The Hawk

Issue date: 10/24/07 Section: Entertainment

The texture of Kutz's art is meant to evoke emotion.

Imagine walking into a room full of naked women. Now imagine that these women are made of clay.

Yep, still awkward.

This month's exhibit at Boland Hall features sculptures by Donna Christine Kutz. Kutz's collection is entitled "Passages." The collection, which took about two years to complete, was inspired by her love of working on figures. With pieces such as "Release of Sorrow," "Stagnant," and "Guilt" the emotions being evoked are very apparent.

The artist said that her goal with this collection is to have someone feel inspired or touched emotionally and leave with a feeling of peace. While she has good intentions, feelings of peace are hard to come by when an artist subjects the viewing audience to sculptures of oppressed naked women. Ranging from life size to miniatures, the figures all take various positions. Raw emotion was evoked from the texture of each subject's skin. Each figure looks like the same woman, perhaps in an effort to tell a story of the significant emotional changes any woman may go through during her life.

When sculpting, Kutz likes to think of a position someone would take physically or an emotion they would feel. However, she feels that most of the pieces she works on come to her intuitively.

"The pieces involve presenting powerful but controlled emotions that speak of an internal monologue capturing the human form in a fleeting moment," said Kutz in her statement.

Her favorite piece in her collection is "Acceptance," where two figures stand facing each other. In fact, Kutz's future plans are to work on more duality pieces.

Though she is primarily a sculptor, Kutz also uses other mediums, such as paint and charcoal. The local artist received her Masters of Fine Arts from Tyler School of Art and is a resident of Bensalem, Pa.

Kutz's exhibit is running throughout the month of October in Boland Hall and is open to everyone Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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