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LEAH WOLFF

2011 COLUMBIA MFA THESIS SHOW

Added on May 1, 2011 by Leah Wolff.

I am very excited to invite you to my MFA Thesis Show at Columbia University.  My installation will include a series of new sculptures with ceramics and video.  

Opening Reception:
Sunday May 1, 2-5 pm
Fisher Landau Center for Art
38-27 30th Street, Long Island City, New York

Columbia University School of the Arts
Visual Arts Program and
the Fisher Landau Center for Art
Curated by Larissa Harris and featuring the MFA class of 2011
www.columbia.edu/cu/arts/mfathesis2011

  The Parallactic Mode , 2011, Installation view, the Fisher Landau Center for the Arts, Long Island City, New York    The title for the Installation is based off of a Parallax, one of the most ancient methods that have been used by astronomers to ca   Tetrahedron (Augmented Truncated) , 2011, Clay, glaze and graphite, 39 x 23 x 25 in.   Prism (Triaugmented Triangular) , 2011, Clay and glaze, 27 x 32 x 24 in.   Szilassi Polyhedron , 2011, Clay, glaze and graphite, 15 x 12 x 15 in.     When viewed from a specific distance and angle from the piece, the hole in the sculpture is aligned with the shape on the wall.  When standing in this “sweet spot”, the   Path Maps #1 , 2011, Clay and glaze, 15 x 23 in.  Installation view:  Path Maps #1, 10-D Cube  (looped video animation projected onto a clay tablet) and  Tetrahedron (Truncated) with Pyramid  .          10-D Cube  is an animation projected onto a clay slab. As the animation moves forward, its lines   Tetrahedron (Truncated) , 2011, Clay with glaze, 22 x 25 x 21 in.   The Parallactic Mode , 2011, iInstallation view, the Fisher Landau Center for the Arts  DETAIL:  Heptahedron Set (Transparency, Up and Down) , 2011, Papermâché, acrylic and graphite, 134 x 46 x 23 in.   The Parallactic Mode , 2011, installation view, the Fisher Landau Center for the Arts   Borromean Ring Variation #1 , 2011, Clay with acrylic, 12 x 12 x 12 in.     Boromean knots consist of three topological circles which are linked in a way that no circle actually intersects any other.  In other words, removing any ring results   Borromean Ring Variation #2 , 2011, Clay with acrylic, 12 x 12 x 12 in.   Borromean Ring Variation #3 , 2011, Clay with acrylic, 12 x 12 x 12 in.   Borromean Ring Variation #4 , 2011, Clay with acrylic, 12 x 12 x 12 in.   Borromean Ring Variation #5 , 2011, Clay with acrylic, 12 x 12 x 12 in.
 

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Source: www.columbia.edu/cu/arts/mfathesis2011

Tags exhibition, columbia university, curio, borromean
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