{"id":88,"date":"2020-03-31T10:53:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T14:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/?p=88"},"modified":"2020-03-31T10:53:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T14:53:09","slug":"featured-artwork-samsara-spiraling-within-the-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/2020\/03\/featured-artwork-samsara-spiraling-within-the-void\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Artwork: Samsara: Spiraling Within the Void"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Artist<\/strong>: Austin Cathey <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Major(s)\/Minor(s)<\/strong>: MFA Studio Art <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Year<\/strong>: Graduate Student <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Medium<\/strong>: Painting <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dimensions<\/strong>: 67&#8243;x67&#8243;x2&#8243;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Artist Statement<\/strong>: Referencing the Eastern philosophical concept of Samsara, the cycle of existence, this work uses a cosmic sense of space to explore a metaphysical sense of unrest.  By juxtaposing the soft atmosphere with the harsh materiality of the swirling vortex, the piece plays with the unstable duality of the human condition. While we may inhabit these temporary physical vessels, aren&#8217;t we so much more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/files\/2020\/03\/Cathey-Samsara-Spiraling-Within-the-Void-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/files\/2020\/03\/Cathey-Samsara-Spiraling-Within-the-Void-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/files\/2020\/03\/Cathey-Samsara-Spiraling-Within-the-Void-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/files\/2020\/03\/Cathey-Samsara-Spiraling-Within-the-Void-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/files\/2020\/03\/Cathey-Samsara-Spiraling-Within-the-Void-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/files\/2020\/03\/Cathey-Samsara-Spiraling-Within-the-Void-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/files\/2020\/03\/Cathey-Samsara-Spiraling-Within-the-Void-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/files\/2020\/03\/Cathey-Samsara-Spiraling-Within-the-Void.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Artist: Austin Cathey Major(s)\/Minor(s): MFA Studio Art Year: Graduate Student Medium: Painting Dimensions: 67&#8243;x67&#8243;x2&#8243; Artist Statement: Referencing the Eastern philosophical concept of Samsara, the cycle <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/2020\/03\/featured-artwork-samsara-spiraling-within-the-void\/\" title=\"Featured Artwork: Samsara: Spiraling Within the Void\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2926,"featured_media":91,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-circling-round"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2926"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/muam-sre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}