the Walker

We are supposed to talk about a piece that were either liked or had a hard time understanding. i found one under each of those descriptions. first the one i liked was by Michelangelo Pistoletto the piece is called "Tre Ragazze Alla Balconata (Three Girls On A Balcony)". I had never seen a piece like that. Painting on mirror polished stainless steel with oil, graphite, and tissue paper. the clever twist of putting the audience in the piece i thought was great. the idea maybe simple to some but i thought it was inspired. i was drawn to it as soon as i saw it. its a nice allusion that you don't expect when you first see it.
second the piece i had a hard time understanding or just agreeing with was Sherrie Levine's "Fountain After Duchamp". the reason i think i mainly had trouble understanding it is that i don't understand the original idea by Duchamp. i guess to be honest i have trouble thinking outside the box and i don't understand how a urinal is art. ok going back to Sherrie's version of Fountain, i don't understand why she has to use other artist works to make her own. i know shes taking it out of context i just feel it one thing to use another artist idea but to take there piece and just alter it seems like cheating. i know they call it appropriating but just because you label doesn't mean its not cheating or uncreative. im not trying to offend anybody i just personally don't agree with it. so that is my thoughts on those pieces and my trip to The Walker.

Midway research into an artist

This is Anne Collier's Slide 1, slide 2 c-prints. this piece was in the bathroom of the Midway Art Gallery. the only reason i found this piece because i happened to need to use the bathroom. i think that the placement of this piece is wrong. i have looked up information on Anne Collier , her pieces, and her views. First however, i had to find out what a c-print was. i tried to google it but there answer didn't make sense so, i went with another resource our 2-d professor Steven Stenzel i knew he would have the answer. A c-print is a colored photograph made from film exposures. Collier seems to like this medium since a lot of her pieces are made with it. I find that the fact that she chooses c-prints over digital refreshing. today people want the easiest and fastest way to get things done. Collier could probably take the same photos in digital and possibly get the same effect but instead she takes the old fashion approach,which takes more care and precision. from a article by Marc Foxx he talks about how Collier doesn't try to portray a mood instead she uses an attitude. I'm not really sure what the difference is but he says, "that an artist's attitude i can be genuine or not all that matter is that the audience is evinced". Where in a mood the audience can get too caught up in it and not be able to shake it. which to me isn't necessarily bad. "Collier has a knack for picturing a middle ground of emotion. Her works refer to fear, anger, despair, guilt, hope, joy, love--but all are kept in check. In fact, the aforementioned emotions are literally packaged in one image of labeled self-help audio-tapes, which Collier has photographed still in their carrying case.", says Marc Foxx. In this piece i didn't really feel a particular mood it true. really it just left me thinking what is she trying to say with theses photos of cassette taps. too me still she does have all theses emotions in check as Foxx but it but they are also emotions that we all deal with on a daily bases. maybe in the end they choose to put this piece in the bathroom because it doesn't have a mood like a lot of other pieces in the gallery so it was off by itself like the idea behind it. I applaud Collier for her works. shes has pieces displayed all over the world from Germany to New York. I again find her technique refreshing from the fast past of today's art.