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...from painting and sculpture to photography—but they also display a multitude of unique styles within each category. “The show includes really different work. None of the paintings are the same, none of the photos are the same,” photography student Jeff Sheng ’02 said...
Sheng’s work, previewed from February through March in a pre-thesis show at the Gallery at Green Street, revolves around ideas of masculine beauty. Sheng places a stereotypically handsome man in different places around the country, giving the work a road trip-like feel. The tall, blonde and blue-eyed man reclines by a waterfall, walks joyously along the beach and reclines in hotel bedrooms. The prints, in 35 millimeter format and printed in large scale, hearken to large ad campaigns such as Calvin Klein or Abercrombie and Fitch. The Adonis figure is prominent, and the work...
Sheng’s work is accompanied by a small, leather-bound photo album containing around 60 images. “The works duplicate themselves in the album,” Sheng said. The album enhances the road trip feel of the work and adds to the intimacy of the photographs and the trip on which they were taken. Here the photos seem commonplace, whereas with the large prints they serve a more inclusive aesthetic purpose...
...This whole racist T-shirt thing is just a last ditch effort to keep the publicity and sales going for them,” Jeff Sheng ’01 wrote in an e-mail to other students who were planning to protest. “To be perfectly honest, Abercrombie is not fooling anyone anymore...they’re yesterday’s hot and today’s what?...
...Sheng may be an up-and-coming artsy type, but he doesn’t look down on pop culture. “I watch ‘Will & Grace’ and ‘Friends’ every week,” he admits. “I derive inspiration from Banana Republic and Abercrombie & Fitch ads. This is what people see. You could be showing at the best gallery, but more people will see your ads.” His current interest lies in fashion photography, but he would love to eventually make music videos or films...