Little Monsters and Free Hugs

April 14, 2011 Pamela Vivanco 0

For his class Ceramic Objects as Multiples, second-year transfer BFA student Daniel Sangiacomo and his classmates were assigned to create 100 small ceramic objects and install them in a space. Sangiacomo chose to install the art of hugging. After deciding to make 100 “hug monsters,” representational ceramic figures of people with their arms out, Sangiacomo distributed 33 of the personified “monsters” in the lobby of the Sojourner Truth Library and 67 in the Atrium. Inspired by the “small word experiment,” Sangiacomo […]