波士顿环球报》特点:布鲁里溃疡新娘设计师和艺术家琳达Obobaifo见面
Linda Obobaifo, a 2024 MFA graduate student, poses for a portrait in her Boston University studio, where she creates sculptural and collaged paintings that “explore the roles of women and domesticity through identity and collective histories.”ERIN CLARK/GLOBE STAFF
Something old, something new: Meet bridal stylist and BU artist Linda Obobaifo
这位艺术硕士候选人喜欢正装和形式本身
本文最初发表于2024年5月6日的《波士顿环球报》。By Cate McQuaid
Linda Obobaifo had what she called “a light bulb moment” last spring. The Master of Fine Arts candidate at Boston University and full-time bridal stylist was making paintings layered with lace and panels of Plexiglas. The lace reminded her of wedding gowns and domestic interiors such as her great-grandmother’s sofa. 然后灯光亮了：她打破了传统的矩形。她的画开始从墙上飘下来。现在，根本没有担架。“It’s been so much fun to allow things to go in whichever direction,” she said. “我没有给自己施加太多压力，让自己看起来像某种样子。”obbaifo是一位值得关注的年轻艺术家。我们拜访了她在波士顿大学的工作室。
Where to find her: www.instagram.com/lindaobobaifo
年龄:23
Originally from: Naperville, Ill.
居住地：布莱顿。She’s moving to Manhattan at the end of May.
Stylist and artist: “There are expectations of women — with beauty, but also, ‘Oh, are you going to get married? 你打算要孩子吗？’ The weight and the gravity of what women carry are things I actively think about in my practice.”
Studio: Obobaifo’s big, sculptural paintings fill the walls — the older ones rectangular, the newer ones not. Fabric samples hang in one corner. 工作台上堆满了珠子、电线、黄麻线、针等。A palette with dollops of acrylic and oil paint sits on a high stool.
Favorite material: The artist learned dressmaking from her mother. “The first dress I made was a lace dress. Lace both reveals and hides the body. 正式地说，我对透明度和分层感兴趣，以及我能在多大程度上做到这一点。它投下的阴影绝对是华丽的。”
琳达·奥巴伊弗的《女人的棕色历史——穿着珠子和黄麻线，与美国失踪孩子的生儿育女有关》的细节。Acrylic, oil, lace, chiffon, microsuede, jute twine, beads, and chicken wire on canvas. ERIN CLARK/GLOBE STAFF
琳达Obobaifo”,一个纯粹的女性气质的联系——通过牛奶和绳子拖着。”丙烯酸石膏，丙烯酸，油，黄麻绳，帆布，花边，水晶欧根纱，雪纺，金属丝，和珠子上的鸡丝。LINDA OBOBAIFO
How she started: “With representational painting. Then I wanted to push myself to see what abstract painting and sculpting could look like. It wasn’t until last semester that I really broke the stretcher bar and decided to do a free form with chicken wire, using other materials like natural fibers, synthetics, China silk, organza, and lace.”
工作原理：每件作品都是从地板上开始的。“There’s an underwire body that I create, and I start shaping it and molding it, and then it slowly goes on the wall. 那时我开始手工缝纫。Everything is hand sewed, hand knotted, hand beaded. 我有一台缝纫机，但我不用。我发现当你自由塑造事物时，塑造事物更容易。关于我的劳动和我所花费的时间，我有话要说。”
给艺术家的建议：“你的作品是一个时间的快照，对未来的工作是必要的。If you’re not absolutely loving what you’re making, or you feel like, ‘I just wish it looked like XYZ,’ you have to trust in your own individual process and journey.”
你的工作是一个时间点,和未来的工作是有必要的。如果你不是完全喜欢你所做的东西，或者你觉得“我只是希望它看起来像某某”，你必须相信自己的个人过程和旅程。
GRADUATE PAINTING
波士顿大学的绘画艺术硕士（MFA）课程以各种形式促进了艺术表现的基本形式。该计划的核心是工作室驱动，对每个学生对自己的艺术实践的承诺有着严格的期望。
作为一种艺术形式，绘画不仅仅是一种活动；这是一个长期的，批判性的材料和方法，思想，感情和敏感性，历史和环境的参与。Graduate students work independently to sharpen their individual artistic vision and skills, while learning collectively through critical dialogue.