80 Washington Square East, NYU

MFA Class of 2024 | Thesis Part 2

An unruly field

May 8 – May 25, 2024

80WSE

with:

Zeppelin Dufour
Artemis Kotioni
Ellen Hersey
Paula Maria Persiani
Ziyi Zhao

Textile installation with red floral background, vinyl motifs, and layered fabric panels depicting intimate, hand-painted scenes of Black life and memory.
Gallery wall with a vibrant mixed-media painting depicting a seated Black woman in a richly textured interior. To the right, small altars on floating shelves hold flowers, personal objects, and framed photographs.
Two white wall-mounted shelves display personal objects, flowers, candles, and figurines beneath a framed collage of vintage family photographs, forming an intimate altar-like installation.
Wall-mounted shelf holding vibrant personal items—photos, candles, toys, and figurines—beneath a framed text
Gallery view with a red-toned artwork composed of layered text fragments forming a silhouette-like shape. To the left, a shelf holds colorful personal objects beneath a framed text.
Triptych of black-and-white seascape photographs mounted above a floor installation of stacked rocks and earth-toned fabric.
Floor installation with weathered wooden beams, stone blocks, red fabric, and tools arranged on canvas. Behind it hangs a large photograph of sandy terrain with footprints.
Gallery view of floor installation with weathered wooden beams, stone, and red fabric set before a large sand-footprint photograph. Along the adjacent wall, several rolled and draped black-and-white prints lean against the surface.
Rolled and draped black-and-white photographic prints are clipped along a wall.
Wide gallery view of a floor installation with worn wooden beams, fabric, and tools, paired with a wall-mounted sand footprint image and a row of draped black-and-white prints.
Bright gallery room with colorful figurative paintings on both walls depicting expressive faces and scenes. A floral arrangement sits on a central pedestal.
Large, colorful painting on gallery wall depicting crowded subway riders with expressive faces and varied clothing. A smaller painting hangs nearby, while a floral arrangement on a pedestal sits to the left.
Gallery room with two large colorful paintings of stylized figures on adjacent walls and a pedestal with a floral arrangement in the center.
Long panoramic painting on gallery wall showing a crowd of stylized figures in a subway-like setting. Floral arrangement on a pedestal in the center of the room.
Floral arrangement in a painted vase on a white pedestal, with a colorful figurative painting of stylized figures in the background.
Small colorful painting of stylized figures hung on a white gallery wall.
Three framed drawings of stylized figures hang above a small wooden bench holding a sculptural head vessel, a book, and printed cards in a gallery setting.
Kidney-shaped wooden bench displaying a colorful booklet, a black-and-white zine, and a sculptural head vessel with twine or straw inside.
Gallery room with two abstract, fabric-covered sculptural wall pieces—one in yellow tones, the other in reds—surrounded by small flower-like forms attached to the walls.
Gallery wall with two fabric-covered sculptural forms—one red, one blue—mounted alongside small textured flower-like wall pieces in various colors.
Gallery wall with two fabric-covered sculptural forms—one red, one blue—mounted alongside small textured flower-like wall pieces in various colors.
Gallery view featuring fabric and mixed-media wall sculptures in black and yellow tones, surrounded by small, flower-like wall elements. A blue and black abstract painting is visible in the next room.
Bright green gallery room with playful, surreal ceramic sculptures displayed on matching green pedestal tables of varying heights.
Close-up view of playful, surreal ceramic sculptures arranged on green pedestal tables in a bright green gallery space.
Bright green gallery room with playful, surreal ceramic sculptures displayed on matching green pedestal tables of varying heights.
Close-up view of playful, surreal ceramic sculptures arranged on green pedestal tables in a bright green gallery space.
Close-up view of playful, surreal ceramic sculptures arranged on green pedestal tables in a bright green gallery space.
Bright green gallery room with playful, surreal ceramic sculptures displayed on matching green pedestal tables of varying heights.
Large painting of dark geometric rock forms suspended over a blue grid-like landscape on a gallery wall, with a wooden bench positioned in front.
Gallery room with abstract paintings and drawings featuring rock-like and landscape forms on white walls. A wooden bench is placed at the center of the space.
Large canvas with a geometric rock-like form overlaid with grid lines hangs beside three smaller framed drawings and prints of similar forms on a white gallery wall.
Gallery wall with two abstract artworks depicting rock-like forms enclosed by red contour lines, one framed drawing and one large canvas.
Gallery room with three abstract paintings in red, pink, and blue tones hung on white walls. A wooden bench is placed in the center of the space.
Gallery view with three abstract geometric paintings—blue on the left, red at the center, and dark red with black on the right. A wooden bench sits in the middle of the room.
Two abstract geometric paintings hang on adjacent white gallery walls—one in red and pink tones, the other in dark red and blue with black angular forms.
Photograph by Carter Seddon