Sunday, March 22, 2009
Alix Pearlistein the first visiting artist
I was not able to make it to this lecture but I was able to look up information on her on the interenet. Her work makes me think of people that dont take art seriously anymore. Looking at her videos just confused me and all i could think is she serious? I really did not find any of her stuff as true art. I see people goofing off and being weird when looking at the videos. What she did was not out of the box or different was just trying so hard to stand out that you just end up making your self look stupid. She needs to work on the point of her work what shes trying to get across because I am not getting it all. I am just left with bewilderment and confusion with her.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
2nd Art Walk (March first friday galleries)
I missed March's First Friday but a couple days ago I was able to walk to some of the art galleries that were still showing work from then to write about. I was able to go see the 1708 gallery, the Quirk Gallery and the Visual Arts Studio Gallery.
The 1708 Gallery had a show called Rain or Shine that featured Kate Burt, Sarah Hollis, Ryan Mullingham and Stacy Searcy.
At first when I walked in I saw Kate Burts work and I thought why do they have a collection of several children's drawing. Then i walked up closer and realized it was all her journaling and sketching on copied pictures of the inside of a blank notebook. I could tell this artist had some OCD mannerisms. She was not a highly skilled artist or was a professional at what she did but it was interesting. I mean i would not display her stuff on my walls but it was cool to look at just as a one time thing. I had no clue until reading her artist statement that it was about consumerism or documenting her daily purchases. Her work surprised me every time i walked closer or found out more information about her stuff which is cool.
Now in the back I did not see which artist did what did not see any names put anywhere but what they had was very interesting. I think the funniest piece that compelled to me the most was a painting of this creature called Wookie McNugget Live looked kinda like a sasqwatch or big foot. (For some reason i keep seing pieces resembling big foot/sasqwatch and I always love it for some reason.) They had it displayed in a frame that looked similar to a circus tent it was very interesting.
The downfall of the show was the collection of small cloud paintings. I found it pretty boring and all I could think was why? I mean it is hard to paint clouds and the artist was good at it but I did not find it interesting at all.
Quirk was okay. I found these little ceramic/wire sculptures te most interesting. There was horses, cows, elephant and fish animals they made partly wire and ceramic. I like it alot because looking at the wire parts of it was like looking at skeleton of animal. It seemed like kind of a science art collection was very appealing.
What they had in the back was prety funny this artist Susan Whittier did pieces on paper glass and fabric. Most of the works were seeing legs and feet upside down was funny. One of her pieces were of the upside down legs cut out of paper and they casted a shadow onto the wall which i though was even more interesting.
I walked into the Visual Artist Studio and they had good variety of work there. Only a few artists took my interest though which were in the back room.
One artist there Peter Thasotom has a collection called Abstract in reality all were photos. Looking at most of them I did not really find the photos abstract at all. Half of them were pictures of old cars like Model T's he did not go up close to the grill or part of the tire so you could not tell what the picture was of. It was like just looking at it and thinking "oh its a car and how is this suppose to be abstract?"
The second artist that stood out to me was Doug Sutherland he had cut out paintings of a man and a woman to look like they were Jesus on the cross. The name of the work was Original Sin Man and Woman and it was oil on canvas. What I did not understand was how it was painted. It looked like it was printed form the computer and cut out. I could not see brush strokes or anything on the pieces. Getting away from that anyone that would see the artwork would probably stare at it for a long time. The man and the woman looked creepy they had arrows sticking out of them and cloth wrapped around there waist and that was it. All I could think was weird, creepy and cool.
The 1708 Gallery had a show called Rain or Shine that featured Kate Burt, Sarah Hollis, Ryan Mullingham and Stacy Searcy.
At first when I walked in I saw Kate Burts work and I thought why do they have a collection of several children's drawing. Then i walked up closer and realized it was all her journaling and sketching on copied pictures of the inside of a blank notebook. I could tell this artist had some OCD mannerisms. She was not a highly skilled artist or was a professional at what she did but it was interesting. I mean i would not display her stuff on my walls but it was cool to look at just as a one time thing. I had no clue until reading her artist statement that it was about consumerism or documenting her daily purchases. Her work surprised me every time i walked closer or found out more information about her stuff which is cool.
Now in the back I did not see which artist did what did not see any names put anywhere but what they had was very interesting. I think the funniest piece that compelled to me the most was a painting of this creature called Wookie McNugget Live looked kinda like a sasqwatch or big foot. (For some reason i keep seing pieces resembling big foot/sasqwatch and I always love it for some reason.) They had it displayed in a frame that looked similar to a circus tent it was very interesting.
The downfall of the show was the collection of small cloud paintings. I found it pretty boring and all I could think was why? I mean it is hard to paint clouds and the artist was good at it but I did not find it interesting at all.
Quirk was okay. I found these little ceramic/wire sculptures te most interesting. There was horses, cows, elephant and fish animals they made partly wire and ceramic. I like it alot because looking at the wire parts of it was like looking at skeleton of animal. It seemed like kind of a science art collection was very appealing.
What they had in the back was prety funny this artist Susan Whittier did pieces on paper glass and fabric. Most of the works were seeing legs and feet upside down was funny. One of her pieces were of the upside down legs cut out of paper and they casted a shadow onto the wall which i though was even more interesting.
I walked into the Visual Artist Studio and they had good variety of work there. Only a few artists took my interest though which were in the back room.
One artist there Peter Thasotom has a collection called Abstract in reality all were photos. Looking at most of them I did not really find the photos abstract at all. Half of them were pictures of old cars like Model T's he did not go up close to the grill or part of the tire so you could not tell what the picture was of. It was like just looking at it and thinking "oh its a car and how is this suppose to be abstract?"
The second artist that stood out to me was Doug Sutherland he had cut out paintings of a man and a woman to look like they were Jesus on the cross. The name of the work was Original Sin Man and Woman and it was oil on canvas. What I did not understand was how it was painted. It looked like it was printed form the computer and cut out. I could not see brush strokes or anything on the pieces. Getting away from that anyone that would see the artwork would probably stare at it for a long time. The man and the woman looked creepy they had arrows sticking out of them and cloth wrapped around there waist and that was it. All I could think was weird, creepy and cool.
SAMETIME 1:04
Looking at this sametime 1:04 sight all I can think is they copied this idea from our teacher Michael Lease. I know it seems like a cool idea but lets face it there coping an idea in hopes to get known for it. Looking at the photos i see places around vcu i have already seen or its people i know so for the most party most of it does not feel knew to me. Looking at our teachers Michaels photos were interesting because it was of places were not from and the photographers we didn't know personally or at all. I guess for trying to do something to keep you excited while your college for granted is a good idea. Part of me wishes they did somthing like what they first see when they wake up or taking picture in same area everyday. Just wish they took the idea a little away from taking pictures at the same time everyday like how our teacher did. I know a couple of the photographers for the 104 sight i know there good photographers I am just not sure what they were trying to get from creating the sight. If I did not know they copied the idea from Michael Lease I probably would have been a whole lot more interest but I cannot get away from that.
2nd Writing Harrison St Coffee
The Harrison St Coffee art show was very different in a good way. Very little do i walk into a show and like a majority of the work. Looking over peoples shoulders in order to look at some of the pieces was little awkward but I am sure the coffee shop customers understood. For granted I could tell which pieces were done by professionals and which pieces were done by people that were still going school or were not all for it. But the overall the majority of the works were pretty impressive. I liked that it was mixture of work not all fine art it made appealing and not boring at all. For some reason the First piece that comes to mind is the one that was of a cat in black and white. Usually pet photos are pretty dull and boring because you have seen so many but that one was very beautiful and appealing. I could see every detail of the cats face each strand of hair it was very crisp and beautiful.
I think my favorite artist at the show was Jason Collins. I think he was that guy that came to our class and talked. His style of photography reminds me of the photography I did dominantly in high school. It is funny I go to a fine art photography school when that is not the kind of photography i want to do after college. I do not know what kind of lenses he uses in his shots nor can I remember what camera he uses but his pictures are great for music photography. For some reason looking at work of people that did go to school for there passion appeals to me the most. In some of the pictures I wonder if he put lights up on the stage to get a different affect or if the bands brought the lights themselves. I know from experience taking pictures at concerts or more specifally shows can usually have bad or dark lighting. I cannot tell in any of his photos that the places might have been dark or poorly lit. He has great photography skills for never going to school. I hope someday it pays him enough to were he does not have to have any other jobs.
Out of all of his pieces on his sight the one that strikes me the most is from the live bands section is Sparks the Rescue at Ally cats photo. Which was on his main page. I like how there is a red glow behind the guy and main source is light is from the front. I like the deatil of the hair and arrangement of the shadowing. I find it a very appealing photo.
I think my favorite artist at the show was Jason Collins. I think he was that guy that came to our class and talked. His style of photography reminds me of the photography I did dominantly in high school. It is funny I go to a fine art photography school when that is not the kind of photography i want to do after college. I do not know what kind of lenses he uses in his shots nor can I remember what camera he uses but his pictures are great for music photography. For some reason looking at work of people that did go to school for there passion appeals to me the most. In some of the pictures I wonder if he put lights up on the stage to get a different affect or if the bands brought the lights themselves. I know from experience taking pictures at concerts or more specifally shows can usually have bad or dark lighting. I cannot tell in any of his photos that the places might have been dark or poorly lit. He has great photography skills for never going to school. I hope someday it pays him enough to were he does not have to have any other jobs.
Out of all of his pieces on his sight the one that strikes me the most is from the live bands section is Sparks the Rescue at Ally cats photo. Which was on his main page. I like how there is a red glow behind the guy and main source is light is from the front. I like the deatil of the hair and arrangement of the shadowing. I find it a very appealing photo.
Delayed
I have figured out that i had been "blogging" about my art shows in my notebook instead of online so now I am fixing that. My apologies if the shows are out of order after this but i will give them a clear title to which art show they were.
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