OPENING NIGHT36 ARTWORKS
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CLEVELAND INSTITUTE
OF ART
JUNIOR VISUAL ARTS
MAJORS
DRAWING
PAINTING
PRINTMAKING
SCULPTURE +
EXPANDED MEDIA
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FREE PARKING
Absolutely
NO attitudes
tolerated
DRESS TO
PARTY
6—9PM
INSTAGRAMRESPECT TO ALL
THE BODS WHO
SUPPORTED
PERMISSION
TO PARTY
YOU KNOW WHO
YOU ARE!
BUSINESS
IN THE FRONT
PARTY
IN THE BACK
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Lachlan Howard
Lachlan Howard, studying Sculpture + Expanded Media, creates 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, and performance artwork. He uses everything from digital tools to hands-on processes like felting, woodworking, and photo/video, and many more to push the boundaries and expectations of his viewers. Many of his pieces feature strange, organic shapes paired with highly saturated, eye-catching colors. They pull you in right away, but the more you look, the stranger things start to feel. Incorporating familiar forms, he pushes and pulls from reality, making the subject of his work completely unique. Lachlan is interested in how and why we become uneasy while looking at certain things, so he experiments with making his viewers uncomfortable, asking them to reflect on what they are seeing and feeling. His works made for Permission to Party explore the idea of office satire, using exaggerated tropes and surreal elements to poke fun at corporate culture and mundane routines. Lachlan’s use of humor not only connects the viewer emotionally, but it is intended to raise questions about the systems and environments we have become accustomed to.