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Title	"Chasing a High"
Artist	Huston, Adam
Subject - LCSH	Art, Modern Ball State University--Students
Exhibition Date	2010
Artist Statement	The more I work, the more I realize that for me, making things is more than a hobby, or something to do, or a way to make money. It is compulsion, therapy, work, play, and research. These roles and more are all served during the activity of making; the results (in this case, paintings) serve as little more than evidence of this activity. In this series, I'm focusing specifically on art's role as a method of catharsis. Buried in each painting is evidence of a thought, memory, motivation, or idea that used to be important to me. All of these things were somehow, willingly or unwillingly, left behind. This activity (of leaving things behind) isn't always permanent, obvious, intentional, or even negative. In fact, many of the memories I have buried are the result or cause of personal growth. Some are maybe not as far behind me as I would like, and the paintings are my attempts to purge them. At the same time, the paintings remain as evidence of interment (as artworks are evidence of the activity of making art). In this way, they can be seen as tributes to the things contained within. My goal is not to forget; but rather to let go and to NOT forget. I'd like to thank my Mom and Dad, who have been as supportive as humanly possible throughout this process. I'd also like to extend my gratitude to my friend and mentor Hannah Barnes, my co-conspirator Jacinda Russell, to Scott Anderson for his patience, and to my friends for their support. Thanks also to sunshine and warm weather, for my sanity.
Subject - TGM	Art Oil paintings Mixed media
Time Period	2010s (2010-2019) Twenty-first century, C. E.
Medium	Oil, found object
Series	Obfuscate
Exhibition	Spring 2010 Thesis Exhibitions
Physical Dimensions	29 x 29 x 8 cm.
Media Type	Still image
Original Format	Art Color images
Digital Date	2010-05-19 (Loaded)
File Format	image/jpeg
Pixel Width	2120
Pixel Height	2128
Digitization Equipment	Nikon Coolpix 8700 Digital Camera
Digital Identifier	BSU-SAC-0399.jpg
Collection	Ball State University Student Art Collection
Collection URL	http://libx.bsu.edu/collection.php?CISOROOT=/BSUArtists
Copyright	Copyright 2010, Ball State University and the original artist. All rights reserved.

"Chasing a High"

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