The exhibition is up!

So the exhibition is up and looking good. I was wickedly ill until the Saturday I had to mount, I'm so happy the show didn't have to be cancelled. I was in bed the entire of last week, stupidly sick, and battling with the possibility of rescheduling my exhibition and defense (which is not a good thing). I was well enough to walk and carry things on Saturday so I just pushed hard until the wee hours of the morning on Monday night to meet the Tuesday morning deadline.

I just have to say here how amazing God is that He blessed me with health enough to do what I needed to do and He gave me supportive friends and family to pray and intercede on my behalf. Oh, that the God of the entire universe, the creator of time itself, would care about something like this. How cool is that?

I'm so crazy happy, overjoyed, and downright elated at all the little miracles that have been happening all month long.

Here are some pictures of the show. I'll post better quality ones once I document next weekend.

Installation shot 1 (seven foot giant is in the corner)

Installation shot #2. 'maladroit manor' is the shanty town on the right I built to showcase the dioramas. It is overtaking the architecture of the gallery and can be seen from the entrance of the exhibition as well.

See the shanty town/cardboard apartments from the entrance of the gallery!

The giant, or slivers of him, can be seen from every point in the gallery.

Finally the color prints in all their glory! They turned out and look super sharp. I also painted the title wall a cardboard brown to tie in with the boxes which are mimicking the architecture of the gallery. The title wall, essentially, mimics a giant cardboard box - making the gallery a kind of voyeuristic diorama just like the sculptures displayed in the back.