Justin: I loved what you were aiming for, yet felt that the piece had a few too many outside and unnecessary additives. The main large piece with toned down hand prints would work wonders on the viewer forcing them to run through a list of possible scenarios and ideas forcing them to look on and contemplate. I really enjoyed the tangled and distorted bodies in the middle and immediately began to question which direction to take the piece in. I also am very pleased with the scale you are working at. I would be interested in seeing a far larger piece or maybe even seeing how you work with many smaller elements.
Phil: I enjoy the slightly new direction that you have departed on. The piece fits comfortably with the work I've seen of yours in the past, yet starts to lead me in a fairly new narrative direction. For me the piece seemed to be replacing technology with more natural and older materials (woods metals). The tension is still in your work and I love that. Yet there seems to be more the the piece this time besides tension, it seems like you placed a heavier hand on this piece working with more colors, different textures, the placement of three similar things throughout the room. I believe this piece speaks to a struggle and a careful reconstruction or the placing of things back together or "the way they were". Essentially speaking I read control and the idea of who ultimately has the control, the objects, the artist, the materials... Excited for more.
Abbey: Very disturbing... I LOVE IT! The melting/ rotting is wonderfully displayed through WHATEVER THESE ODD MATERIALS are. The bright green may have been too much (in my opinion) the way everything else was rendered it seemed displaced yet we were unable to fully talk about yours and the direction you wished to steer the piece. The rotting carcass is bery believable my only advice for next time is BIGGER!
Lauren: The pieces have a light sense to them and beautiful in appearance. I read the piece as an anti-mosaic as it is. It is aesthetically calming yet because we were unable to discuss your piece I am still not sure where you wanted to take this, or if it was finished. If it is finished I feel as if it may need a little something extra such as a colored surface treatment or more of them as they are. I really want to know what the piece was about so I may ask you the next time I see you or you can respond on here :)
Elise: I'm interested in this torso and how it seems trapped. The colors in the puddle read warm/fire/fall/ even blood (?). Yet the material itself resembles ice. This for me already presents a struggle. I also enjoy the chest cavity that is being weighed down. I personally have anxiety and I feel like this piece speaks to that (for me at least). The idea of having something holding you back, weighing you down, and essentially paralyzing you. With the piece on the floor I feel as if the "anxiety" or unidentified pool of material has knocked down the person and is beginning to ooze all over them . I actually love this piece, it was very easy for me to connect to it.
Pam: The glazes on these are wonderful. Although I love your cobalt blue theme, I am overjoyed to see that you are diversifying your collection. I would love to see more, and possibly have you move away from utilitarian objects.
Steph: I enjoy the part after Part2, the wait. The stop animation is brilliant and I feel depicts your piece the best especially in the conveyance/ conception of time... When the fake blood came in I couldn't watch ( I don't like blood, it makes me pass out ).
Ben: The migration away from the home due to disruption (sexuality, relationships) is something that I believe many of us (college art majors) can relate to. I enjoy your visually stimulation take on this through the use of layering. It is interesting to look at, entertaining, contemplative, and fits in lovely with the body of work you have previously been working on. It speaks to you and your practice and the direction your work has recently take.... DO WORK SON! ;)
Estaban: I enjoy being able to touch your piece, and the repetition of certain forms and textures. The use of multiples that are not all exactly the same pleases me. Just as humans are not all the same. I love how everything you are making seems to be working towards a common purpose. I am reminded of topography and a sense of protection/ walling oneself in. I see a lot of your older work in this yet much has changed. I still read a bit of a story in this work, yet this piece seems far more thought out and constructed. I feel as if you are making a model for this giant mountain you are going to make and go live on :). I think you should keep on working and I am very excited about witnessing the end result!
Dani/Alex: I already gave you guys feedback in the last blog.
hey! sorry for the late feedback, but here it is at least...
ReplyDeleteIm not sure if I was suppossed to read the whole imagery as a whole, as a story of something kind, and I couldnt really find ways to connect them, but I dont know if that really matters. I really do love the fact that they are like clothes drying, like some of your past works. I have discussed this a lot with David, since he uses the idea of the clothe line from time to time, and I truly love the fact that by doing so (hanging something publically to dry) you are showing a very personal discrepancy about yourself, which I feel is very much the case in your last piece too... Maybe talk with David about clothes line, nah?
The one thing that bothered me was them being on the wall... Get 'em off there! Of course, thats only my opinion, but I just imagine them being a lot more and hanging through the space, having imagery in both sides. But that's just me! ... and i do think too much, so...
;) ciao!