Alyssa Stroud is an undergraduate student in the 3D media program here at California State University Long Beach. She was a part of the Metal Group Show in the Max L. Gatov Gallery. She work with Copper to create the piece she had displayed in the show. She does not have an Instagram dedicated to her art, nor a website.
Her work that was featured in the gallery was titled Gilbert Globorin. There are two pieces to this work of art, the larger of the two, while still very small, is a round oblong with a hole in it. The second piece is almost mushroom like and fits perfectly in the hole that is in the larger piece. Both of these pieces are made of copper and are bumpy to the touch. If one was to come into this gallery and look around, the work would not be the first thing that they would see because it is small and needs to be approached to be admired.
During our conversation, I asked her if there was any meaning behind her piece, or if she was trying to explore any ideas. She told me that there was no real significant meaning behind the work because it was an assignment that was given to her by her professor. The requirement of the assignment was to make a metal container that didn’t look like a container. The smaller piece of Gilbert Globorin is the lid that fits into the larger piece seamlessly.
This work kind of reminds me of a UFO at first glance. The shape and texture is similar to that of science fiction film UFOs. This is interesting to me because I am an aerospace engineering major, and I have always enjoyed watching Sci-Fi movies. I think the piece is a good work of art in addition to it being a very good take on a project that requires the work to be a secret container.
Cade Middaugh 