Facing Forward Art Gallery
We are grateful to the University of Mississippi Art Department for their continued partnership! Ideas can be expressed in more ways than words.
Daniel Ney | Revolutions
- 66” x 29.5” x 29.5″
- Cast Aluminum and Wood
This sculpture speaks to “Facing Forward” through visual elements reflecting directional momentum and balance in the composition.
Daniel Ney
Somayeh Faal, I Was Here
- Size: 11*9 in
- Medium: Mixed Media
This work is a combination of art and science. Printmaking on Cement is dissolved in salt with an Osmotic process, which is the natural reaction after lake dryness. I am exploring the track of salt on human life, which would appear on the surface of the earth after the dryness of lakes. The piece gives us a chance to Face Forward to future realities we turn a blind eye to see.
Somayeh Faal
Adriane Honerbrink, One at a Time
- Dimensions, 26″ H x 7″ W
- Stoneware, slip, glaze
This piece speaks to the theme of “Facing Foward” as I reveal only the forward element of the leaf structure. As a means to demonstrate a sort of fortification in its cylindrical shape
Adriane Honerbrink
Petyon Lawler, Flower Brick
- 15″ x 7.25″ x 4″
- cone 10 stoneware, wood fired
My work is about facing difficulties that have challenged me throughout my life and finding ways to persevere through them. I am drawn to clean, rectilinear forms but am incorporating this broken, cracked texture to emphasize the fragility of the piece. There is strength in the form as it still stands despite missing pieces of itself.
Peyton Lawler
Jenna Schmidt, Soda Fired Bottle
- 6.4in x 2 in x 11.5 in
- Ceramic, Brown stoneware
In terms of the theme ‘facing forward’, this piece helped me make some decisions on what I would like to see in upcoming work. In ceramics, and really any artistic field, we come across many failures, but its pieces like this that remind me why I keep pushing forward to find my voice as an artist.
Jenna Schmidt
Anna Hite, 1 of every 3 (3)
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11″
- Medium: letterpress and digital print
This piece was made in response to the reversal of Roe v. Wade and its immediate consequences for Mississippians. Facing Forward, the reproductive safety of Mississippians is in serious peril.
Anna Hite
Breanna Bercegeay | Untitled 1, 2, and 3
- Untitled 2
- 8″ x 10″ x 8″
- Wood, paint, baby powder, glue
Each Untitled work is from the same series. The positive and negative space created through intersecting planes of each sculpture allow for a peak on the “inside” and “through” of each piece. Each look relates to “Facing Forward.”
Breanna Bercegeay
