Insect Politics combines disparate vessels to conjure an interpretation of divinity that is both atmospheric and physical. Dodd MFA candidates Hayden Maltese and Alejandro Ramirez present reflective texts, musical instruments, ceramic objects, and a site-specific installation in an attempt to capture what is transitory and fleeting by nature. Visual investigations are thus fractured, utilizing ubiquitous imagery from pop culture and day-to-day life, whether pastoral, urban, or subconsciously present. A collective that is of eternal flux and subject to all possible changes, this installation coagulates, for an ephemeral moment, something that is presentable — in the search for a Being who is, and is not. This exhibition is curated by MA candidate in Art History, Kaitlyn Morrison. 

Artist bios: 

Alejandro Ramirez is an artist and M.F.A Candidate at the University of Georgia. Born and raised in Texas, he graduated from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi with a B.F.A, as well as a B.A in Spanish. From typewritten visual compositions to animatronics, his interdisciplinary work is guided by principles of absurdity and purity.

Hayden Maltese is an artist focused on drawing and papermaking as an M.F.A Candidate at the University of Georgia. Graduating with a B.F.A in 2018 from Alfred University, his work engages with the dichotomy of the hard and the soft, using colored pencils and typewritten text to look inward, and search for moments of the utmost vulnerability.

 

Gallery
Suite Gallery
Exhibition Duration
October 12, 2023 - November 09, 2023