Matter as Fallen Light
2023 Parsons Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
Curated by Kaegan Sparks
Location: Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries
Chelsea Steinberg-Gay
Similia Similibus Curentur, 2023 (Kayn Ayn Oreh) ער א- ניי ן יי
custom neon sign with automation, clear plexiglass mount, steel, aircraft cable.
24 x 48 x 4 inches // 61 x 121.9 x 10.2 cm
Chelsea Steinberg-Gay
Still, 2023
digital C-print, PLA 3D printed frame, polyurethane resin, pigment, wood.
48 x 36 x 6 inches // 121.9 x 91.4 x 15.2 cm
gino romero
My First Funeral (hopefully not my last), 2023
rhinestones, assorted beads, cempasúchill, lavender, string, sequins, glitter, a drop of blood, sweat, a single tear, assorted candles, palo santo, wooden table, wooden panels, air-dry clay, assorted wax, disco tiles, offering bowls, disco balls, paint, photographs, cinnamon, paper, writing utensils, chains, Florida Water, colonia abre camino, ink, assorted crystals, Félix González-Torres' candy, candle stick holder, frankincense, a prayer
132 x 132 inches // 335.3 x 335.3 cm
The life expectancy of a Trans person of color is 35. As of right now, I am 10 years away from that age.
gino romero
Dime Con Quién Andas y te Diré Quién Eres, 2023
assorted textiles, crotched textile, woven textile, my family’s blanket, yarn, items collected from friends, family, loved ones, mentors, a drop of blood, saint statue, Venezuela bracelet, evil eye bracelet, frankincense, lavender, candle, beads, matches
78 x 84 inches // 198.2 x 213.4 cm
Thank you to all my loved ones. Thank you to all my mentors. Thank you to all my ancestors. May we leave our glimmers in every room we walk into.
gino romero
untitled (we are synchronized now and forever), 2022
Two identical black framed clocks, glitter, cempasúchil, lavender, cinnamon
12 x 24 inches // 30.5 x 61 cm
Michelle Silva
The Automod, 2023
web-based interface (built in HTML/CSS, hosted by Github), acrylic, stainless steel, JoyLabz arduino kit, headset
Monitor: 57 x 32.5 inches // 144.78 x 82.55 cm Controller: 6 x 3 x 1.5 inches // 15.24 x 7.62 x 3.81 cm
The Automod is a live infrastructure for archiving commodity and non-commodity objects, a menagerie of artifacts, readymades, memes, and collages for examing past, present, and future.
Libby Paloma
For the Starry-Eyed, For the Healers, 2023
immersive multisensorial soft sculpture installation Materials: fabric, chickenwire, polyfill, pom-poms
144 x 96 x 60 inches // 365.8 x 243.8 x 152.4 cm
Sit on the rock. Listen to the rain. Touch anything with the softness of a bee's foot and the kindness of a ray of light.
Summer McCroskey
I Dream in Pictures of You (of Us), 2023
archival inkjet prints, wood, faux grass turf, house paint, metal hardware, synthetic chiffon fabric, glass beads, sequins, fake flowers, glitter glue.
96 x 47 x 12 inches // 243.8 x 119.3 x 30.4 cm
Richard Valentín
Mother Monster, 2023
red sequins, mixed rhinestones, glow-in-the-dark googly eyes, faux leaves, faux flowers, plywood, MDF, mixed fabric, tiger's eye beads, gold plated aplicae, glass beads, ruffles, acrylic paint, portrait, resin teeth, red yarn, red googly ryes, red metal flower applicae, black obsidean beads, pearl beads, 3 baby angels, embroidery, one LED light
48 X 72 X 72 inches // 121.9 x 182.9 x 182.9 cm
Sit on the rock. Listen to the rain. Touch anything with the softness of a bee's foot and the kindness of a ray of light.
Richard Valentín
Away from Eden, 2023
mixed media collage, chicken wire, metal applicae, hanging beads, mixed beading, recycled fabric, one baby angel, Air dry sculpture, two ceramic sculptures, faux foliage, corragated cardboard, sewing pins, acrylic paint, portrait, rhinestones
48 x 60 inches // 121.9 x 152.4 cm
What is a life? I don’t really know if I’ll ever be prepared to ask or even understand that question. I just want to live. Sometimes living is hard. So I use my hands to build a life for myself.
Bel Andrade
Sitpipe II (just/for/us), 2023
birch plywood, tung oil
23 x 12 inches // 58.4 x 30.5 cm
Sitpipes speaks to the inaccesability of public spaces in New York, creating a site of rest that is accessable to anyone who needs them. Please feel free to interact with the sculptures.
Hali Nelson
Here is where I learned that your mouth is a labyrinth, 2022
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches // 50.8 x 40.64cm
Yifei Wang
My Self-Portrait, 2023
photographic prints
144 inches one wall
Hali Nelson
How come I am never able to rest here?, 2023
oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches // 91.4 x 91.4 cm
Boya Ye
Agree sometimes, 2023
mono print on paper, digital drawings, animation
88.3 x 157 inches // 224.3 x 398.8 cm
Chelsea Steinberg-Gay
Alternate Side Rules: Synaesthesia, Cognitive Dissonance, Pollyannaism (or: You Best Check Yourself Lest You Wreck Yourself, Mr. Ford), 2023
1969 Lincoln Continental Mark III Coupe, paint, custom textiles, lighting gels, iridescent cling film, custom fragrance, sound, tissue box, magazine, spiral-bound five-boro New York City atlas.
Car 276 x 72 x 54 inches // 701 x 182.9 x 137.2 cm Overall 300 x 96 x 54 inches // 762 x 243.8 x 137.2 cm
