The artists have moved on from Angelo State University, but in some cases, their artwork remains. It is far from forgotten.
The public has a first-time chance to see them.
ASU is hosting a new exhibit of artworks left behind by departed art students that will run through July 24 in the Carr Education-Fine Arts Building at 2602 Dena Drive, according to a media release.
Titled “L’Abandon d’Oeuvres d’Art” (Abandoned Works of Art), the exhibit of paintings and sculptures is displayed in the Carr EFA Building’s Gallery 193 and is open for free public viewing 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on weekdays.
At each semester’s end in the ASU Department of Visual and Performing Arts, works of art are left behind by departing students.
“Some are unfinished. Some are deemed unsuccessful by their makers,” ASU officials said in a media release. “Some are simply too large, too inconvenient or too easily forgotten. Others may represent ideas that were abandoned before they could fully emerge.”
In any case, these artworks are more than just mere remnants of classroom assignments.
“They are evidence of risk-taking, learning, aspiration and the courage required to create,” ASU officials said.
The paintings and other artwork show the “unseen labor that accompanies artistic growth and remind us that every accomplished work is built upon countless attempts that may never be recognized,” officials said.
“This exhibition brings together a selection of these forsaken ASU student artworks so they may be viewed for the first time,” officials said.
This article originally appeared on San Angelo Standard-Times: Angelo State University celebrates abandoned artwork with exhibit
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