"The Apollonian and Dionysian conflict of Nietzsche's fame is a reasonable way to frame my current work. If one does not easily tolerate Nietzsche, the koan “Boy Meets Girl…” or Siddhartha by Herman Hesse are other recommended starting places."
"My work balances on the thread-thin line between art and craft -- that seam line that holds our desires together rather than a space where hierarchy within expression feels necessary. Quilts are, to me, often a physical manifestation of our desire for order and repetition. My work often lives within the tension of our reach for perfection within human manual imprecision and embraces the beauty in letting go of our preconceived notions of perfection.
"This image titled ‘Death’ is a lumen photogram. It is a scanned photogram of a dead leaf of cabbage exposed by the sun on a piece of photographic paper. It is a commentary on the pandemic and what climate change is doing to the planet."
“As an artist I have always felt my task is not to create meaning, but to charge the air so that meaning can occur.” – Todd Hido
"As a studio artist, woodworker, and native Mississippian, I am working to add my voice to the rich vocabulary of the South through measured craft and familiar form. I aim to emulate great southern literature employing metaphor and symbolism to create exceedingly simple, stark reflections of agrarian landscapes that are simultaneously haunting and sublime."
Oil, 18"x18"
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The next Graphic Design Portfolio Review will take place in FALL 2025. Deadlines and further information will be posted early in the 2025 Fall Semester (usually September).
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Mississippi State University Department of Art Gallery Director Lori Neuenfeldt talks with Director and Curator of Tougaloo College Art Collections Turry M. Flucker.
Flucker served as the juror for the Fall 2020 exhibit, "The Light that Persists: Mississippi Artists in 2020 – SAAC Juried Exhibition."