Thursday, April 16, 2009
What did make it into the Student Exhibition
I can see why VCU is known for having one of the best sculpture departments in the country. The sculpture work was well presented and raised questions to its audience. The crafts, paintings and photography were pretty good as well. Its a worth while show to visit. I posted a few pics of whats in the gallery.
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David...Color Correction Man! Color Correction.
ReplyDeleteI do feel that you could have elaborated a little more on what was in the "show." You have this vauge sense of geneality.... The sculpture was well presented and posed questions to the viewer? What questions were these? This is just my opinion but I didn't think they posed any questions to me at all. I thought the sculpture was a little dull. What do you think? Did anything in the show make you feel anything? Laghter, fright, sadness, anger...joy?!
The big hanging rock sculpture made me wonder what kind of statement the artist was trying to convey. I thought at first glance, wow how is that much weight being supported? Then I had a sense of being in a old Warner Bros. Road Runner cartoon with big falling rocks.
ReplyDeleteThe sculpture that is pictured transformed the space rather nicely. It made me ask why typical house architecture today has to look balanced and still mimics civil war era homes.
Most of the photography seemed to look like students trying to copy their current idols work. Great way to learn but didn't push the boundaries much for me.
One set of photography I really enjoyed was a black and white set of individuals which seemed to be created using a photocopier. The skin pressed against the machine and then probably scanned into photoshop and turned into a mosaic of images to create and entire body. The completed work made me think of the fragility of the human body and especially the human mind.
Awsome! That's what I'm talking about. I know you have thought's, share them! I know what you mean about a Warner Bros. moment. Meep Meep! I am not quite sure what you mean about the civil war homes? But I like what you had to say about fragility of the body in Arlie's photos.
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