1,218
Presented at the Cornell Creative Arts Center from September 1 to 30, 2025, 1,218 brought together sculptures, paintings, and towering slender plaster forms to confront endurance, strain, and transformation. Terracotta heads trapped in clamps, vessels, and found objects stood as visceral metaphors for the pressures—personal, political, and societal—that shape the human spirit.
The title marked the number of days remaining in the U.S. presidential term on opening day, framing the work in a charged countdown. Click the poster below to access the catalogue.
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