Thesis

A Horse is a Horse Unless of Course: An Interview with Paul Kenneth

Paul Kenneth is a trickster, a painter, and that theatre kid we all think we know. Barn-yard-styled with room to roam, UIUC’s South...

Embodying the Labor of Remembering: New Work from Tamar Segev

Tamar Segev’s paintings explore connections between generational memory and architecture. The painted, cut, and sewn surfaces enable a...

MEtrology: Conor Murphy on Measuring Against the Self

Conor Murphy creates work that explores and challenges systems of measurement, asking viewers to reconsider and reorient themselves...

Photography and the Post-Disaster Landscape: An Interview with Max Heller

Max Heller employs techniques such as burning and bleaching to physically manipulate photographs that capture sites he has visited. His...

The Screen is a Structure: Jake Foster on Webcam Aesthetics & New Projects

Sydney Vize sat down with Jake Foster to discuss his artwork in the 2021 Art+Design MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Krannert Art Museum.

ECSTATIC ESCAPE | Cartoon Gore and Confronting the Destruction of the Body

{I always worry too much about what if my heart stops in the night. Every time I have a stomach ache I am afraid I’ll have a heart attack.

[violin]

Before my violin became a thing, it was an idea. As a child, my mother would read to me The Musical Life of Gustav Mole-the enchanting tale

Animal Bodies in, and as, Art

In the Anthropocene, concerns for wildlife (natural) are overshadowed by the desire for personal comfort (human). The current infrastructure

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