The pieces the artist created for this
exhibit were made out of scraps of metal and wood. They were put together in
forms that reminded me of fabric of clothing, rugs, and knits. It was
interesting to see how the artist interpreted the construction of the object
considering the difficulty of working with material thrown away.
While the pieces were made out of a
material that cannot easily be bendable, I liked the way he interpreted this in
that the pieces he made were hung and could probably move and be changed by its
environment, kind of like chain mail.
There were Byzantine –influences that
were clear to me in his work because of the way the parts were pieced together. They looked almost as if they were inlaid in the walls, or even a tiled mural with all of its golds, reds, and rich hues.
The
tribal colors and patterns also reminded me of African art.
The ways
he convoluted the “fabric” of his work was monumental in the sense that it
attempts to be groundbreaking by referencing abstract art.
This work really stood out to me – it
was almost Felix Gonsales Torres-esque.
For comparison.
No comments:
Post a Comment