Mad Art Gallery: Friday, 16 April 2010

Mad Art Gallery proudly presents Americana Obscura, an MFA Thesis Exhibition by Amanda Pfister and Nick Ramey. This exhibit opens on Friday, April 16, 2010, with a free opening reception from 7:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m.

Amanda Pfister is a third-year graduate student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville completing her Master of Fine Arts in studio art with an emphasis in photography. Her current work is a continuation of her exploration into the transition of urban buildings from places of economic activity to symbols of economic collapse.

Nick Ramey is a ceramic artist and sculptor in the process of completing an MFA degree at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. His current work is a series of self portraits. It is the journey of life and the process of growing up that most influences this work. Nick uses clay as the primary medium in this work but also includes many mixed media elements, including found objects, which he believes will hopefully trigger a memory or a sense of the past within the individual viewer. Most importantly, Nick wants his sculptures to tell a story, one that might be different for each viewer, depending on their own personal history and life experiences.