If you listen closely: Allie and Amina’s Senior Exhibition

Allie Takahashi and Amina Hassen had the opening of their Senior Studio show on March 12th, 2010 at 8pm.  Allie, who works with many non-traditional materials including clear tape, and paper hole-punch reinforcers as well as charcoal and graphite, showed a body of minimalist and conceptual works she has been fastidiously making the entire 2009-2010 school year.   Interested in the meditative experience of her artmaking process, Allie’s work is characterized by gently undulating lights and darks and a patient hand behind her time-consuming methods.

For the above piece Allie used thousands of tiny nails, applied at slanted angles to create a beautiful, textured abstract landscape.

Amina has spent the year photographically documenting the interiors of abandoned and foreclosed houses in and around Lorain County, Ohio.  Her large C-prints capture beautiful light falling across ripping wallpaper and empty indoor swimming pools- creating a tension between the beauty of her images and the sad stories behind the places she photographs.

All photos courtesy Gary Cohen.  See more images on his Flickr page.