Untitled Document: Ryan Barone [MFA 2009]

I wanted to share with you a new image heavy blog that Ryan Barone has begun curating; new posts will (most likely) be added twice daily, at 9am and 5pm, respectively.

Check it out at untitled-document.tumblr.com

Whitney Warne: Sewing My Own

Whitney Warne's current body of work "Sewing My Own" is presented here as part of the MFA Photo Blog's 1st year graduate candidate showcase.

digitally imaged scan on inkjet fabric

digital transfer and hand-stitched embroidery on children's baseball shirt

digital transfer on drawstring skirt

Whitney Warne's artist statement for "Sewing My Own":

The act of sewing simultaneously mass-produces and individually stitches the threads that bind our exterior identities. Utilizing photography, embroidery, and feminine postures, I hope to explore the modern female’s agency over exterior representation. These pieces carry my residue through application of personal text, image, and labor, creating an explorative and conscious construction of self. If social identity is constructed through the presentation of clothing decisions, then I strive to take representation one step further, adding real bits of my inner identity to the mass produced, making each piece one-of-a-kind and one-like-any-other.

Matt Chung

Matt Chung's current body of work is presented here as part of the MFA Photo Blog's 1st year graduate candidate showcase.





Matt Chung's artist statement:

Asphalt is a surface that connects us to everywhere we go and enables the advancement of development and commerce. It links cities and towns and permits travel of people and transportation of goods. My images are a response to our constructed surroundings and their infrastructure. My aim is to create work that questions our assembled and expanding urban environments.

Using digital imaging, I capture the seemingly mundane and manipulate it into a new aggregate image, working in a method that mimics the patterns used during the urbanization of our environment. The result is a contemplation of common surfaces that falls between representation and abstraction, reflecting the tension created by urban expansion.

You may view more of Matt's work HERE!