This Wednesday, our class went to see the VCU Show at the Depot Gallery. The show was the MFA Thesis for the VCU School of Fine Arts. There were a variety of different types of pieces, such as film, installation, sculpture, fashion/textile, weaving, and more. I was very curious about the personalities and individual backgrounds of the different artists, especially in some of the film/semi-performance art pieces. Frankly, some of the pieces struck me as very pretentious and stereotypically "art school"; however, as a pretentious person who is interested in art schools, I found them particularly interesting, especially one piece using glitter and what appeared to be aluminum foil to delve into kitsch. My favorite, however, was work done to create historically accurate costumes for women; I do not know what period the costumes were from, but the fashion illustrations and subsequent gowns were stunning.