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Saturday, January 10, 2015

Rut Exercise #1 Frankie Finan



Plexus No. 29:
-With this piece of art what struck me as creative was the way it presents itself.  At first glance you don’t even realize it as being a tangible work of art but as a prism effect that has entered into the MOA.
-What made this piece creative was that someone took simple things like different colors of strings and made it into an astounding prism –like work of art that really makes you look at its detail.
-Honestly, I have no idea this idea came about. I would think that maybe one day one artists was sitting in the MOA looking up at the skylight and wanted to use it as art. Why not take advantage of all the space of the art museum. It seems like he noticed the light coming in and decided that you could make a prism out of that light.

Block Plan Series:
-What struck me as creative was when I walked in the room and it looked as if the pieces on the wall weren’t actually on the wall but that they were extensions off the center piece. The trick of the mind was really interesting.
-I think what was really interesting about this piece was kind of what we talked about in class last time about how everything is a remix or a copycat of something and this is exactly that. The artist has taken different parts of a historic town and turned it into a contemporary piece of artwork.

-I think that the artist started seeing some history/growth in the town of Provo and noticed that it would be nice for people to know what Provo is all about in a cool and new way.  Show the audience who are either natives to the town or are just passing by for a short time. 

-Frankie Finan.

1 comment:

  1. I agree with Frankie-- it would be difficult to pinpoint the starting idea for this amazing piece of art. Perhaps more than observing the location and seeing what he might conjure up to fill the space, maybe the artist had an idea that he wanted to use light to his advantage. What a brilliant idea, because it is isn't everyday that artists capitalize on elements of nature and the world around them to enhance their works.

    He did a beautiful job in using the light of the sun to cast further attention on the colors of the stringed-prism.

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