I have to say that the first thing I noticed when I walked in the exhibit I loved the blow up giant monster. It really rocked my socks off and I freaked out. The people in the museum probably thought, "that girl is pretty OCD about monsters to freak out like that in this quiet sanctuary." I didn't really care. Besides the point, I thought the artwork that was most creative was Untitled (Pink Robot) by Michael Whiting and Sandee. When I first looked at the artwork I immediately thought of RoboCop. Coincidently, RoboCop is an 80's movie and this artwork is a painting of an 80's robot over an old random thrift shop painting. I figure most people don't usually paint over a painting and so I thought this artwork was very unique and I wondered how someone could have thought to put a random PINK ROBOT in the middle of this painting. Random yet creative.
I also thought that the Mario Video was very creative too. After I watched the video I felt so bad that Mario has been trapped inside this old video game and that people had forgotten him. It made me want to go be the "hero" and rescue Mario so he could be happy again. I felt that the video really personified Mario.
What made the pieces creative was the color, the personification that the artists used (e.g. the artwork of the window washer as spiderman by Barbosa), the shapes, the placement of objects or people, the angles, the shadows, etc. There are so many elements that contribute to all of this artwork that really make a piece say to the audience, "Wow, I'm different. I should be your favorite art." It is also fun to take all of these aspects and look at the message of the art as well. Such as the artwork of Snowy by Dina Goldsmith. You could tell by the look in Snowhite's face that she was not happy that her husband was drinking a beer, watching TV, and she had to look after the hellions--the message I got was a sarcastic, "Some Happily Ever After, huh?".
I think that the authors came up with the idea of We Could Be Heroes because they wanted to inspire us BYU students to be heroes. I felt inspired, after I went through the exhibit, to become a hero and to do something that could change the world or to change someones life. I also felt I could relate to most of the heroes in the exhibit and I think that is why the authors created this too...a normal person can be a hero, anyone can be a hero.
I think your explanation for the rationale of why this exhibit existed is pretty dead-on, and I also have to agree with how much you liked the pink robot piece.
ReplyDeleteGosh dangit, I agree with everything you said in this post, even after I reread it again. I hate that; I can't be contrarian even a little bit.
Untitled (Pink Robot) by Michael Whiting and Sandee reminded me a little of Andy Warhol pieces. He often took images from every-day culture and collaged them together, changed coloring, etc. to create visually interesting and thought-provoking images that "Untitled".
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I liked the enthusiasm in your post.
-steven stucki