Exhibitions

YASMINE EL-CHAER AND TARA SWALGREN: BFA THESIS EXHIBITIONS

Barbara Beach Gallery (APSU) / 601 College St., Room 201 March 19, 2018 - March 23, 2018

Yasmine El-Chaer, Tara Swalgren

APSU Department of Art + Design presents the senior BFA Thesis Exhibitions "An Immigrants’ Daughter" by Yasmine El-Chaer and "Nature of Beast" by Tara Swalgren. The exhibitions will open Monday, March 19th with a reception from 5-8pm. The artists will give short talks about their work beginning at 5:30pm. The show will continue through March 23rd.

Yasmine El-Chaer: "An Immigrants’ Daughter" will be a series of work revolving around the experience that her and other girls have grown up around in America. Yasmine wants to create a series of work that sheds light on the life of second generation women. She feels that they are an underrepresented class and due to her own experiences was moved to speak on the topic. 

Tara Swalgren says about her exhibition "Nature of Beast," “I have always been interested in animals. They are majestic, mysterious, and desired. These are some of the many reasons I pursue making these works. I find them captivating, but I want to make the animals more desired, more captivating, more mysterious. I integrate other natural elements into these images. They are fantastical yet they appear feasible. They don’t look so far off from the animals we see in our lives. You might even believe that you have seen something like this before. I want my viewer to enjoy the creature and plants integrated into each piece. I want you to get lost in the color and textures of the work. I want you to indulge yourself, if only for a moment."