ALL: Master Collection List
Nationality
American
Preview
Date of Work
2020
Medium
Giclee print on Hahnemuhle
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
On display: Third floor, mothering room
Location
Memorial Union
Artist Bio
Artwork by Caleb Stewart created during their time as a student at UND.
Additional Information
Student composed text panel:
Caleb Stewart
Untitled, 2020
Giclee print on Hahnemuhle
UND Art Collections: Art & Design Study Collection
2020 was a year of many new challenges and uncertainties. This was specifically true of colleges and universities across the US. With hands-on classes such as the arts now unable to meet in person, faculty and students alike had to find a different, but meaningful substitute to regular activities. Here at the University of North Dakota, Professor Patrick Luber and his sculpture classes took this as an opportunity to express art through simpler means. Inspired by the nature-centric works of Andrew Goldsworthy, Professor Luber tasked each student with creating art in the natural world. Each student was afforded the liberty to build and photograph whatever they felt expressed the concept of land art while utilizing natural materials.
As the Covid-19 pandemic continued into Summer 2020, Professor Patrick Luber began to think about how he could develop assignments for his sculpture class that would teach students about contemporary developments within the field of art/sculpture, but also encouraged social distancing. This artwork is the result of one of those assignments—an Andrew Goldsworthy inspired Land Art Assignment. Each ephemeral work of land art has been documented through photography by the student artist, printed utilizing the giclee process on Hahnemuhle paper, and was featured in the 2021 exhibition, Land Art: A Partnership with Nature.
Small pebbles are arranged in the form of a sun, with arms jutting out in all directions. Within the center of the sun appear to be pebbles assembled to symbolize crashing waves. Connecting two core aspects of nature and the world as a whole. Shadows extend toward the top of the sun giving the work depth and structure, to symbolize the many layers of nature connecting to form one.
Condition
Excellent
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”