Thus far...

crit 3

julie: lay them out 5x4, categorize into generic categories. model, art school, bathroom reflection, halloween, boyfriend, graduation, etc. different sizes will make categories. take picture of painting, tag people, invite them to show. may show in LAB, have computer in CSB. Paintings are naturalistic, experience with light when taken from computer, think about digital image looks like, romanticizing with imagination. System developing of social networking. Idea of light, not situation but digital light enforced upon by the computer.

kerry: mery and couplets. instalation, glass window in a door, painting on the outside of the door. mery inside the door, walls of the house. performance of the mery. normal door, big window. cutting the glass, same as silk screening. specimen divided into important parts.

joanna: interested in representation of female body and advertising. these images of women are accompanied by sexuality. integrate photo and design, posters of women and sexual image exaggerated. try billboard size. deal with vanity. compositing images together, may also perform as herself. digitally tweak image, though not make it creepy enough, relates to idea of barbie. sex cells, woman's body object of desire.

pryam: preliminary prints, no woodcut. more about the process of the print. house she grew up in. streching them than on canvas. the way they're cut more visually appraising to make it look like painting. multiple of one thing, yet mutated. stretched may not be a good idea. process is the most important thing, connected to the subject matter. process isn't rendering but its a work in progress. thicken amount of oil, plate that is not so absorbent (using wood). staining element may help to push out more the colors. strong metaphor of memory, substance of life. need to be visually striking.

jeff: recreating dream. upsetting, get all 5 senses. abstract photos put together. go back to basics, feel vibrations of sound. abstract vs experience? create abstract images through the video. projecting on the wall, layered the projection, still connected to the narrative, abstraction will come connecting as pieces. sensory pieces, great idea.

crit 2

Heather: assumption of stories. gossip about the piece. leaving pieces behind, interactivity with the viewer. it is an interesting concept because art cannot be defined, and by interacting with it, the viewer can get a notion or understanding of what the artist is trying to show.

Luis: evolution over time, artist portray society they live in, visual language of society, relive our time into magazines as historical reference, has society changed in regard to social issues?

Dave: photography through paint, collage of photographs together, representation of parts, personal, paint images from newspapers, non-existent time traveler imagery.

Andrew: will burton charts, design graphs, conversation explicit and implicit on text, tangents, body language, potentials for tangents, blogs.

Neil: identity, sketchs on the wall, drawing without construction, photos from engine parts, form better bits and pieces, pushing the space, composition of mechanical parts.

Naqeeb: different environments, world perception, gender sexuality, internet keywords as connotations, platform changes according to video.

Group 1c review

Jeff: His video was something to think about. The sounds that were coming from his "dream" made it annoying but that was part of the exhibition, to create a dislike from it. On the other hand, his expression of photographs and not changing them in photoshop create an abstraction that is hard to relate to what he wants to produce through his dreams.

Julie: Her depiction of imagery coming from facebook is quite original, painting her acquaintances in ways that are natural expression of the self, yet others as posed from a photoshoot. The best part about her idea is the scale. The large image catches the eye of everyone who sees it, yet the small prints are in the need to be closed up and be looked up in detail. Both combined attract the desire to understand her point of view, grandeur vs. minimalism.

Grad Schools

1. SVA- Art Theraphy

-http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu/grad/index.jsp?sid0=2&sid1=26

2. Drexel University- Art Theraphy

-http://drexel.edu/cnhp/creativearts/art_therapy/about.asp

3. Florida State University- Art Therapy

-http://arted.fsu.edu/Programs/Art-Therapy

4. Pratt University- Art Therapy

-http://www.pratt.edu/academics/degrees/graduate/art_therapy_and_creativity_development_mps/

5. Prescott University- Art Therapy

-http://www.prescott.edu/academics/map/areas.html#eat

Alex Bag's video

I have got to say that it was a little disturbing. The idea of doing a documentary about her life in school is very original. As time goes along, it is visible how she has evolved in the art world. But at the same time, her evolution has turned to something psychotic. Something interesting is how she plays different roles, much like Cindy Sherman. She makes an interesting point in how everything is about her but not about her. The feeling of smothered can arise from anything, and as one closes more and more to the end of their school year, things begin to build up. But in the sense that she was talking, it becomes something not to be spoken of about sexuality in ways that other people should not be interested in knowing.

MGSA MFA Show

There is something about it that just doesn't seem to match. For most of the show, it is painting and sculpture, but its arrangement in the gallery just doesn't give a vibe that would make it interesting to see. Though there are some interesting exhibitions. First in is Megan Flaherty, showing mountains of dirt. At first glance it didn't seem like dirt, it seemed more like coal. I think it got also affected because of the black and white photography of it. The way in which they are portrayed give off a sense of solitude, a vast area.

Another artist that caught my attention was Anna Bushman. In her ground sculpture, she has a "room" set, with a back wall painted in doll designs. There is also a seat with graffitis drawn on it. It made me feel uncomfortable being there. I tried to imagine that being a girl's room and thoughts of depression and hatred came to me. There was a dark vibe.

Against the first wall to the right, as one enters the gallery, photographs of an unlabeled artist hang in there. Shockingly enough are the images of a woman covered in cigarette butts. Disgust and repulsion. Unfortunately, that is the way people our age are living these days. It is an on-going disease that will never be stopped; a vice that lives within us. The world around us is what influences its own population into believing and allowing harm to the body, yet again it is the decision of the person to take that risk.

Not to forget, Guerra's mixed media sculpture. Its vibrant colors attract the eye, the different shapes guiding where to look. It feels like a baby cradle with the hanging sculptures. While with the relief paintings, it is more towards wanting to go inside the painting, figure out why the shapes are coming out, if running away from something.