Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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.
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Hmmmmmm, Kayla, maybe you should look into the song by the same title 'Strange Fruit' made famous by the singer Billie Holiday. I think you may find some valuable clues there as to what Alonso is speaking about. You might also want to google him to look at his website. He has some very good information about his work there. Sometimes being a good critic involves a little detective work, which is always interesting...
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