Maggie Gilligan Sculpture Project One

Kyle Hackett - Saint Obama

Saint Obama
17"x 20"x 3.5"
Oil on Canvas and Constructed Frame


I use an age old tradition of oil painting in an attempt to create a marriage between the classic and the ideas of what contemporary art should be. I suggest that contemporary ideas can have the same integrity and can exist in the same realm as the classic. Highly influenced by Early Byzantine Art, as well as Albrect Durer's Self-Portrait from the 16th century, I reference religious iconography such as depictions of Christ. I juxtapose the contemporary icon of Barrack Obama in a position of both presidential and spiritual power. However the icon is surrounded by weapons to perhaps suggest the connections between religion power and conflict.

Sandy Swyka

Study of Emotion
10" x 12" x 18"
steel, glass, earth, greenery, rocks

Kevin Bielicki

Palm

2010

Concrete, Epoxy Resin, Wood, and Steel

3' x 3' x 8.5'

Lauren Vottero

Lauren Vottero

"Photo Overload"

2010

Hand-built wood frame, Photography, Mass Media images, Pins

30" x 40" x 6"

Lauren Vottero

"Rings of Life"

2010

Muslin, Embroidery thread

9 ft in diameter

Lauren Vottero

"My 5 year old Helicopter"

2010

Wire, Contact paper, Acrylic paint

5 1/2' x 3'

In The Wind

In The Wind
Steel, Aluminum and Fabric
6' x 2'

Lines and Shadows

Lines and Shadows

Steel

2' x 2'

Koopa Shell

Koopa Shell

Cast Aluminum and Wood

15" x 11"

Book Shelf

Book Shelf

Books, Plywood, Nails

3' x 1' x 5'

Think Tank

Think Tank

Plastic

8' x 8' x 10'

Transcending Instability

Transcending Instability

Steel, galvanized wire

1.5' x 1' x 3.5'

Seed

Seed

2010

Wood, Nails, Glue, Spray paint

67" x 83"

Reuse

Reuse

2010

Glass Bottles, Twine, Water, Food Dye

Connection

Connection

2010

Wood and Paint

60"x64"x88"

Prófugos: A scope on superficiality

Prófugos

14" x 16" x 3'

Two contrasting mindsets in one body. This is the story of the "man on the run."

Ever changing, with plenty of ways to view a person, how can we make a solid

decision of their character? A scope on superficiality.

Tierraduct

Tierraduct

16ft long

Steel, Stone, Sand, Mulch, Earth

The premature idea of movement and grace is what has been the backbone of this piece since it's

conception. How graceful can the raw elements Earth gives us be? Can such solid materials, organic

and not, capture the movement usually only seen in the liquid? This work is my response to those

questions.

Drummato: An unexplained reasoning behind noise and its connotation with mitochondrial energy

Another piece evolving function and noise.

The idea is to make the viewer interact with the work using their hands. I brought an item usually operated by the feet to the table-top level to force the use of hand instead of the more comfortable alternative: the feet. I tried to construct the piece with a high level of craftsmanship and function, with a tad of abstraction here and there.

-Mike