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80 Washington Square East, NYU

MFA Thesis 2, Class of 2021

My Year of Relaxation

October 9 – October 23, 2021

80WSE

Anna Ambrose

Cindy Conrad

Lloyd Foster

Nathan Friedman

Kristin Rikhardsdottir

In this floor to ceiling image of a gallery room we see a large hanging installation. The installation is made up of mosquito nets, tule, and foam cutouts. The mosquito nets are torn in some places and tied together in others. The bottoms of these nets are painted with colors such as purple, blue, green, and orange. There are some found objects tangles into the nets and the nets are of varying lengths.

In this gallery room there is a large installation of mosquito nets, tule, and foam cutouts hanging from the ceiling. The mosquito nets are torn in some places and tied together in others. The bottoms of these nets are painted with colors such as purple, blue, green, and orange. On the foam cutouts are colorful portrait drawings. On the window wall behind the installation there is a very small frame. This thick black frame is to the right of the window and holds a photograph of a woman with a purple tint.

On the left wall in this photo we see four rectangular paintings all of a similar style featuring white and yellow. On the right wall there are two more rectangular paintings. The one on the left features green and pink where as the one on the right features blues and browns.

This image shows the corner of a gallery room. On the left wall there are large abstract black and white paintings. Beside them to the right is an open doorway that marks the entrance to this gallery room. On the other side of the door frame is a rectangular painting that is mostly blue and is close to the corner where it meets with the other wall. On the right wall there is another painting close to the corner that is more square and features the color orange.

Centered on the far wall of the room shown there is a large rectangular painting filled with bright colors that looks to be a sort of fantastical war scene. On the left wall there is a smaller rectangular piece consisting mostly of blue and black that is centered on the wall. On the floor leaning against this left wall is a pile of corks with two blue flat ceramic forms on top of the pile. This pile sits on the floor to the left of the painting. Across from this, hanging a little bit in front of the right wall is a chain of ceramic forms hanging in a U shape.

This gallery room has a wooden floor and white walls. Hanging in the middle of the far wall from the ceiling is a chain of ceramic forms. To the right of this U-shaped hanging chain is a square painting featuring mostly yellow, white, and blue. On the perpendicular white wall there is a display case we only see the outside of. Above the display case is a ceramic steel-colored hat hanging on the wall.

In this photo we see a display case and a ceramic hat-like form hanging on a wall. In the display case there are three objects. On the left there is an oblong rounded ceramic form. In the middle there is what appears to be a box of fire sparklers. On the right there is a book sitting open. The steal-colored ceramic hat hangs above the display case.

In the corner of this gallery room there is a kiddie pool-like sculpture sitting on the floor. The sculpture has a wooden frame around, and rubber duckies floating around the water inside of the pool. On the wall to the right of the sculpture there is a small painting of a cat, and to the left of the cat is a larger blue painting. On the left wall is a large woven textile piece that has been stretched over a frame to hang on the wall. This piece features an upside volcano-like form.

There is a kiddy pool-like sculpture in the middle of the room pictured. This form is lined with blue on the inside and has a grey exterior. There is also a wooden frame built around this sculpture. The inside of the sculpture is filled with water and has a ring of rubber duckies floating in it. On the two cornered walls behind the sculpture we see a series of twelve drawings on the left wall and two drawings on the right wall. Also, on the edge of the left wall there is. small blue shelf stacked with papers. In the left of the shot we see into the gallery behind these walls which has a wooden bench and two photographs hanging on the back wall.

Pictured is the dividing wall between two galleries across from the camera and part of the gallery behind the dividing wall. On the white dividing wall is twelve drawings hung in two rows of six that depict drawings of eyebrows. On the edge of the dividing wall is a small shelf holding stickers of the eyebrows drawn on the sheets of paper. On the left of the shot we see the edge of a hanging installation that is in the gallery behind this dividing wall.

The gallery room pictured shows a large sculpture on the floor. The sculpture is of a spider-like form and is holding a baby in its pinchers. The sculpture is a cream color with blue reflective discs placed into its legs. The sculpture sits on a large blue and purple spotted fuzzy rug. On the walls behind the sculpture is a row of glass light-up rods coming off the wall. On the right wall above these rods there is a small painting with metal spikes hanging to the right, and a slightly larger painting barred off with metal rods hangs to the left. On the left wall there is a smaller hanging piece to the left and to the right there is a medium-sized abstract painting. In the left of the shot we see a cream rounded sculpture form with geometric colored shapes hanging from it that is propped against the wall.

The image shows the floor beside a dividing wall that separates two galleries. On the floor laying beside the bottom of the dividing wall is two fidget spinner forms, one steel grey the other a grayish-white, looped together with a thick white zip-tie.

The gallery room pictured has a large blue abstract painting hanging on the wall across from the camera. On the wall to the right is a slightly smaller red, blue, and black painting. On this right wall there’s also a light-up glass rod coming off from the wall closer to the camera than the painting. In the corner between these walls is a rounded cream-colored sculpture with geometric blue, red, and black sculpted shapes hanging on it. On the left side of the frame we see half of a floor sculpture. This sculpture is a cream-colored spider-like form with reflective blue disks placed into the legs. The sculpture sits on a fuzzy blue and purple spotted rug.

The photograph shows an image of a gallery room. To the left we see a hanging installation that is mostly out of frame. On the back wall of the image there are two medium-sized photographs of a man in a bunny suit hanging side by side. To the right of those photographs is a slightly larger woven textile piece stretched over a frame hanging on the wall. On the right wall we see a two-dimensional piece hanging on the wall that is mostly white and light pink. In the far right corner of the room we see a sculpture of a small bed with a cat stuffed animal on it. Additionally, in the middle of the room there is a wooden bench.

The image shows a room with a hanging installation of cut-out foam pieces and tule. On the cutout foam pieces are paintings and photographs. Subjects include portraits of people, cars, and abstract forms. On the right wall we see two medium-sized printed photographs of an older man dressed as a bunny.

There is a hanging installation that features a series of differently sized foam cutouts. On the cutouts images include a portrait of a young boy, a car, and abstract forms. In addition to the foam, there are three pieces of green and red tule hanging in the center of the cutouts. Lastly, lined on the left wall of the room are five framed colorful paintings.

There is a room with white walls and a concrete floor. In the middle of the room is a wooden bench. The wall in front of the wooden bench has a TV centered on it and is playing a short film. To the left of the TV there is a pink and blue art piece hanging on the wall. To the right of the TV there is a small sculptural piece sitting on a platform coming off the wall. On the walls to the right and left of the bench there are two woven textile pieces stretched over a frame that face each other. In the left bottom corner of the room there is a small sculptural piece that includes a bed and a cat stuffed animal.

The image shows a corner of a room that has white walls and a concrete floor. On the right wall there is a woven textile piece stretched over a frame that features volcano-like shapes. Closest to the corner on the left wall is a small sculptural piece sitting on a platform coming off the wall. The sculpture is mostly pink, blue, and red. Next to the sculpture on the left wall is a TV with an image of a man dressed up as a bunny on it.