Human // Not So Human
"Human // Not-So-Human” is an interdisciplinary BFA group exhibition that explores what it means to be human. Featuring drawing, painting, photography, and experimental printmaking, the exhibiting artists invite you to discover their diverse and unique perspectives on what defines humanness (as well as not-so-humanness) - whether it be the mundane, magical, or monstrous. While some contextualize their humanity through introspection and interpersonal connection, others use external sources such as the natural world.
Artists Twoise Chee, Lindsay Lafon, Morgan Maxfield, Mia Moore, Nate Sententia, and Gillian Welch raise the question: Are you human?
See Gillian’s portion of the exhibition here:
Artist Statement
“Mythology (noun): a set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution, or situation, especially when exaggerated or fictitious.”
Oxford Languages
Gillian Welch creates works to appease the avian and avian-adjacent creatures that live alongside them. They use a variety of mediums, but often rely on the power of experimental printmaking methods to carry out a concept. This allows for a range of controlled mark-making and the use of photographic imagery. Gillian may use a wide assortment of materials in their works, but keeps a consistent visual language of color, texture, and form. The critters enjoy these aspects of art. It scratches a primal spot in the brain. It also helps that the forms usually consist of the beings themselves.
On the surface, the subjects consist of birds, an equivalent creature, or an aspect of the environment in which they reside. On a deeper level, the subjects depict Gillian, often feeling more creature than human. The ideas these entities portray feels more real at times.
In the end, who knows if Gillian really created these works, or if it was the army of Furbies that live in their room… certainly not you.
