Miro Got Hops

The process. Its all about the process. It helps just further understand the meaning and effort of a piece. It can also explain the whole peace... Its like watching a race you don’t really understand what it means to win, unless you watch the athletes during the race.  Seeing sweat cascading down their faces, rib cages heaving in and out as they breathe and push their bodies to the peak of physical exhaustion. Unless you can observe this happen, the journey to the win. Not only the win, but anyone that crosses that finish line.  Its amazing. Its beautiful. Its an art.

I feel like this is a direct connection to the style of art that Terri Warpinski creates. Her layering style on photographers was extremely beautiful, but in most of them, I’m afraid to say that I wasn’t able to see the work she’d applied to the surface. But once she pointed it out, the photos started popping off the screen with texture and life. 

Terri also had an interesting statement that her favorite tool was an eraser. This was such an interesting thought to me because it speaks a great deal about her art. She is not trying to add pieces into the already chaotic art world, but instead she is drawing on influences from nature and already existing structures to create her work. Her photographs are things people have seen and know about, but with her own unique and creative approach these photos are transformed into masterpieces.

Her statement about erasers also struck me because I feel the polar opposite about erasers. I hate them. I draw in pen, always. I like the idea that even if you make a line/shape/mark that you didn’t intend, it turns into a little game of transforming the piece around that. Its like my mother always told me (she’s an art teacher) “there are no mistakes in art”. This is the reason she never gives her student erasers, because there are no mistakes. I think this is a beautiful and clever philosophy.

As far as the readings go for this week, I was kind of confused. Not about the material... But more the main point. I felt like Richard Shusterman was scatter brained and all over the place. At first I thought he was arguing that art and life need to be in union and be more integrated, but then the very next paragraph is claiming the exact opposite. That art should be seen as a process. He stated “ what you’re doing us producing an object through special kill, but not through you essential character.” (254)... I had some problems with this, from a previous blog I expressed that I judge art not only on the final product, but also the artist as a whole. It helps me understand what they were trying to get across. Much like Terri’s work, I probably wouldn’t have thought twice about her work without her passion and concern with what the pictures meant. 

Anyways. I wasn’t too moved or motivated by anything in lecture or the readings this week... so for my visual response I picked Joan Miro... Not really for any particular reason other than the fact that he is my absolute favorite. I love everything about his work and his style. He is one of my main influences in art. Hands down a GEM. 

This one's a real treat, some crafted air Jordan shoes inspired by Miro. Gotta love em.