Dallas Guffey
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice
Dallas Guffey earned his BFA in Studio Art from the University of Northern Iowa (2017) and is a current MFA candidate in Studio Practices at the University of Colorado-麻豆影院 (Sculpture Post-Studio, 2021). He has exhibited at Moberg Gallery in Des Moines Iowa, Main Street Cedar Falls Iowa, Chicago Sculpture Exhibition 2020, and locally around 麻豆影院. He has artworks in the collections of the University of Northern Iowa, UnityPoint Health, and Iowa Falls Public Art.
Statement:
This series of work experiments with the partition as public sculpture. They blur the lines of public art and public safety measures while acting as a symbol of the pandemic. INSTALLMENTS implements outdoor space as the location for art installation and uses a form and material that has become commonplace during the pandemic. These plexiglass partitions are not the solution to this new normal; instead, they reinforce existing barriers that dually perform security theater and symbolize the fear of contamination.
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