the secret life of object

piece 1. Anne Collier Slide 1/slide2,2004 c-print
35x41 in. 22.5 x 22.5 inches

piece 2. John Carter ,untitled, 2002 fabric 35x41 in.

For this blog we were supposed to pick art pieces from the Midway Secret Life of Objects one that we responded positively about and one negatively. so second piece by John Carter is the one is was confused about. im not sure how i see this as art. i mean i like the mediums they used the paint on the fabric but the subject throws me off. im not sure why someone would want to capture a moment like this and think it art. ok its art just not a subject i understand. i mean i guess its natural process just a bit awkward to me. but who says awkward isn't art. in the end im just saying i don't understand and i personally wouldn't pick this subject. the first piece is by Anne Collier. i responded positively to this one. each of the cassette taps say anxiety, discouragement, discipline, guilt, anger, apathy, and fear. im not sure what her meaning was behind these pieces but i just like what i got from it. i got that each of these cassette tapes had these negative context on them because it represents all the negative things we hear everyday. things that we recorded and keep at the back of our heads like these cassette tapes. maybe its a stretch but thats what i got from it. im not sure i like the location of it since it is currently located in the bathroom. i think it puts it off a little but there it is the piece i responded to postively and negitively or confused about.

M.I.A

War is the subject i choose. these three inlaid together to represent war from the 12th century to modern day of 1941. the first one is a shirt made with steel and brass with a sword in front made in the 12th century to 15century. it shows more about war as a normal thing that you have to protect yourself and during war. its more midevil sort of amor. the second piece is by Henery Moore made in 1864 and shows a man completely exposed except for a shield. he seems to be trying to curl his body as much as possible behind the shield. he has unfinished legs and arms. he is faceless. showing that all that is not important. i seems to be helpless besides it shield. hes so exposed. finally the last piece is called Raw War by Bruce Nauman. this peice shows war as a scary thing that is more mencing and evil. it show war is raw. they all correlate war as a scary thing but show it in a different way. you need to protect yourself in the first two pieces but the third show it with just words. words that explain war as bad. where the other just show war as something that needs to be done. it just interested me how the three represent war but in there own way.

Gallery show at Concordia

Today i went to the university of Concordia to look at there gallery. The gallery is very new, the art works were just made this last year. The piece that interested me the most was titled "Strange Fruit" , it was made by Alonso Sierralta with the assistance of Lisa Loundon. It was made with steel, fabric, and embroidery and was made in 2009. This work was very long and its frame was made by the steel wiring. then it was covered by a deep pink fabric with embroidery on it. it was about 5 feet long and maybe a foot tall. it is an exaggerated look at a piece of fruit. it wasn't the same boring piece of fruit that you pick up at the market. it had cure and carvings into that made it's own. from a postmodern view point id say it definitely brought a new idea nad theory to the way a typically piece of fruit would be represented. its definitely not objective. its nothing i've ever seen before. im not really sure what the artist is trying to say if anything. maybe its a hidden meaning that there are some strange people out there but in the end were all just fruit. im not sure but if thats true then he would have a hidden meaning to his art work which a lot of postmodern artist did. they might find the piece a little to out there but they would be happy thats its off the tracks of boring ordinary works. 

hello

Hi this is Kayla Velst or kayla #2,

i don't know what to write...this is a blog for oad. i will be entering my blog assignments on here. um...ok about me... im only five feet tall and hate it very much. umm... yeah thats it.

thanks

kayla