The Others Who Haunt Me and Whom I Haunt, UGA graduate student Marie Porterfield’s current exhibit at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, showcases her stunning work in painting, drawing, and ceramics. And haunt, it does; fantastically complex scenes and gaunt, wretched characters will pull you inside their world and refuse to let go, even after you’ve left the gallery. 

Porterfield described the work, all from 2009, as an exploration of peoples’ relationships—or lack thereof—with supernatural entities, spirits, and ghosts. Ghouls and wraiths swirl through Porterfield’s world, spun like otherwordly larvae into gauzy cocoons. Miniature ceramic apparitions hang from the ceiling at eye level, each confronting the viewer with an eerily lifelike stare. Faces gaze up from a floor piece as if daring you to believe in them—or themselves to believe in you, the giant invader of their world.

Catch this show at the Bridge Gallery through November 24th. Like the ghosts who inhabit it, Porterfield’s work must be experienced to be believed.