GSL

Posted on: April 4, 2021
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Description

GSL is a prototype for Baugh's 2021 thesis exhibition created from welded steel, wrapped and woven fabric. The vessels resemble Sutton Hoo's ghost ship form. Volume and line contrast with both pieces in the work, and each tilt at angles like ships lurched in the ocean wind.




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Julia Baugh

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MFA Student

Major: Sculpture

Graduation Year: 2021


Artist Statement:

The cycle of decay is a complex operation that allows the sharing of atoms between all living things in a closed system. Julia Baugh's current work explores the wonder and beauty found in this recycling process. Representations of the decomposition cycle emerge as indescribable organ-like masses and skeletal framed structures. Bacterial craters, patterned mold growth, and putrescent marbling are abstracted into vivid colors, fuzzy textures, and wandering ornamentation on the fake beings. These fictitious and decaying organisms are adorned with a myriad of mediums like dark-rainbow hued fabrics, lustered ceramic baubles, and sparkling plastic jewels. The material and visual elements embellished on Baugh’s sculptural work give the viewer a place to pause and linger on the subject of decay.

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