Follow Up to Work This Week

For this week's exercise in class when we posted to the Daily Nexus' website I had written a fake story about Kanye West. (See Former Posts) I was pleased to find that someone had read and responded to my story. They were obviously really entertained by my article and they wrote something considerably more ridiculous  than I wrote but I thought that it was hilarious and possibly a drunken rant. The response is as follows:

"Kanye West is a f***ing boss. Literally, he is the tyrannasaurus rex of rap. All these other p**sy rapper are like lil velociraptors and Kanye is like NAW N***A RAAAWWR and then bites their faces off. Back to my thesis: Kanye being a boss. Aside from working TaySwift, Kanye continues to run train on the music industry. Literally, its single after single slappin beats and meats on America’s ears. F*ck year America! If you dont like Kanye, youre a terrorist.

PS: George Bush doesnt care about black people

<3<3<3 Chris Par. Derrrp —-(]====8 <3<3<3"

http://www.dailynexus.com/2011-04-04/police-barricades-capsize-floatopia/

 I am glad that someone gave some attention to my work. Also I recieved news that an editor at the Nexus has been working on perfecting and running the story about our class (finally). I feel that recognition is a large part of being an artist. We always seek recognition because otherwise wo don't feel as if our work even has been noticed and the point of art is to share an experience with at least one other person otherwise you have gotten nothing out. This exercise has taught me that there is a powerful feeling that comes with the response to your work. whatever that response may be.

Art Show Review

This weekend I traveled down to LA to see an installation by an artist that is very special to me. My former Design 2 Teacher from my CC  is an amazing artist who does very precise installations with flagging tape. She constructs them with amazing precision to create geometrically interesting formations that engulf the viewer. She recently did an installation at urban outfitters in LA and it was so interesting and playful looking. Megan Geckler is an artist that had a very unique idea and has run with it to make a very distinct identity for her work. She has done installations in the Wexler Museum and the Pasadena Art Museum which is what the picture below is from. I also saw that one and liked it a lot.

I feel that her work shows that even though something falls under the category of modern non representational art with simple materials that doesn't mean that it has to be boring or weird or childish and unskilled as I feel a great many contemporary artists today are doing. This work is so precise and planned out and executed beautifully with the weaving and the cleanliness of the design I believe that the design elements present in her work are something that should be addressed by more modern artists.

/http://www.megangeckler.com/