ALL: Master Collection List
Nationality
American
Title of Work
Preview
Date of Work
2008
Medium
Lithograph
Edition #
4 of 18
Signature
Lower right
Height
11"
Width
26 1/2"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Displayed: Lower level
Location
Memorial Union
Artist Bio
Craig Drennen is a Georgia State University art professor. He identifies primarily in paintings, but has done all sorts of work. He served 4 years as the Dean of the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture.
Additional Information
Student composed text panel:
Craig Drennen (American)
Certain Senator, 2008
Lithograph on Rives BFK
UND Art Collections: Art & Design Study Collection
Purchased through Sundog Multiples with funding from the Myers Foundations.
Craig Drennen is a Georgia State University art professor. Creating primarily paintings, he is fluent in many artistic mediums. In 2006, Drennen visited Grand Forks and curated an exhibition for the 2014 UND Arts & Culture Conference, titled Cultures of Curation.
This artwork shows a single poker chip as it falls through the air. In the game of poker, there are risks associated with every hand and decision. Some decisions result in great reward, while others result in loss. In Certain Senator, Drennen implies that politics is a kind of game containing its own set of risks and rewards.
Condition
Excellent
Rights
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