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ABACUS - TWO PERSON SHOW AT POSTCRYPT GALLERY

Added on April 6, 2012 by Leah Wolff.

Curated by Emma O'Connor
Featuring work by Kaela Chambers and Leah Wolff

Postcrypt Gallery is located in the Basement of St Paul's Chapel at Columbia University

Abacus Series , Installation view, 2012 I am interested in abacus' ability to act as a converter between ourselves and the enigmatic. An abacus can function as both a tool and a toy. In both scenarios, it serves as a demonstrative device that prov

Scale Abacus , 2011, Clay and pigment, 6 x 11 x 5 in.

Mobius Strip Abacus #1 , 2011, Clay and leather, 14 x 11 x 6 in.

Slider Abacus , 2012, Clay, glaze and rope, 2 x 17 x 8 in.

Flat Abacus , 2012, Clay, pigment and camping rope, 3 x 14 x 13 in.

Slide Rule Abacus , 2011, Wood, clay and glaze, 2 x 61 x 7 in.

Slide Rule Abacus (detail), 2011, Wood, clay and glaze, 2 x 61 x 7 in.

Hyperbolic Abacus , 2012, Clay, wood and rope, 8 x 16 x 9 in.

Mobius Strip Abacus #2 , 2012, Clay, metal, plastic and rope, 20 x 32 x 32 in.

Mobius Strip Abacus #2 , 2012, Clay, metal, plastic and rope, 20 x 32 x 32 in.

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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