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A Banner Year for AP Artists In yet another of the many COVID pivots, in 2021 the Delbarton Art Department replaced the traditional AP Art Exhibit & Reception with an online presentation of digital Sustained Investigation Portfolios created by seventeen members of the 2021 AP Studio Art Class. We are proud to highlight each artist with his senior portrait, a quotation from his artist’s statement, and a sample of his art. Access each artist’s complete digital portfolio on Delbarton.org. Photos by Peter Wallburg Studios
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Alexander Vandenhende ’21
Jack Benitez ’21
“Through my art, I want to explore light. Light itself seems intuitive: we are born able to observe it, we instinctively understand how it moves, and we can control it through technology. Yet, from a physics standpoint, light is extremely complex. It is both a particle and a wave, is massless yet can exert force, and scatters when intercepted by a prism. Yet, I had to ask myself; how can I best explore light through art? I concluded that glass, a transparent catalyst for light, would be my best choice of medium. In my sustained investigation works, I draw glass, especially cut glass, on matte board with white charcoal to explore the intricateness and complexity of light. Shadows, reflections, distortion, glass gives me the opportunity to draw and understand light. I hope that you have a better appreciation of light as a result of my drawings.”
“Towards the end of my Junior year, in collaboration with Mr. Rodi, a decision was made regarding the best medium for me to use for my Sustained Investigation project. My visual study was to be based on various wild plant life found within Jockey Hollow, and my medium would be dry-point etching, a technique I loved as a result of an etching project based upon statues at the Met.”
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