Thursday, October 27, 2011

Art Event 2

The art event that I went to was a talk by Tom Kerrigans, which took place a day before his show. I had previously attended this talk before during J-term when he came in for two weeks to help teach the class. He showed us his work throughout his career and how he uses the pinch method to make his pieces. Personally, when I had initially seen the presentation, I was not very interested in it. However, after watching him work for the two weeks and witnessing how quickly he makes the pieces that he does, I was eager to see the presentation again. For me, it was more interesting and I was wowed to see the amount of work he had over this time of working with clay. I talked to him after this about how, before watching him work, I was not very much appreciative of his skills, but after I was simply amazed. In ceramics, I was amazed with the size of his work and how there was not any cracking. After watching this presentation, I had so many more questions than I did when I had initially seen it. Personally, watching a person work is the real art. I feel as though the art of working is more enjoyable than the final product Yes, I am excited to see what it will be in the end, but watching a person physically work to make that final piece is much more enjoyable. So overall, Tom taught me a lot about art; everything you see cannot be unappreciated. The amount of time people put into making the pieces they do is absolutely remarkable and after witnessing someone work, you get a better understanding of what they do and exactly how they do it.

Art Event 1

The art event that I went to see, which displayed pieces of my work in, was Tom Kerrigans ceramics. Along with my pieces, the show included Tom Kerrigan’s and Lauren Morris’s pieces of work. The show had work from my J-team class, specifically clay installation taught by Stephanie Rozene, some of her work was in the show as well. While in professor Rozene’s class, we were also given the option to work with Tom to make clay instruments, which I did, being the reason why they were in the show. The show was an open-ended performance led by Jason Curley and the percussion ensemble. The show was a tremendous success. The ensemble did a splendid job with the way they made the ceramic instruments sound; they found various ways to make music with clay. I was amazed. In the middle of the show, Jason Curley called me and Lauren on to the stage to stand behind our work. I have never been on a stage before so I did not realize that the performers could not see the audience. After the show was over, Jason Curley invited everyone down to the stage to look at the ceramic instruments and to play them. Personally, it was amazing to watch everyone come up and try to make music with all of the works of art. Overall, the experience was great as it opened my eyes to a new way of making art. Pieces of work are not just for looking at, they can also be interactive, and to me, that’s the most influential part; making work, now that I am knowledgeable with the viewer.