Reading #12

Kim Jones

Pg, 208-213

            After reading about Kim Jones and his alter ego Mudman I became very interested that his man dressed up as this different man and walked the streets and several different cities. Kim intrigued me because it was such a different way to express oneself than the other artists I have read about so far. I thought it was awesome how he did not try to hide anything in being Mudman. He got dressed and put on his costume in the open and took mud from wherever he could find it in the city, which was either in a park or on private property.  I enjoyed how his character was mostly natural and one big conversation piece. He did not put on an act with the costume he talked to people as he normally would, but he just wanted to get a reaction out of modern day society and see how they would react. He said it was a good way to meet people. My thoughts on his artwork, is its very creative and different. He took a different approach than most people because he said sculpture and painting were too restrictive. He wanted to branch out and be different, which I respect. I think Mudman is an awesome idea and very original. He gets to see how modern day civilians react to it, whether they are curious and appreciative or stand-offish and offended. Kim Jones is very creative and I respect his courageous and appeal to not being tied down to restrictive artwork.

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Reading #11

Scott Greiger

pages 150-155

After reading about Scott Greiger, his attitude towards society really interests me, as well as his artistic approach. First, it states that Scott is an image collector, not an image inventor. What they mean by that is throughout his day he is exposed to different media and design elements that stand out to him and they stick with him. I can relate to that because that always happens to me too. If I see something visually pleasing in my opinion that image will stick with me and down the road will influence a piece of work. Next, he states that he is against the vocabulary of corporatization. “You are required to adapt your activities and thinking to what is available.” That is a great statement in my opinion. Because I feel there is so much more out there and so much more you can be creative with that is not presented in front of you.  I enjoy Scotts approach to artwork trying to get society to think outside the box and go beyond what they are accustomed to thinking.

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Reading #10

Julian LaVerdiere

pg.142-149

 After reading about Julian, I enjoyed his artwork. Positive statements that I received from his article were how he based his artwork on imagination, curiosity and motivation. I enjoy that thinking process and those traits in human beings. I realized everyone obtains those traits but not everyone chooses to use them at all times. I also enjoyed his statement  "History is the most valuable territory. writing of history is the definition of the world at present." History is very interesting to me as well. The world and people base a lot of their choices and decisions based on history and what has happened in the past.  A piece of his artwork at intrigued me was how he designed cots and pillows inserted with electro-luminescent wires and microprocessors. These devices would trick the humans brain to feel rapturous state of resistance free motion. In my opinion, that is genius how you can manipulate a persons thoughts in the subconscious world. Julian seems to be a very intelligent and deep minded person who never stops thinking about what he can achieve next. 

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Reading #9

Julian Miller

Mariko Mori

            After reading about Mariko Mori she has a good outlook on the future and what technology should bring to the world. I agree with her second statement that she thinks technology will be the demise of civilization. Why I think that and agree with her is because technology allows us as humans to be lazy and take things for granted. What I mean by things is nature. The more technology advances in my opinion the less nature is appreciated and made a concern. People are to caught up in their high-tech world and don’t take time to look around and enjoy what is already there for them. I enjoy a quote she says, “ But what I am really trying to do is point out where technology should go in the future, which is to coexist with nature.” I agree with this statement, but do not see them coexisting. Once technology becomes more advances I see nature taking a backburner to it and people relying on technology more than Mother Nature. As for her artwork, I think Mariko Mori has a beautiful futuristic style that is very eye catching and creative. Her work that is shown in the book is extremely creative and I feel could be very powerful if you saw it in person.

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Reading #8

China Adams

Pg. 332-340

After reading China Adams article, she seems to be a very interesting artist. Her conceptual thoughts and theories seem to be very different than the other artists I have read about so far this year. She uses mythology and scriptures to base her work off of and different views that most people do not think about. What I really love is her light box. I can relate to her light box in two aspects of my art. First, I make my own light box that reflects infinite space, and her light box reflects infinite life. What I mean by that is that she waits until her death and then the art collector receives that light box portraying her body part, so her being will live on for long after she dies. That brings me to my second point, my paintings reflect infinite life because I paint portraits of people that I care about and I want their being to remain on this earth long after they pass away. China Adams is a very interesting artist who I can relate to with my artwork.

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