The Theme is Love: A Student Art Exhibition
Art History Undergraduate Association
The Art History Undergraduation Association at UC Irvine, with support from UCI Illuminations, presents their ninth annual student exhibition: THE THEME IS LOVE. Encouraging artists to explore the different forms and meanings of love through their artwork, we posed the question: In a culture that offers to sell us every desire, in the age of the Hallmark card, how do we talk about love? This purposefully simple exhibition title provoked a broad range of responses and interpretations. The artworks featured in this exhibition express personal stories, desires, and anxieties about love across a variety of mediums- and above all, they express a yearning for human connection that especially resonates in the context of a global pandemic. Whether created by a single artist or through collaboration as one half of a pair, each piece weaves its own thread into the show's tapestry, illustrating how we approach interpersonal relationships across time and space, how profoundly we experience love both new and old, and how we learn to love ourselves and each other.
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