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Marlene Ortiz, \u201cBut It\u2019s Calm Under the Wave, In the Blue of My Oblivion,\u201d materials variable. Photo by Breanne Lynn Patterson.<\/em><\/p>\n It requires more than one visit to appreciate the array of works exhibited for Long Beach City College\u2019s Winter Student show. Four galleries at the Bungalow Art Center feature student portraiture, abstract and figurative painting, elegant installation, whimsical graphic arts, found object sculpture, film and time-based digital expressions. The exhibit focuses on photography, showcasing work with a penchant for hyper-real and surrealist manipulations of time, investigations into female and personal identity and narrative.<\/p>\n Lubben states that this work expresses the complexity of emotion, which so often deals with binary states of mind. The composition is contradictory and produces anxiety, yet it is so profoundly graceful in its arrangement of the compositional elements. This is also achieved in the artist\u2019s treatment of light, accomplished by increasing the image\u2019s sharpness and saturation. Like the surrealists\u2019 fascination with dangerous women, this photograph reflects what the artist identifies as the subject\u2019s \u201cexotic elegance.\u201d Lubben\u2019s volatile image is a distorted expression of feminine turmoil.<\/p>\n To assist in this process, she required that each participant provide a plan to hang the work, write an artist statement (each is displayed next to the artist\u2019s piece) and fill out a loan form. For many of the 65 artists, this was their first professional art show.<\/p>\n Rohkea mentored the students in the \u201cart of the hang,\u201d the creative outlet of the preparator and curator. Few envision the artistic process of installation, or how to use the white cube as a point of departure. Arranging the objects in an exhibition checklist to form a spatial and aesthetic dialogue without compromising the object\u2019s condition is a creative activity and a separate process beyond the production of the work.<\/p>\n Accessibility is important to the mission of the Bungalow Art Center, an artist-centric Although the curators did not decline student work, LBCC fine arts professors only invited select students to exhibit. Especially after seeing this exhibit, one cannot overstate the role of professors and mentors in the arts. It is a misconception that all artists have innate skills or \u201cnatural talent.\u201d Rather, critique is built into the learning process. Through a series of test flights artists gain mastery level skills and develop a cohesive style.<\/p>\n The timing of the show is particularly important for the LBCC photography department, It is imperative that this department survives. It functions as a site for creative expression, and it is unquantifiable how this department affects the rigor of art production in the city of Long Beach. Losing this resource would be a devastating blow to the local arts scene. It also sends the following dystopic message to young artists and community college students: the arts are expendable.<\/p>\n The 2012 Winter Student Show runs through December 31 at the Bungalow Art Center, 727 Pine Avenue.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014Second photo: Nate Lubben\u2019s \u201cBroken Sorrow.” <\/em><\/p>\n \u2014Third photo: Anthony Sok, \u201cBronze Light Apparatus,\u201d mixed media, 27.25\u201d x 9\u201d x 10,\u201d 2012. 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Demonstrative of this trend is Nate Lubben\u2019s \u201cBroken Sorrow,\u201d an oversized digital print. A seated female figure grasps her head, while her duplicate image simultaneously reaches for her ankles. She is seated in a cross-legged pose, draped with a light shirt in a non-descript and desolate room, devoid of color or identifiable markings of place. A textured band around her forehead creates an uncanny fabric cage over her face. Shards of broken material form a cautioning pile beneath her feet, signaling danger and metaphorically communicating her uncontrollable state of mind and motion. Her vertical, open pose indicates agony and aggression, but as she retracts on her body\u2019s axis, she expresses remorse and vulnerability.<\/p>\n![\"sculpture](\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/sculpture_breanne_patterson_photography.jpg\")
The show was curated by art historian, Seija Rohkea and Carol Roemer, art history faculty member at LBCC. The curators employed a salon-style hanging strategy to ensure that each contribution from the student artists was accommodated. Rather than force a particular theme, the curators opted for aesthetic pairings. The exhibition functioned like an arts practicum, a high level course in the process of exhibition production. Rohkea commented, \u201cMany of these students are still finding their artistic identity.\u201d<\/p>\n
space managed by the Cultural Alliance of Long Beach <\/a>(CALB). CALB founding
member Karen Reside shared that her goal is to serve as a resource for artists. The
285-member, 17,000 square-foot facility opened in October during arts month and has
plans for future arts programming. CALB is an important voice in the city of Long Beach,
representing a constituency of creative professionals seeking increased access to
exhibition opportunities, collectors and professional support.<\/p>\n![\"painting](\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/painting_breanne_patterson_photography.jpg\")
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one of the most represented departments at the Bungalow show. For many of these art
students, this winter exhibition could be their last<\/a>. The photo department is perhaps the
next fatality at the institution as budget cuts threaten 19 programs<\/a> at one of the state’s largest community college. Should this plan go into effect, many students would lose access to specialized facilities. They would also be devoid of critical feedback from professionals and a place to gather with their peers to engage in aesthetic dialogue.<\/p>\n![\"installation](\"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/installation_breanne_patterson_photography.jpg\")
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