The paintings shown below are all smeared with a thin layer of dust. This is not necessarily evident upon first viewing the work but only after having stared at it for some time and getting close up to the piece. This works in the artist’s favor for two different reasons. 1) It forces the viewer to stare at the piece for an extended period of time, even if they are only staring to try to figure out what the strange coating on the piece is. They are giving the work and therefore the artist additional attention which may help the viewer remember the work long after leaving the gallery. 2) The viewer is compelled to get to a closer proximity to the piece then they would normally feel is necessary, creating a physical relationship between the viewer and the work. This action is taking the relationship beyond the realm of an observer/observed scenario and making it a physical relationship that requires the use of, not only the sense of sight but also the sense of touch and smell.
What I really love about these pieces is how incredibly real the people in them look. With the brown dust and colorful realistic image between the background and the person, it makes a great contrast!
I think these works are great, because everything else other than the person in the art has color, not only it looks real, it caught my attention right away as I look at the painting
We are a group of Art students from the University of California Riverside who are attending a series of Art Galleries in several parts of Southern California. We have decided to use Blogger.com to post the pictures we take, and record our thoughts and opinions about the work we visit. You can find our critiques and thoughts on the work in the "comments" field, which appears below the pictures of the art.
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The paintings shown below are all smeared with a thin layer of dust. This is not necessarily evident upon first viewing the work but only after having stared at it for some time and getting close up to the piece. This works in the artist’s favor for two different reasons.
1) It forces the viewer to stare at the piece for an extended period of time, even if they are only staring to try to figure out what the strange coating on the piece is. They are giving the work and therefore the artist additional attention which may help the viewer remember the work long after leaving the gallery.
2) The viewer is compelled to get to a closer proximity to the piece then they would normally feel is necessary, creating a physical relationship between the viewer and the work. This action is taking the relationship beyond the realm of an observer/observed scenario and making it a physical relationship that requires the use of, not only the sense of sight but also the sense of touch and smell.
October 19, 2007 5:26 PM
What I really love about these pieces is how incredibly real the people in them look. With the brown dust and colorful realistic image between the background and the person, it makes a great contrast!
-Rebecca L.
I think these works are great, because everything else other than the person in the art has color, not only it looks real, it caught my attention right away as I look at the painting
~Carol Huang~
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