And The City Sang With Them
And The City Sang With Them
Published in an edition of 1400 copies for the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Printed by Thomas Group Printing in New York. This issue features the work of School of Visual Arts’ graduating class of 2025. For the first section of this book, you will see crops of students’ artwork, zoomed in to emphasize the minute details. The following section is an index featuring the work untouched, at true proportion. We hope this juxtaposition encourages you to take a closer look and slow down to appreciate the beauty of what can often go unnoticed. Editor-in-Chief Olympe Gautier Managing Editor Angel Ye Design Editor Nicole Hsu Editor-in-Chief Intern Nandinie Andlay Managing Editor Intern Elisabed Dushuashvili Design Editor Intern Brooks Orich Staff Advisor Kayla Vogel Issue Title by Nandinie Andlay
Editor’s Note “The poet becomes a seer through a long, immense, and reasoned derangement of all the senses. All forms of love, suffering, madness—he seeks them out, he exhausts within himself all poisons, keeping only their quintessences. An ineffable torment where he needs all his faith, all his superhuman strength, where he becomes, above all, the great invalid, the great criminal, the great accursed—and the supreme Sage!—For he reaches the unknown! Since he has cultivated his soul, already rich, more than anyone else! He reaches the unknown; and even if, in his madness, he were to lose the understanding of his visions, he has seen them!”
Letter of Arthur Rimbaud to Paul Demeny, May 15th, 1871 Rimbaud’s vision of the poet (artist) is clear: engage in a long, immense, and reasoned derangement of all the senses to reach the unknown. The artist is not just a creator of beauty, but a voyant. One who perceives beyond ordinary experience to reveal hidden truths about the world. In today’s world, our sensitivity, our capacity for care, and our acts of resistance are more essential than ever. Congratulations, class of 2025. Bisous, Olympe Gautier
Lily Li 06, 07 Alex Philbrook 08 Eva Yuhan Zeng 09 Rainy Yufan Tang 10 Angie Guo11 Chuyao Zheng 12 Allen Zhang 13 Olympe Gautier 14, 15 Yining Fang 16 Ruotai Tang 17 Joel Murff 18, 19 Emily Hwang 20 Nichakorn Masunthasuwan21 Aya Lam22 Hoài 23 Angel Ye24, 25
Ximenland26 Geena Kim27 Kehan Sun 28 Seung Jae Park 29 Isabella Mendoza30 Tianjiao Yi31 Heming Gao32 Xinyue Zhang 33 Ninja Ningyi Jiang 34 Sadie Withers35 Justin Kahsel You36 Alicia Han37 Grace Ullman38 Ada Zejun Shen39 Cecily Su40 Ziyi Wu (Hanna)41
LILY LI
CONTRIBUTORS
06
LILY LI
07
08
ALEX PHILBROOK
EVA YUHAN ZENG
09
10
RAINY YUFAN TANG
ANGIE GUO
11
12
CHUYAO ZHENG
ALLEN ZHANG
13
14
OLYMPE GAUTIER
OLYMPE GAUTIER
15
16
YINING FANG
RUOTAI TANG
17
18
JOEL MURFF
JOEL MURFF
19
20
EMILY HWANG
NICHAKORN MASUNTHASUWAN
21
22
AYA LAM
HOÀI
23
24
ANGEL YE
ANGEL YE
25
26
XIMENLAND
GEENA KIM
27
28
KEHAN SUN
SEUNG JAE PARK
29
30
ISABELLA MENDOZA
TIANJIAO YI
31
32
HEMING GAO
XINYUE ZHANG
33
34
NINJA NINGYI JIANG
SADIE WITHERS
35
36
JUSTIN KAHSEL YOU
ALICIA HAN
37
38
GRACE ULLMAN
ADA ZEJUN SHEN
39
40
CECILY SU
ZIYI WU (HANNA)
41
VISUAL OPINION
VOLUME 31
ISSUE 6
A—Z
Index
44
VISUAL OPINION
Ada Zejun Shen
VOLUME 31
@ada_zshen
Alex Philbrook
BFA Illustration
BFA Film
Microbiome of Death
Nuclear Dynamics
Color Pencil on Paper, Procreate
Alicia Han
Ceramics
@aliciaaaa_hqc
Allen Zhang
BFA Illustration
BFA Illustration
The Ordeal
Monster Carousel
Acrylic on Wood Board
@a.lehx
Color Pencil
@allenzhang_illustration
ISSUE 6
Angel Ye
A—Z
@l1ghtbeing
BFA Illustration
History of the Princess: Tea Party Gossip
Oil on Wood
BFA Illustration
Upon the End Pencil/iPad
@l1ghtbeing
BFA Illustration
On My Way Home
Angie Guo
Angel Ye
45
Watercolor and Color Pencil
@_angie.g_
Aya Lam
BFA Fine Arts
Surrender
Torched Metal Sheets
@aya_lam
46
VISUAL OPINION
Cecily Su
VOLUME 31
@galax_ydaydreamer
BFA Illustration
Chuyao Zheng
Heading Toward the Moon Canyon
Untitled
Emily Hwang
Eva Yuhan Zeng
Gouache
BFA Fine Arts
Ashes of Hope Mixed Media
@haan_na_a
BFA Fine Arts
@emily.hwang
Mixed Media on Canvas
@evadod0o
BFA Fine Arts
The Ocean Named Me Elsewhere Textile, Foamboards
ISSUE 6
Geena Kim
A—Z
@geenarchive
BFA Fine Arts
Gay Marxist Jew
Monoprint
Heming Gao
Journey Digital
@grullygurl
BFA Fine Arts
Symbiosis #3
BFA Illustration
Grace Ullman
47
Oil on Canvas
@hemingcrn
Hoài
BFA Fine Arts
Untitled Paper
@hoaipng
48
VISUAL OPINION
Isabella Mendoza
VOLUME 31
@isamydoza
BFA Fine Arts
I’m Only Sleeping
Oil on Canvas
BFA Fine Arts
Untitled
Oil on Canvas
@takeyououtforlunch
BFA Fine Arts
Imperfecto
Joel Murff
Joel Murff
Oil on Canvas
@takeyououtforlunch
Justin Kahsel You BFA Fine Arts
Untitled82
Acrylic on Wood
@dontbuyart
ISSUE 6
Kehan Sun
A—Z
@destruction_factor
BFA Illustration
Escape
Etching
Wood Panel, Watercolor, Gesso, Color Pencil
@plum_li3
BFA Illustration
Look Into That Future
@plum_li3
BFA Illustration
The Sun
Lily Li
Lily Li
49
Wood Panel, Watercolor, Gesso, Color Pencil
Nichakorn Masunthasuwan BFA Illustration
hole & me you & hole
Animation: Blender, Procreate, Photoshop, After Effects
@nicha.m_
50
VISUAL OPINION
Ninja Ningyi Jiang
VOLUME 31
@chickenlegirl
MFA Fine Arts
Veni, Vidi, Pipi
Video Installation
BFA Fine Arts
Veni, Vidi, Pipi Digital Photography
@olympegautier
BFA Fine Arts
Tokyo Accident
Olympe Gautier
Olympe Gautier
Digital Photography
@olympegautier
Rainy Yufan Tang BFA Illustration
Siddharta - samsara Watercolor
@raining__rain
ISSUE 6
Ruotai Tang
A—Z
@ruotaitang.art
BFA Fine Arts
Unitled
Installation Art
Seung Jae Park
Pool
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
@sadiewithers
BFA Fine Arts
Veins of the In-Between
BFA Fine Arts
Sadie Withers
51
Oil on Canvas
@jaesjpark
Tianjiao Yi
BFA Illustration
Resonant Whispers
Clay, Acrylic, Oil, Collage on Wood
@elena_yi_art
52
VISUAL OPINION
Ximenland
VOLUME 31
@ximenland
Xinyue Zhang
BFA Illustration
BFA Illustration
START & END
Show Digital
Embroidery
Yining Fang
@ynfang_art
Ziyi Wu (Hanna)
BFA Fine Arts
BFA Illustration
To Be Seen is To Be Cured
Panopticon
Soft Pastel and Color Pencil on Paper
Procreate & Procreate Dreams
Ada Zejun
Justin You
Angel Ye
Kehan Sun
Alexander Philbrook Aya Lam
Lily Li
Nichakorn Masunthasuwan
Alicia Han
Ninja Ningyi Jiang
Allen Zhang
Olympe Gautier
Angie Guo
Rainy Tang
Cecily Su
Ruotai Tang
Chuyao Zheng
Sadie Withers
Emily Hwang
Seung Jae Park
Geena Kim
Tianjiao Yi
Grace Ullman
Ximenland
Heming Gao
Xinyue Zhang
Hoai
Yining Fang
Isabella Mendoza
Yuhan Zeng
Joel Murff
Ziyi Wu (Hanna)