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Cai Guo Qiang
Wow explosives! His works certainly have visual impact. In the beginning he correlates his art making to sex, a personal experience for the most part, but then moves on to the imperfections and refection’s of the world around us, a societal experience. He enjoys the destructive and uncontrollable nature of his work and the visceral responses of his audience.
Mark Bradford
It is great that he draws so much from his past. It seems like he almost maintains a comfort level there, but then you see him challenge himself to break free with his “self-test” – trial – experimenation with the hoops. I like his point about taking time in his process, and how that helps him to listen to his inner voice. I think one of my favorite pieces is the one where he uses materials that have memory. I will definetly be including this in my book. He used endpapers, which is a material that was used in his mothers hair salon.
Hello world!
Margaret Kilgallen was great how she rode around on her bike and took pictures of what she liked. It is something I would do, just because it is the only way I might remember it. I thought it was funny when someone approached her because she was taking a picture of their storefront. It is funny how she refrences art by hand as folklore, as if it doesn’t exist anymore. I guess the tide has turned in our digital world. I also think that the hand made has a personal beauty all its own. I liked how they were drawing and writing on trains, and its true, it looks as if it is folklore, like it is something that was done long ago.
Barry McGee mentioned that reading what someone has written on a train, at different periods of time, is like learning about someone you don’t know. Isn’t it like that on the internet? I really like the collage he did of found art. I wonder what he meant by “skinning the wall.”
