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Gallery Talk: Iterations by Laurel Lukaszewski
February 13, 2025
02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
La Plata Campus
, Hank Willoughby Foundation Center for the Arts (FA Building), Lobby MAP
Gallery Talk: Iterations by Laurel Lukaszewski
February 13 | 2:30 p.m.
From the artist: “Iterations is both a literal interpretation of the same subject matter cast in different materials and a more flexible examination of imagery that I’ve returned to again and again in my work. This fall I had the opportunity to make woodblock carvings that I then cast in glass, hand printed on paper, and printed on clay.
The resulting pieces echo each other while highlighting the differences of each material. The subjects of these woodblock prints and cast glass are drawn from my ceramic sculpture, both figurative and abstract. All of my works reflect some aspect of the natural world and the desire to capture movement at a precise moment in time.
In particular, I continually return to the figure of the rabbit throughout my work. The rabbit, in all its forms represents a childhood obsession—an unfulfilled desire to possess and love something soft and vulnerable. In my work, these creatures symbolize all the things I have desired, but could not have—simultaneously embodying dreams and disappointment.”
This exhibit is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org).
Free Admission