K-State graduate students display work at K-State Student Union

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News release prepared by: Sara Shellenberger, 785-532-6415, media@k-state.edu

Thursday, February 1, 2007

K-STATE GRADUATE STUDENTS DISPLAY WORK AT K-STATE STUDENT UNION

MANHATTAN -- Artwork by two Kansas State University graduate students is on display until Friday, Feb. 9, in the K-State Student Union's Kemper Gallery.

The "Refining the Means" display features the work of Marvin Gould, graduate student in fine arts, Manhattan, and Casey Westbrook, graduate student in fine arts, Jonesboro, Ga. Gould uses graphite, rust, copy toner and charcoal to create architectural and industrial drawings, while Westbrook manipulates bronze, cast iron, steel and manila rope in his sculpture collection.

The display offers viewers a chance to appreciate art at a deeper level, according to Duane Noblett, K-State professor and head of the department of art.

"Frequently, we see works of art on display in gallery locations on campus that illustrate easily understood and recognizable subject matter. The current display in the Kemper Gallery requires the viewer to go deeper in attempting to relate subject within the context of their own understanding and imagination," he said.

The Kemper Art Gallery, on the Union's first floor, is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission is free.

Both students will be presenting other examples of their creative work later this spring as part of their master of fine arts thesis requirements. Both of those exhibitions will be in Willard Hall's Chapman Gallery.