Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Just words this time. crit was at least for me brutal. I have never felt so unsure about my direction since starting school. I have to re work my " concept " and find some cohesion or at the very least some words that explain the work. I know it was trying to make me better but I feel that I should abandon ship and reevaluate. But in the spirit of moving forward have come to two things that I want to stand firm on. the first being the all black color. I feel it brings the viewer in to a more intimate connection with the work. The second I start the large one over as it does not have the interaction with space as the two smaller ones. other than that I am lost. I think some of you saw the large scale sketch book pages that was working on that is the feel I want with this work but in a dimensional environment. Well We will See I am Off the seek Inspiration( after the pit of despair).
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Russ, I feel the very same as you. I felt completely obliterated and broken down, pretty much like I got hit by a freight train...and now I feel like there is nowhere to go... Of all people, I thought you were the most prepared and had the most accomplished for today's crit, I honestly didn't think you were going to have much of an issue. The next time we're in the studio together I'd love to sit down and talk to you and try to hash out what you're thinking, maybe some outside thought will help... You did good!
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I completely agree with your insticts on the black paint. Whether or not another artist did something similar, I absolutely believe that it works best for your piece.
ReplyDeleteAnd as for the autobiography, I like the fact that its made up of a bunch of disjointed events. Isn't that life? Is there anyone that can say their life was "themed"? That they had a strong story-structure? Hell, our memories are just a jumble of loosely interconnected connections in the brain anyways.
Out of curiosity, does the order (top to bottom or vice versa) of the objects and their stories have particular significance? It would probably be a huge cluster-f#@$ to do, but it might be interesting if the pieces from one little story flowed into the next. Even if nobody else would be able to decode the iconography, it would be quite interesting none the less.
Russ, Your figures are so humanistic and intimate, I would love to see these "people" on their own. They have so much to say, and you have mastered authentic expression through the positioning of their fingers and expressions on their faces. You have much to say, and it's ok that your imaginative and creative characters say it for you.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, thank you for your generous artistic spirit. I love my thistle that you passed on to me. What you said when giving it to me should be your artist statement.
these pieces in the studio have a feeling of Roden's hell's gates...the use of your own people/creatures give them a life of fantastical plots: the facial features of each individual creates a conversation throughout each piece--societies based on the confines of the structures in which they are attached and yet at the same time the conversations lend the veiwer the ability to move through the peices in and around each nuance to find that where you looked five minutes ago there is something else you missed and allows the viewer to wonder what other magical experiences they can find if they continue following the characters on their journey to whereever- does that make sense?
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