An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth by Bruce Mau

http://umcf.umn.edu/events/past/04nov-manifesto.pdf

Frank Agema

Emma Sulkowicz

I thought that we got into an important discussion in class involving sexual assault on college campuses. Here is two link to the story that Emma Sulkowicz is sharing in tandem with her activist performance art piece. Sulkowicz represents a problem that is prevalent in our contemporary culture and has sparked much need conversation around the issue.


Hyperallergic Article


Time Video Interview

Erik Ravelo

Erik Ravelo's art really captures my attention. Many of his sculptures are very detailed, show a lot of motion and possess bright colors. Some of Ravelo's sculptures appear very intimate. He uses candy in one of his sculpture's which is so cool and he is obviously infatuated with body positions. I just thought that his style was very unique and original. I have never seen sculptures that are as graphic and cool as Ravelo's.  

 

 

 

 

 

Pheobe Washburn

Pheobe Washburn

Plastic spoon art

I wanted to share the pieces I had mentioned in the critique, which were horses and other animals created from recycled plastic and utensils. The work below is from Sayaka Ganz. 

Liz Miller

I fell in love with Liz Miller's work by accident and I was so glad. I was looking through google at a different artist and I clicked on her name by accident and when I started to look through her website, I was captivated by her artwork. A piece that really caught my attention was Vociferous Transmission, and also her Eco pieces. She uses different shapes, sizes, pieces, and symbols for her abstract and colorful art. They are intriguing because they can be seen as sculpture, but they also seem very 2D in appearance. Her use of movement in her pieces is beautiful, and I love how some they look like they're out of a pop-up book, and others look like giant ornaments. Her more recent work hangs from the ceiling, or covers up entire rooms. These two pieces are two of my favorites.