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"Full Tilt," an exhibition at The William Benton Museum of Art that ran from April 17 through May 14 culminated two years of graduate study at the School of Fine Arts by five artists — Laurel Jay Carpenter, a performance artist; Charles Livingston, an installation artist; Christine Mugnolo, a portrait artist; Mara Trachtenberg, a photographer; and Mark Williams, a sculptor.
Exhibition statement:
The making of art is more important than the particular art
that is made. Simply being an artist is a crucially important
activity in a world of the known and familiar. Being ready and
willing to explore an idea, a thing, an activity, in a far-reaching
dialogue of
discovery that includes oneself — and
setting up circumstances to sustain
that quest over a lifetime: These are
the first tasks of the artist.
The work in this show demonstrates the diversity and strength of art today. From performance to photography, installation to drawing and painting, the selection here reflects the open-ended nature of contemporary art, in which the criterion of value is no longer mastery of a single style or medium but the recognition and articulation of meaning.
Charles Hagen,
associate professor of art
and graduate coordinator