Research and the Artistic (Im)pulse:
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Research and the Artistic (Im)pulse:
Frank’s Blue
This work is based off a creative non-fiction short story I wrote about my childhood relationship with my father.
2017
Oil on Canvas
By Francesca Colombo '19
Julia Fern
This drawing is a representation of a fractal called a Julia set, which has been rendered out of plants and other organic elements.
2018
Markers on paper
By Alejandro Poler '19
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
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
Light Shower
A light spring shower wakes the soul.
Inspired by the Adobe MAX + Inktober 2018 October 15th Prompt: light.
2019
Photoshop
By Tianxing Ma '19
Train Wreck
I use this artwork to ask, “What has become of our childhood innocence?”
2019
ink on paper, collage
By Helena Zhang '22
Untitled (16 tuned chairs tapping @ 3rpm)
16 wooden chairs, each with one leg severed, tap in syncopated rhythm, puncturing through a low droning electrical hum.
2023
Found and modified wooden chairs, custom steel hardware, dc motors, wires, solder, modified cast iron weights
By Andrew Sungtaek Ingersoll '25
Girl, Boy, Beautiful
This piece explores gender. On the left are stereotypically feminine things, on the right masculine, and in the middle a “beautiful” mix of the two.
2019
Photograph/Scanned Image
By Jacqueline Garcia Peraza '21
Photography
Taken at Felt Lake during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring a IntroSem student of the course.
2019
Photograph
By Yifei He '22
Spin
Abstract photography with the goal of rendering mundane objects unrecognizable.
2018
Photography
By Noah DeWald '20
Explosive Bloom
A sculpture paying homage to the queer community and culture. Delicate like a flower, yet distinct like an explosion. Trans bodies at the center.
2021
Wood Sculpture
By Zaki Rob '25
Cattle Soul
I made this piece as an exploration of how cows are perceived in different cultures, and society’s relationship to animals as a whole.
2015
Mixed Media
By Noah DeWald '20
Crushed
Popular Korean and American soda brands represent my Korean-Americanness, and the crushing pressures of assimilation that warps self-perception.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
By Hannah Cha '25
The Ghosts of SKA
This photography series depicts the four indigenous Khmer women at Stanford, invisibility, and the consequent strong community we formed.
2020
Photography Series
By Victoria Chiek '22
Suspended (Acropolis, Athens)
History is tied to humanity. There is something heartening about a city that takes pride in its past.
2018
acrylic on canvas
By Vedika Kanchan '23