Senior Show 2009

I went to check out the Senior Art show this afternoon. Some of it was really impressive. Someone of it was fairly boring. It was all good work, but compared to the instillations, it was very hard to just look at the photographs or paintings. I really liked the giant painting of main street when you first walk in, i didn't notice the projection of the cars till a little bit after I looked at it. I found it to be a beautiful merger of the two art forms. My favorite piece was the Wonderland instillation by Emily Gilbert. I loved every little detail that she put into it. I may be a bit biased being a photographer myself, and also seeing the begining stages of what was to be. but I love how it turned out, every little detail from the tea cups to the broken time pieces is just lovely. I love the photographs, and how each one tells a story, frame by frame. I did thing that some were a bit dark for my liking, but that could have been for effect. It changed my mind on how a photography instillation could really look. I also like Nicole Totaro's alter piece. At first I was afraid to go in a see it, something about a closed off space, really made me nervous and intimidated. Perhaps that was the whole point, was to scare the audience, to make them nervous. Then I read the artist statement and was at ease, she didn't mean to scare us, just instill the fear of God. Good. I really liked it, especially how she had the coverings hanging up inside the instillation. It was a very interesting vibe.
I was totally in awe of the senior show as a whole, perhaps because there were not as many pieces as I have seen in the past, but I think everything in there was really well done. Well printed, and painted and presented. I was fairly impressed.

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I had a stroke of genius and may have remembered how to post things from youtube. goood job Lauren. Also, I am really digging that he is crazy ambidextrous!

David Garbaldi-street paintings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTGemMb-3P0

This is pretty interesting. I've seen one where he also paints Christ, Obama, Bob Marley and other famous men. I enjoy all of his little flippys and twistys when he's gathering the paint. I especially like it when I don't know who he is creating, I like to see the organic form. I couldn't remember/ figure out how to upload a video...I hope it works, at least the linkage is there.

I am not good at digital art.

I don't think that digital art is my medium. I love photography, I understand photography, I love the act of shooting, the time in the darkroom, and what ever develops and ends up on display. It is completely random for me, although most probably see it as a very planned out medium. But I show up in a place with a camera click a couple of rolls and go from there. Whatever comes up on the contact print it was I got. I am not particularly good at painting, but I find that process enjoyable, rarely do I make anything that is more than novice, but at least I had fun creating it. Drawings I create rarely look like the thing they are supposed too either. But again, I enjoy the process. Also, a glass of wine or two and things start flowing...
Which brings me back to my main point, I am technologically handicapped, and I've crashed more harddrives then anyone I've ever met. I don't mind putting in the hours to create something of great artistic value, but in all honesty I am not in love with my creations. Perhaps it is because we, as a public are assaulted with "digital art" every time we sign online, there is some really cool and interesting stuff out there...but I don't think that I will be the one making it. But, I am happy that I took the chance, I learned photoshop, which is really where, sadly, photography is going. I did make some interesting stuff that I never thought I could. So I am happy that I am here, and I got to use my long time, never fail work motto...if you're not any good at something, at least make it funny.