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'Fossil'
MHCC drawing instructor Nathan Orosco brings his 'social political commentary' to the Visual Arts Gallery
The Advocate
Drawing instructor Nathan Orosco’s new exhibit “Fossil” in the Visual Arts Gallery is an accumulation of his various works.
“I want the show to fit together in bits and pieces to make one cohesive show,” Orosco said.
The pieces in the show are comprised of various materials, including cast metal aluminum, steel, ink drawings, digital photography, paper, cast plaster and video.
Orosco said the inspiration came from growing up in Texas, an industrial part of the country.
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Orosco grew up feeling the influence of the industry that surrounded him.
“It (the exhibit) is a social-political commentary,” Orosco said. “It’s really a commentary on the economic industry.”
Pieces include three digital photos of Orosco meditating in front of a Wal-Mart, while a video projects the ruins of Rome.
The drawings on display are “formal studies of subconscious thought” according to Orosco.
“I like to draw almost how I like to think about memory,” he said. “Really, I begin with a mark and it travels into what you see.”
With using cast plaster for some of his pieces, such as the sculpture of a Mayan’s face, Orosco said, “I just wanted the sterile white that plaster provides.”
Orosco said he isn’t too concerned with what viewers will get out of the exhibit.
“I don’t want them to think about anything but what they’re thinking about,” Orosco said. “We (artists) create art as a means of expression.
“It’s (the exhibit) more metaphorical than narrative.”
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In his artist’s statement on display in the gallery, Orosco said, “Underlying the show there is a feeling that the objects, the machines, the cities that we have built will all become eternal sentinels, keeping watch over a soundless, motionless landscape.”
Orosco’s exhibit will be on display until Feb. 25. The Visual Arts Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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