MFA THESIS EXHIBITION | Trapped in Acapulco

May 22 - June 24, 2015

Reception: Fri, May 22, 6–8 pm

Logan Center Gallery

The University of Chicago’s Department of Visual Arts and Logan Center Exhibitions present the second of two 2015 MFA Thesis Exhibitions. Trapped in Acapulco features works by Carris Adams, David Lloyd, Tori Whitehead, and Richard Williamson.

“Forty percent of the municipality is mountainous terrain. Another forty percent is semi-flat and the remaining twenty percent is flat. There are two small lagoons with a number of thermal springs. The temperature is stable.”

Performances by Tori Whitehead*

*All held in Logan Gallery

Fri, May 22, 7–7:30 pm - Male Nude

Please be prompt as space will be limited. Sit down if you are in the front to allow the people behind you to see.

Thu, May 28, 6–6:40 pm - Amateur Twerkshop

Come prepared to dance. Participation required for entry. Wear comfortable and supportive shoes.

Thu, Jun 4, 7–7:30 - Surprise Performance

Please be prompt as space will be limited. Sit down if you are in the front to allow the people behind you to see.

Presented by Logan Center Exhibitions and DoVA.

Richard Williamson Good Times Panic Room, 2015, grout, purpleheart, padauck, white oak, birch plywood, drywall, acrylic sheet, LED lights.

Carris Adams Untitled (Exes), 2014, color serigraphy on canvas 4/65

Carris Adams Untitled (exes II), 2015, oil, acrylic, and gold leaf on canvas

Carris Adams Untitled (Sweeet Mississippi), 2014, oil and acrylic on canvas

Carris Adams Untitled (Exes), 2014, color serigraphy on canvas 4/65

Carris Adams Untitled (Sweeet Mississippi), 2014, oil and acrylic on canvas; David Lloyd Thought Experiment for World Disclosure, 2015, acrylic, oil, ink and plastic on canvas

Carris Adams From left to right: The Bullet, The Ballot, The Silver, The Light, 2015, charcoal on paper

David Lloyd Painting for Pindar’s Eleventh Olympian Ode (Boxing), 2014, oil and ink on canvas

David Lloyd Painting for Mana Receptacle, 2015, ink on canvas

David Lloyd Mana Receptacle Before Nicomachean Ethics with Sarcophagus for A and B, 2015, acrylic and ink on canvas with wood and granite

David Lloyd Sightlines/Crotchshot, 2015, ink on canvas

David Lloyd Power Dispersion for Mana Receptacle, 2015, modified fan, electroplasma globe, fluorescent bulb, plaster, granite, three extension cords and an adapter

Richard Williamson Untitled, 2015, hole in wall; David Lloyd Mana Receptacle Before Nicomachean Ethics with Sarcophagus for A and B, 2015, acrylic and ink on canvas with wood and granite