My Essay
The artwork on display caught everyone's attention almost immediately when they entered Danielle Scott's Kinfolk Gallery exhibition. They were all so distinctive and appeared to have deeper significance. Considering that I had never been to an art gallery where you could touch some of the pieces, it was a completely unique experience for me. I really felt like I was a part of the experience when I had the chance to touch the cotton balls that accompanied one of the pieces of art. Apart from that, a few things stood out. All the pictures appeared to have been taken a while ago, or even decades ago. She probably intended us to see ourselves in the shoes of the men and women who were depicted in these pictures triumphing over adversity. Some of them I could relate to, whereas others were as significant and profound.
I was impressed by her ingenuity and the way she would embellish the artwork with small materials. For instance, the cotton she placed next to an old photograph of a lady was probably either a slave or a field worker. Her use of real objects in her artwork adds a ton of depth to the piece. Virtually as if you were present. I was impressed that even though the grandmother isn't particularly young, she still wears vibrant colors. After breathing in the awful all day, it's like getting a breath of fresh air. The wooden framework and the clothing' floral pattern caught my attention. The pattern and green strokes in the backdrop give me the impression that this may be an antique photograph; from my vantage point, not much is known; nonetheless, at first glance, I could tell that this was her house. The way Daniella Scott uses her imagination in her paintings is always a sight to behold, and it is very inspirational.
I admired the fact that the grandmother isn’t very youthful, but still dresses in very bright colors. It’s like a breath of fresh air after inhaling the bad all day. I noticed the wooden structure and the flowers on the dress. The green strokes in the background and the pattern makes me feel like this may be an old picture, and not much information is known from my perspective, but at a quick glance, I could tell that this place was her home. Daniella Scott’s creativity is inspiring and the way she implements it in her art will always be a sight to see.
Charlotte Noble was the name of the next picture I choose. This article was encouraging and fascinating to read, in my opinion. In this piece, there was a black woman who was most likely a field laborer. After viewing the cut-out representation of a patch of grass and soil, as well as the actual cotton balls that were positioned over the picture, I could only infer that. I also observed the original writing that had been torn out and appeared to have been written as a very old text. Possibly, a time when slavery was still alive and well blooming. This artwork went beyond simple beauty. It was also quite imaginative, and I felt a little bit chastised by it. Despite being associated with the life of a slave, it was a really vibrant image, and I appreciated it for that.
In general, I really enjoyed this exhibit and it was quite an experience being able to see images of people from all different walks of life. ‘The art and I were in communion, my ancestors’ powerful voices whispering to my soul, their stories written into the walls. I was home.’ When I read these words from Daniella Scott, in that moment I felt as if me and her one. We seemed to be going through the same thing, and I was only hearing myself talk, and I was only listening to an echo of my heart.
Quotes:
Cindy Sherman
"With Photoshop anything goes, and I don’t want to make easy crazy characters just because I can. I think there are some artists who are fine without any boundaries. It somehow frees them. But I really need certain limitations to know how far I can go and work within that.” Few current artists have gone as far."
-I kinda agree with her wanting to be limited to see how far she can really go and perhaps surpass that limitation. Artists these days have too much technology to support them and less originality and self.
Ugly Beauty
"mimicry in nature was first observed in butterflies, in the 19th century. Certain breeds pose as wasps; others bear marks falsely advertising that they are poisonous. Desire for survival alone couldn’t account for the freakishness of camouflage. The novelist Vladimir Nabokov reported on butterflies so creatively exuberant that when masquerading as leaves, they imitated the small holes chewed by grubs. What predator could appreciate such subtlety? These were “nonutilitarian delights” — this was art, he said — nature playing “a game of intricate enchantment and deception."
-Inspiration from nature is one of the most original ways to make art. Nature is art. He says that predators couldn't appreciate this form of art, and would be fooled. I thought that was very interesting.
Cindy Sherman Effect
"Sherman’s coup was to cast herself as subject matter, making each of her staged characters the star of an implicit narrative, from the lush color centerfolds that followed the “Film Stills,” in 1982, to the strangely sexualized “Broken Dolls” of the ’90s. No wonder the work of so many artists parallels Sherman’s, or at least mines similar conceptual veins: role-playing and the nature of identity; sexual and cultural stereotypes; the pressure to conform to the images of perfection promulgated through television, film, and advertising."
-Nice
Inspired By Charlotte Noble
An Ongoing Journey
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