{"id":1630,"date":"2022-09-06T10:31:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T17:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/aardwolf\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:55:31","slug":"things-becoming-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/aardwolf\/2022\/09\/06\/things-becoming-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Things Becoming Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shara Chwaliszewski<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>9\/6\/2022 &#8211; 12\/16\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Science and Enginnering Building (VSCI), 1st and 2nd Floor Galleries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1747\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Left: Molded, Wire, metal, and acrylic on canvas\nMiddle: Purple Glaze (detail), Acrylic on canvas\nRight: Creature and Unmolding, Paper and plaster\" class=\"wp-image-1635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara-396x270.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara-792x541.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara-1536x1048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara-2048x1398.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara-990x676.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara-1188x811.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><small>Left: <em>Molded,<\/em> Wire, metal, and acrylic on canvas<br>Middle: <em>Purple Glaze<\/em> (detail), Acrylic on canvas<br>Right: <em>Creature and Unmolding,<\/em> Paper and plaster<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Things Becoming Things<\/em>, on display throughout the Science and Engineering Building (VSCI) is an exploration of texture, color, and form. Raw canvas \u2013 painted, glazed, crumpled, and suspended. Cardboard or Styrofoam packaging covered with paper and glaze in layers upon layers upon layers until it transcends its purpose and becomes a new thing. Reclaimed or simple materials and repetitive, almost meditative, processes characterize my approach. As I struggle against or am guided by the inclinations of the medium, working with intention but no preconceived direction, a story begins to tell itself. Manipulation of outward form makes inner doubts fall away, and all is reduced to a conversation between my hands and the material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some pieces were removed from the gallery and relocated to other areas in the building to allow the remaining works room to breathe, and to further investigate the relationship between the object and the space it occupies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1271\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_2.jpg\" alt=\"Toxicityscape, Stryofoam and paper \" class=\"wp-image-1637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_2-396x262.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_2-792x524.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_2-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_2-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_2-990x655.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_2-1188x786.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><small><em>Toxicityscape,<\/em> Stryofoam and paper <\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Born on Canada\u2019s eastern coast, Shara Chwaliszewski has made her home in the Pacific Northwest since 2006. Working in several mediums, she creates two- and three-dimensional works that are non-objective but often biomorphic. Shara is a Washington State University Vancouver alum (BA English, 2020; BA Fine Arts, 2021) and works as a tutor at the WSU Vancouver Writing Center when she is not making art in her backyard studio in Camas, WA.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Left: Imperfect Measures, Clock, paper, bamboo, and plaster\nRight bottom: Spring, Sprang, Sprung Metal trap, paper, clothespins\nRight top: Cephalopodcast, Bamboo roots, paper, and scree\" class=\"wp-image-1638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_3-396x198.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_3-792x396.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_3-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_3-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_3-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_3-990x495.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/10\/shara_3-1188x594.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><small>Left: <em>Imperfect Measures,<\/em> Clock, paper, bamboo, and plaster<br>Right bottom: <em>Spring, Sprang, Sprung<\/em> Metal trap, paper, clothespins<br>Right top:<em> Cephalopodcast,<\/em> Bamboo roots, paper, and screen<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shara Chwaliszewski 9\/6\/2022 &#8211; 12\/16\/2022 Science and Enginnering Building (VSCI), 1st and 2nd Floor Galleries Left: Molded, Wire, metal, and acrylic on canvasMiddle: Purple Glaze (detail), Acrylic on canvasRight: Creature and Unmolding, Paper and plaster Things Becoming Things, on display throughout the Science and Engineering Building (VSCI) is an exploration of texture, color, and form. 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