Now that we’re all so chummy with Romanian expat and Ozarks resident Andrei Codrescu and the words ”Exquisite Corpse” bring to mind the online journal and not something unspeakable, it’s easy to talk about UALR’s newest exhibit. “Exquisite Corpse” is a show of collaborative work, works done in steps by several artists, a 3D version of the old parlor game that gave Codrescu’s journal its name. The images above represent the evolution of a watercolor begun by Stephen Driver (the fish with a finger in its mouth), which Alli Short cut up into pieces and fit into bottle caps with magnets attached. Holly Moore put the bottle caps into a wooden box painted with magnetic paint so the bottle caps and stamped word magnets could be moved around, and Kerrick Hartman rearranged the interior and altered the box with drawing and wood spikes. Voila, an exquisite corpse.
The exhibit features nine sculptures, to be installed one a day. The exhibit opened Monday, Feb. 22, so two corpses should be on display today.
Mia Hall, assistant professor in the Applied Design program, came up with the concept for the show and recruited students and faculty members to make the sculpture. The show runs through March 18 in Gallery II in the Fine Arts Center.
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