students worked on both assignments at the same time and were asked to think of them in conjunction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSequence\/Series\/Structure\u201d tasked students with creating a series of photographs to be presented in book\/magazine format, paying special attention to the sequence of the images and how they function as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>For \u201cBig,\u201d Fandell gave this direction: \u201cThink big. I am not talking only about size here (although that is one thing I am talking about), but think in big ideas, too. Like the-meaning-of-life big. What you\u2019re going to eat for lunch is also sometimes a big deal.\u201d Students chose an image from their \u201cSequence\/Series\/Structures\u201d project that they felt represented big thinking and created a large-scale print.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like how hard all the scientists work on their projects,\u201d Fandell says of his student artists. \u201cThey are very dedicated. The hardest part is getting them to let go of preconceived notions of their work and just let the process take them where it may.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"space-study-wrapper\">\n<a  href=\"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/artistic-foundation\/spacestudy-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-102\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"text\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/spacestudy-1.jpg\" alt=\"Art gallery and pieces. Described below.\" width=\"1060\" height=\"1437\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/spacestudy-1.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/spacestudy-1-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/spacestudy-1-768x1041.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.hmc.edu\/summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/spacestudy-1-755x1024.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul id=\"buttons\">\n<li id=\"b_1\"><a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"#text1\">1<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"b_2\"><a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"#text2\">2<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"b_3\"><a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"#text3\">3<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"b_4\"><a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"#text4\">4<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"b_5\"><a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"#text5\">5<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"b_6\"><a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"#text6\">6<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"b_7\"><a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"#text7\">7<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text\">\n<p id=\"text1\" class=\"fancybox-text\">Along with the large-format photographs on the walls, each student also displayed a hardcover book of their work, accompanied by descriptions, prose, poetry and other musings.<\/p>\n<p id=\"text2\" class=\"fancybox-text\">This image by Sophie Burns SCR \u201918 called <em>Broccoli on the Dance Floor (featuring Brother Nature)<\/em> is accompanied by a dialogue about, well, broccoli on the dance floor. It was a big hit.<\/p>\n<p id=\"text3\" class=\"fancybox-text\"><em>Portraits<\/em> by Grant Murray \u201918 tells the story of a group of friends who accidentally stepped on an anthill, then immediately felt bad about it. They made reparations by offering the ants a sliced pear. Then they imagined the ants\u2019 personal stories and used photographs to tell them.<\/p>\n<p id=\"text4\" class=\"fancybox-text\">Investigating whether or not posters of inspirational slogans, popular d\u00e9cor in doctors\u2019 offices and elementary school classrooms actually inspire people, Kimberly Joly \u201918 created <em>The Inspiration Book.<\/em> \u201cI explore my own reactions to inspirational signs to understand what truly inspires me,\u201d she writes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"text5\" class=\"fancybox-text\"><em>The Significance of the Instrument<\/em> by Marina Knittel \u201918 included photos of 10 musicians and their instruments in separate rooms. The musicians featured were asked to try to convey which instrument they played without mimicking playing it. The book includes a solution key.<\/p>\n<p id=\"text6\" class=\"fancybox-text\">For <em>The Seeker<\/em>, an extreme closeup image of a chocolate chip cookie, John Lee \u201919 describes using a magnifying glass to symbolize both the process of searching and learning as well as the confusion and distortion that can come from looking at things too closely. \u201cEventually, nothing makes sense anymore, and the world slowly decays into chaos,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"text7\" class=\"fancybox-text\">Moira Dillon \u201918 included photos made with a flatbed scanner in her work, <em>Lemons: part one<\/em>. \u201cI was surprised by the projects that really pushed materiality and the recording of the subject,\u201d says Fandell. \u201cSpecifically Moira\u2019s book; images of some flowers that were manipulated on a scanner with the artist\u2019s ghostly face in the background.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Caryll Mudd and Norman F. 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