Faculty Showcase
Camarillo, Calif., April 22, 2016 — The work of three CSU Channel Islands (CI) Art Lecturers is on display through May 5 at the John Spoor Broome Library as part of the CI Annual Faculty Showcase series.
An opening reception was scheduled for Thursday, April 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Broome Library for Art Lecturers Leslie Lloyd, Aldo Figueroa and Peter Harper.
This year’s show includes sculpting, digital painting, printmaking, music, writing and other two- and three-dimensional pieces.
Leslie Lloyd’s muse for this show is the wealth of agricultural beauty around her. “I am interested in the energetic phenomenon of the life-cycle and hope to capture that mystical dimension in my work,” she said.
Lloyd captures these visual moments with monoprints, which she creates by applying an oil-based ink to Plexiglass using a scraping tool. After the paper is laid on the glass, she runs it through a press to create a unique image on printmaking paper.
Aldo Figueroa offers a perspective on cultural phenomenon of social media with his continuing project, “Gamer Face.” The latest in this ongoing series involves creating portraits of people involved in video games.
“In the summer of 2015, I had the opportunity to attend the Electronic Entertainment Expo where I had the opportunity to meet many people who work in various roles, such as game designers, community managers, executives, gaming journalist, and YouTubers, just to name a few,” he said. “In this series, each portrait displays the person with their ‘gamer face,’ which is the look they have when engaged with a video game.”
Figueroa plans to add 25 more “Gamer Face” portraits to the project, which will be created after the 2016 Electronic Entertainment Expo.
Peter Harper delights in his installation of small bronze sculptures set with an embroidered motorcycle jacket and enclosed in a display case, an improbable collection.
Some of the bronze forms look human and others do not with many left in various stages of completion, leaving the interpretation up to the viewer.
Curator Matthew Furmanski, Professor of Art, says the jacket, for example, can symbolize “individuality, nonconformity and freedom.”
Of his process, Harper said: “I work till it hurts, then keep working till it’s done. In the end I always have something I am proud of.”
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