There will be a platinum-covered plantain inside University Gallery’s first-ever alumni exhibition.
The exhibition will be held at the University Gallery, located on Southwest 13th Street in Building B of the Fine Arts complex, from today until Oct. 8. The exhibition will feature 26 artists, who are all graduates of the UF School of Art and Art History.
Richard Heipp, a UF professor at the School of Art and Art History, said he planned the event to celebrate the gallery’s 50th anniversary.
"This is one of the most complicated and comprehensive shows we’ve done in University Gallery," Heipp said.
Heipp said planning the exhibit was a huge undertaking because some of the pieces, which came from around the world, are large and almost reach the ceiling. "There’s one piece that actually came from Beijing to New York to us," he said. "There’s work from California. There’s work from Texas. There’s work from North Carolina. And it all had to be shipped here."
Kelly Hernandez, a 21-year-old UF fine arts senior with an emphasis in painting, said she is excited to go to the exhibit.
It shows current art students possible post-graduate career opportunities, she said.
"I know that we’ve had a lot of great artists come out of UF," Hernandez said. "And I am excited to see what they’ve been doing the last couple of years and where their careers have gone, so then I can kind of see where I am going, too."
