{"id":1381,"date":"2022-04-26T19:15:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T19:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/artcriticism\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2022-04-26T19:15:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T19:15:41","slug":"senior-show-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/artcriticism\/2022\/04\/26\/senior-show-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Show Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Joseph Mays III<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ta\u2019kesia Parker is a student at Valdosta State University graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Art. Ta\u2019kesia is from Albany, GA where she grew up loving nature and uses it as the theme in most of her work as she enjoys the calmness that is brings. She loves gardening, however pollen makes this difficult, which ultimately makes her go harder with her artwork. Although she tries to focus on the positive things in life, earlier life experiences really shaped the way she approaches her work. As a child, Ta\u2019kesia watched as business owners tore down a massive tree in her community for retail space. This both saddened and enraged Ta\u2019kesia but she was soon able to flip that anger and develop a calm art style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon arriving at Valdosta State University, Ta\u2019kesia began working more with background designs while keeping nature as her center theme. It was also at this time that she grew fond of jewelry making, her medium of choice for the Senior Exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Box of Butterfly <\/em>is a 3d piece made up of copper, brass, and silver. It consists of 2 small butterflies enclosed in a circular box. This piece is meant to be a metaphor for when you feel trapped in the loop of everyday life. Ta\u2019kesia described it as a \u201cstrong feeling of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu.\u201d The inside of the container is completely empty other than the butterflies, emphasizing the feeling of loneliness. One of the butterflies is gold which represents childhood and the innocence that comes with it. The other butterfly is silver which represents adulthood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ta’kesia Parker, Box of Butterfly<\/em> 2021,
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Ta’kesia Parker, Wilted Flower Pendant, <\/em>2022, brass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wilted Flower Pendant <\/em>is a brass pendant that resembles a wilted flower. Here, Ta\u2019kesia takes a metaphorical approach again, comparing the wilted flower to human life. Both flowers (and all plants for that matter) and thrive while living, but all meet their eventual fate when they die. The piece is a paradox because human life doesn\u2019t last nearly as long as plant life, as trees can live for hundreds of years. As a wearable piece, the pendant is meant to be worn close to the heart in order to hold on to its original beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ta\u2019kesia\u2019s goals for this exhibition is to show how nature and humans are one in the same. She wishes to bring awareness to the beauty of plants and how pollution can affect it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joseph Mays III is a Bachelor of Art Student at Valdosta State University. Joseph\u2019s passion for art and design has grown over the years and he plans to pursue a career in streetwear design.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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