Painting Porfolio
ok so I got a B+ in painting. The teacher really didn't like me that much. she had just graduated and was kinda insecure about teaching. I was quiet and kinda reserved in the class, because I'm not a big painter and I had no experience with oil paint. and she took that as me being aloof/too cool for school basically. which I really didn't think I was! I was nervous and awkward. But any way, the lady gave me a B, which is a fine grade, but it hurts a little as a visual arts major. woop woop. but regardless, here are some of my paintings:
The last one is an super embarrassing self portrait that is referring to the old self portrait I did in high school.
Final Project
This a rough edit of my final project for my seminar. Thanks Maddie for helping me document.
Sorry its so small and poor quality. I printed "make of it what you want" on the 150 notebooks. and handed them (with mini pencils) out in front of MoMa.
Finally saw the biennial...
Finally got around to going over to the Whitney to see the biennial. overall, quite enjoyable. I went during a performance by Lars Jan and it was a free Friday so the place was packed. But I escaped the frenzied lobby and was greeted by James Casebere's sublime suburban landscapes. He photographed scale models of Duchess County, NY depicting them as almost uninhabitable, utopic, surreal American landscapes. I was transported right away.
A lot of video pieces. I wasn't a huge fan of them all. but I did like Kate Gilmore's Standing Here, a performance video that shows her enclosed in a tiny closet like space and her subsequent violent attempts to escape. the film was taken from above, looking down at her, but was projected on to the wall in a room with the remains of her constructed closet, creating a wonderful sense of disoretation.
Also liked : Couch for a long time by Jessica Jackson Hutchins
-Newspaper clippings of Obama covering the TV receptical. Lumps of clay ready to be molded.
Also Aurel Schmidt's garbage Minotaur is amazing. check it out: http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/AurelSchmidt
Wait I have to take it back, my FAVORITE PIECE was definitely Michael Asher's work to keep the Whitney "open to the public" (wait, dose that mean FREE?!?!) for 24 hrs for a whole week (they shortened it to 3 days, May 26th to May 28th.) I am so going at like 3 am!
Tom Petty - Zombie Zoo
After I heard this song once, it was stuck in my head for 2 weeks. still a great song through.
Quick Weekend in Seattle
kkkoooky koons part du
So I just watch the art21 on Jeff Koons and had to recommend it. He is in the episode titled "Fantasy" in season 5 which you can get on netflix. He talks about his show at Versailles, which is insane. He literal mounted a bust of himself in one of the galleries. But his explanation is so rooted in a quest for legitimacy that I kinda get it. he seems very very connected to the historical. he own private collection is full of old masters. and this is how he is solidifying his legacy.
ALSO - my teacher pointed out Koons' photographs in the Sunday Times Magazine. He thought they were much more interesting then Koons' recent sculpture and I agree! (not only because they are sooo freakin cute!!) they seem to be more honest to Koon's declared intention of making everyone proud of their own personal cultural history (as stated in the art21 piece.)
By Jeff Koons, please don't sue me....
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