Friday, November 13, 2009

MFA gallery review

*this was definitely the weirdest show ive viewed so far. not in the idea of content but with the layout and process or make up of the show. there were a lot of things that werent completely finished with the display of the show. artists placed napkins with tape in the postion of where the name tag should go. this looks very unprofessional. the video piece wasnt even on for veiwers to see. and it looks as if some of the names on the title wall are out of position, they dont all appear to be evenly space. and there are many pieces on display that dont even display an artists name, whether it be on napkin or not. while this doesnt come off very professional, in a way i still found it interesting. in the idea that it seemed like we got a behind the scenes look at the gallery exhibit. we got a behind the doors all access pass in the making or procedure of the show. yet really it wasnt a full out behind the scenes experience, i still got that sense of feeling.*
-couldnt find the name of the artist, but the piece in the first room on the left as you walk in i thought was interesting. the size of the pieces were captivating and i found the juxtaposition of texture on texture to be interesting. this texture on texture being the paint painted over the computerized digital image on the canvas.
-i also like the mixed media room, for the use of one of the pieces actually existing on the wall itself. most of the work ive veiwed so far has been hung on is in a frame. but this work breaks the mold of the frame and actually have the work produced on the gallery wall itself. i think it brings an interesting idea or thought into the piece since the artist had to think of the wall as part of their canvas. and the gallery wall adds to the idea of the "mixed media".
-the sculpture pieces hanging from the ceiling are also very interesting. by hanging the pieces from the wall i think it brings a new element to the art work. for me by hanging on the wall i lose the idea of what is actually hung, and start to feel the shadows displayed by the hanging objects becomes the art. or the idea or action of walking around the hanging pieces becomes the art. and for me im always scared to walk into, bump, or knock over the art pieces that take up the viewers space, so for me this also becomes more of the art that the pieces, this idea of doing a dance or some sort of abnormal walk to get around and through these objects is what becomes the art for me.-lastly i like the pictures of the naked women in the right corner of the gallery as you walk in. i didnt see/couldnt find the info for the pieces but in the long run that really didnt matter. the photo of the splattered paint and the nude i found to be very interesting. i havent really come up with an idea behind the image yet think it captures the idea of time perfectly. in the image you have the splattered paint being captured mid splatter, mid air which to me evokes a sense of time. also with an in depth look of the image you can see the female has goosebumps. it captures the moment of time when the female was "cold" enough to give her goosebumps. goosebumps dont last a long period of time so it captures this moment of when she got these goosebumps freezing them in time. The other image i found interesting was the image with the balloons. There is an oddity at play here and i dont mean the face paint, haircut, or outfit, but the way the balloon in the foreground is positioned is definitely odd to me. the balloon is not floating straigh up and seems as if it is stuck to the wall or possibly someone is holding it in that position. for me thought this is what captivated me. like why is that balloon positioned that way what purpose does that balloon serve. and my thought is that its positioned that way to not capture the reflection of the photographer. when you look closely at the balloon you can see the reflection of the female but not of what or how the image is being photographed. i feel the thought process of being that detail oriented to make sure to not capture the photographer is very interesting.