No matter where, when or by whom they are mounted, MFA thesis shows conceived as group exhibitions have a generally refreshing tendency be mixed-bag affairs par excellence. In other words, they’re always, at the very least, interesting—institutionally, materially, historically, trajectorially—and at times also surprisingly, inspiringly great. That said, they’re also curiously difficult to find out about unless you’re directly involved—even, or perhaps especially, in NYC, where MFA programs and related shows are so ubiquitous and, often, off-sitedly-scattered that they can be hard to locate in time and space.
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