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Slippery spaceIsI: MFA Thesis - Metal

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Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Art
 Metal Exhibitions
 Immigration
 Displacement
 Memory in art
 Objects in art
 Space and time in art
 Nostalgia in art
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2022-05
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SUNY New Paltz Masters in Fine Art (MFA) Thesis Collection
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As an immigrant from Lagos, Nigeria, I recall our family's past in place and time, and I am drawn to construct spaces that connect me to these lost memories. Through objects, we are able to transport our minds to a specific place or time. Although this body of work is born from my personal experience, the concept of displacement, loss and longing is familiar to so many. This is the basis of my research for Slippery Spacelsl - an installation of transportive objects that consider time travel, nostalgia, and what we rebuild in our minds when loss overwhelms. The viewer is invited to walk through this constructed space and engage these abstract objects.
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