“50 Views from St. Plasticine,” the Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition of work by integrated visual arts graduate student Michael Vitha Nolan, will be on display from noon on Monday, April 13, through 7 p.m. Thursday, April 16. A closing reception and stamp rally will be from 5–7 p.m. April 16. All are welcome to participate. Read more about the artist and the show in the news release
Artist Statement
Modern living is propped up by plastic convenience. We eat, breathe, and live in and around plastic each day without realizing it. Plastic has become so interwoven into society and yet, we tend to not think about what we are using or where it goes after it has outlived its purpose. Plastic has become so universal and yet, we do not fully comprehend its impact on the world around us.
“50 Views from St. Plasticine” is a body of work that aims to do two things: bring awareness to the overwhelming presence of plastic in our daily lives and how plastic can and will appear in places we lease suspect it. St. Plasticine itself is a fictional beach that places this plastic pollution on a pedestal for the world to see. Each object depicted contains or transfers microplastics and has contributed to a growing problem in our environment. At the end of the day, we cannot undo the damage that we have caused, but we can at least become more aware of plastic pollution and the dangers that has posed for over a century.