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Hampden Gallery Opening 2008
Between the Darkness and the Light 
Excerpt from my show review in The Daily Collegian “Diverse media, concepts make for interesting exhibit”
Sophia Pastore, Collegian Correspondent Issue date: 4/24/08  Art
should be insightful and thought provoking. If it isn't, then it should
at least be beautiful. The work currently being housed in Southwest's
Hampden Gallery is the rare combination of all three. Another artist showcased is Alicia Adams Hunsicker, a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, who "strive(s) to create a visual language that evokes deep feelings of the divine feminine/masculine and the spirit of the natural world," according to her Web site. She is an accomplished artist and photographer who boasts an extensive resume as well as the largest current exhibit in the Hampden Gallery. Hunsicker's collection, titled "Between the Darkness and the Light" is a series of paintings that contain a reoccurring theme of imagery - eggs, nests, human bones and fleeting images of the female form. The work is done mostly in soft shades of blue, brown, yellow and white. The ethereal nature of the pieces hint at fertility and a union between humanity and the Earth. A physical manifestation of the paintings stands in the middle of the room; branches suspended from the ceiling and strings holding an egg over an abstract nest formation. Little nests full of eggs sit in corners of the room and ledges on the wall.
.Photos shown on this page were taken by Hana Skirkey or Alicia Hunsicker
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