general comment

after looking through alot of these magazines, i still feel a little one sided. alot of these sculptures are gallery oriented and dont come off with very noticible themes. i wish i could see more work whhere the location has a lot to do with the meaning of the pieces. that really helps me understand the concept and what is going on.

4/7

in class today we had critiques again. im learnin the hard way to use new mediums. like my project shows, i feel all kinds of different things right now because im tryin to grow and change as an artist. im feeling all kinds of anxiety because im not used to coming up with all these concepts and trying to make art and document it. it is probably good but right now im feeling a little mixed about it right now

charles ray

1. is he just doing this to get a reaction out of people?
2. i notice he makes one thing become something else. why?
3. what is his inspiration?

answers
1. "kind of". he really wants people to notice things more than get a reaction but i take that as a getting a reaction out of people.
2. like i said earlier, he wants people to use their brain and look at art more than the replication of something. he makes something look normal but when you look closely it transformes into many distortions of what the object reaaly is and changes the mere essence of that object.
3. his inspiration is what he sees i would say. he takes things in every day life, mannequins and firetrucks to name a couple, and his experiences and makes them into sculptures.




as i was reading the author said charles liked to control the time people took to experience his piece. he like to have these sculptures that seemed completely normal and had something that just wasnt how it was suppose to be. when people noticed it, they spent more time on his piece and realized that his work was more than it seemed. i kinda like that because thats how so much contemporary work is today. most of the time i dont really look to much at art because i either see it right away and dont think much about it. after reading this i definately realize that there is more to art than it seems and i need to look for the subtleties in different pieces.

questions after reading:

1. would it be more successful if he would make things so abstract and then as you get closer you see the connections and the object he wants you too.

2. would the change in scale be a good or a bad thing? smaller or bigger?

3. could he do this 2 dimensionally? if so how?

accumulation 4/4

this week i just collected cans. this is what i have so far

im still not really sure what i want to do. i do know that i dont want to do my original idea,

inspiration

one thing this class is doing for me is getting me away from what im used to. im growing as an artist. im regressing back to being a kid. i read an article by rekha ohal in sculptural pursit that got be thinking. it was about how as a kid, you would be full of wonder and optimism. as an adult i am practical and do only what i know or dont do what im scared of. as a kid you learn the most. you try new things, you have to be open and willing to do things. you dont think about what you cant do. as an adult, im so worried about failure and what people think so i do what i know im good at. thats not good as an artist. i need to grow and do new things. keep things interesting so to speak. i need to be more like a kid and forget about fear and do new things. i need to keep and harness that imagination and not worry about what others think. thats the same thing i need to do in life to keep growing

4/2

today in class we had critiques. for some reason in class i couldnt stop thinking about how much i really didnt like my piece compared to others. i think thats because i didnt document it in the correct way. i documented mine by taking still pictures. my piece was fairly large and i dont think the viewer really could get the real experience. i wish i would have video taped it now that i think about it. but the point im trying to makeis that this class has really gotten me to think about documenting my work and how documenting it is a big deal. ive never really documented my work and i see there is another thing i have to think about in terms of my work, and this class is helping me realize that

3/31

class today was interesting. it made me think alot about my work and how i would be able to make a living off of what i do. come to think of it, i dont make things that could be sold either. im not so much of a contemporary artist, but my sculptures arent something i could see in peoples houses. at least with the stuff i do, i could eventually make stuff that could beause i dont do so much with huge scale projects. i will definately keep on using the things ive learned about making conceptual pieces with my art as i go on. i can also use this in my architecture, when i become an architect, and then i would be able to make money off it.