The Cerritos College Art Gallery opened an exhibit in its main gallery that can be viewed through March 10.

The exhibit, titled, “Object-Orientation: Bodies and/as Things,” examines the relationships between the human body and objects external to the body.

In the one “moving” piece, a video, the artist maneuvers herself carefully into straps held on a wall until she has become a bag, much like one we would carry our textbooks or a laptop in.

Taking in the piece, was Rajana Bonsynat, business management major. “It’s just holding her up,” she said.

The pieces include one ceramic sculpture in the shape of the legless lower torso of a women. This piece also includes a video that can be viewed by looking into the vagina. There are two mixed media pieces that appear to match the color of human skin and use real human hair. There are fourteen photographic prints, which range from a woman covered in blue body paint surrounded by objects that are different tones and hues of the body paint. Another photographic print is of a coffee table with arms and legs that are, literally arms and legs.  The show contains four drawings, one   and two photo collages, The only painting on display is that of a man wearing clothing which contains an identical pattern to the material used to cover his sofa.

Within this diverse collection of professional art, each piece has its own depth and texture for you take in.

Joseph Cervantes, former Cerritos College student, and currently the art gallery manager said students should come see the show. “One reason is people think it is always a student show, it’s not,” he said.

According to Cervantes, not one of the artists is a Cerritos College student. They are all professionals that are living in California, New York, even one as far away as Berlin.