The LSU art museum reveals its new exhibition “in Focus”, which highlights art professors

The LSU Museum of Art organized a reception to reveal “in Focus: Artwork by LSU Faculty”, which underlines art by tenure and tenure track professors in the School of Art.

The lively representation of the many disciplines taught at the school drove in a huge amount of all ages. A project by the XYZ collective, a collective art and design collective that records spatial imaginary of the American south, showed 3D scanning of Louisiana's natural areas and African -American graves in the river communities. “Field recordings” revolves around the concept of digitally preserving these areas so that future generations can access it.

Brendan Harmon, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture with specialist knowledge in spatial design, was one of the team leadership on “field shots”.

“We have a fantastic team of students who have put together and put together in collecting scans for this project,” said Harmon. “My thanks go to you. This project is a collection of Louisiana's cultural landscapes.”

A common topic among the work in this exhibition is the drawing of inspiration for your own environment and experience of the faculty artists. “The Kansas Mirror: The fourth estate in the heart of America” ​​by Photography Professor Jeremy Ariaz contains a number of photos of newspaper offices in the home state of Ariaz, Kansas.

“The photographs celebrate the bourgeois function, work and technology in the heart of local journalism and at the same time document an industry that is in threat, as well as the ideals of democracy that maintain the industry,” says Ariaz's comment.

The School of Art is proud to be a place for continued innovations and artistic process. It is therefore very fitting that the faculty members work in their own parts if they are not in the classroom. “In Focus” works in a variety of areas, from digital technology and photography to painting and print graphics.

“[Their] The work sets the standard for students and demonstrates the commitment of the university to train the next generation of artists and the skills to offer them the vision and understanding in order to be necessary in a world of acceleration of cultural and social change, innovation and fast globalization, ”the museum explained in a press release.

The history of the LSU College of Art & Design dates from the 1930s, with architecture, landscape architecture and visual arts integrated over the years. With the unveiling of the new Barnes OGDEN Art & Design Complex in 2023, College recorded considerable growth and change and at the same time has its core value of making art a pedagogical, stimulating experience. To keep up with the LSU art museum, you can follow them on Instagram: @lsumoa.