So today we went on a walking field trip to the ICA and the task was to find a piece of art that we liked and then to write a list of ten words that described the process that we think they used to make their art. I stumbled upon a work by artist Paul Mpagi Sepaya and was intrigued by the blurred parts of the image. Most photographers want to depict forms clearly or, at the very least, in focus and so to find multiple images where forms were intentionally blurred and shadowed was something I found to be unique. His content as I interpreted it was about how people, of light and dark skin as well as straight and queer sexual orientation, are all essentially the same and shouldn't be typified into race, gender, etc. I really like how he created something so mysterious and hazy with an art form that is usually focused on depicting a form "perfectly" and I want to try and experiment with this style a bit. Here are a few links if you would like to learn more about his art!
https://www.artsy.net/artist/paul-mpagi-sepuya https://www.paulsepuya.com/ www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/paul-mpagi-sepuya
0 Comments
Today, I went on a First Friday art walk around Richmond, VA where I walked to various galleries with a group of friends to discover lesser known artists in the area. I particularly enjoyed seeing work by an artist named Todd Hale as we had actually seen his work at a gallery last year and it was neat to compare how aspects of his work has changed and stayed the same since. Hale's works in the past and present both use color extensively, mainly in bright, highly saturated tones however this time, he seemed to focus on more digital processes. Based on his descriptions and what I could see, he used the movie Alice and Wonderland and altered parts of the film to look unrecognizable. Then it looked like he printed them out and manually cut out and rearranged them on a canvas before pouring epoxy over the piece. I was particularly drawn to these pieces as I am interested in working in a mixture of digital and physical works and it was neat to see a way that both were combined in a single work. I also looked him up and found that he also does photography, another art form in which I am interested. This was a rather neat discovery because he seems be interested in many of the same things I am and while his work is a bit more chaotic ? than I would describe mine, it is neat to see how we both use the same/similar mediums but in different ways. His work has given me more ideas on how I can experiment with mine so I am particularly excited for the upcoming quarter!
|
AuthorNatalie Kim is a senior at MLWGS who likes to do art, take pics, and pet puppers. Archives
May 2020
Categories
|