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Picturing Persian Poetry
Using alternative black and white photography techniques, I tried to illustrate the poems of the Persian poet and painter Sohrab Sepehri.
2016
Black and White photography
By Soraya Fereydooni '20
Moonrise
This painting is an interpretation of Magritte’s surrealist painting “The Mysteries of the Horizon,” replacing the men with an aging ballerina.
2018
Acrylic paint on canvas
By Nicola Buskirk '22
Childhood Silence
This is a painting for children with scars of violence and broken families. The blue hands are suffocating the girl’s strength to speak up.
2016
acrylic on canvas
By Helena Zhang '22
Untitled
A collage made from mind media upon reflection of a quarter of studying the classics in Stanford’s freshman SLE residential program.
2018
Mixed Media/Collage
By Lilith Frakes '21
Top of Altare della Patria
I was looking for a subject I could depict using my new ink pens, and this sculpture was perfect because it included lots of shadows and some colors.
2016
Ink Pen
By Angela Liu '23
Moss Landing
Inspired by a trip to explore the nature preserves in Mass Landing, CA, this art showcases two curlew birds looking for food in the shallow waters.
2017
Watercolor and Pencil
By Alberto Arvayo '18
La Belleza Italiana
These pieces draw on the rich beauty of Italy to subvert ideas of what Italian art must be (i.e stuck in the Renaissance).
2017
Pen and Marker
By Ashi Agrawal '19
Lassie
I painted this painting following the death of my dog. Sourcing imagery from cheap print and Southern nostalgia, Lassie paints a scene of rebirth.
2019
By Gunner Dongieux '21
Truth
I created a visual representation of the concept of ‘truth’ in a minimalistic style represented by the light and woman’s bare shoulders.
2018
Acrylic paint on canvas
By Nicola Buskirk '22
Look Behind You
Impressions of animal magnetism and the collective unconscious.
2017
Digital Visual Art
By Andrew Lesh '19
Not Yet
An experiment with my visual synesthesia, which imparts color on 2D shapes. Here I try to create a sense of foreboding and discomfort.
2016
Digital Visual Art
By Andrew Lesh '19
Riven
An experiment with my visual synesthesia, which imparts color on 2D shapes. Here I assemble impressions gathered during my time in Chavín de Huántar.
2017
Digital Visual Art
By Andrew Lesh '19
Sonic Ovum
This piece started as a blank page and turned into a take on modern ignorance rendered in colored pencil and typewriter ink.
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2020
colored pencil, poetry
By Sam Howell Petersen '23
Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery!
This work converts content into physical form. Charlie Chan, played by white actors in yellowface, investigates murders. But who is he really hurting?
2017
Ink and print on wood
By Olivia Popp '20
The Show
Oh! The Puppet Show begins! Here I am the puppet master presenting the BOSP Poland Overseas Seminar with my puppet show I made entirely from scratch!
2017
Photograph of Performance
By Maxwell Menzies '20
Looking Back 2021
2021 — a year of uncertainties, breakthroughs, and hope. The nurse at a vaccination site epitomizes this spirit of perseverance and hope.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
By Sarah Dong '26
Self-Portrait
This painting was an exercise to try and use simple, yet bold brushstrokes to capture the essence of the moment.
2018
Oil paint on canvas
By Madeleine Yip '02
Beyond the Window
The girl who depicts prosperity is looking beyond her world into one that’s suppressed by indigence, because to solve a problem you must face it.
2017
acrylic on canvas
By Helena Zhang '22