Alternative Exhibition Formats Response

Although I found many of the formats in the sideshow interesting, the one I found most interesting was Sandy Skoglund's piece. In the picture of her artwork there are many things going on: there are eggs/egg shells on the ground, fake snakes and rabbits surveying the area, Egyptian-looking hieroglyphics on the walls, utility items such as bathtubs, sinks, and toilets, and most interestingly of all, there are women walking around the piece of artwork. First off, all these different, seemingly unrelated components draws viewers in and makes them think. When I look at this piece I wonder: What is happening? How does this all connect? How do the title and the piece interact? What does it all mean? Besides that, I also think that it is interesting how the piece is not your stereotypical artwork piece. It is not just a painting on the wall or a sculpture on a pedestal, but rather it is a three-dimensional room. However, the most intriguing piece of all to me is that there are women actually walking around in the artwork. This makes the artwork both a visual art and a performance piece! I would very much like to see a video of these women walking around to see how they are behaving and what their facial expressions are like. I'd also be curious as to whether they make eye contact with audience members or not.

As for my final project(s) that would go in the gallery, I'm still really unsure what I want to do. My three passions in visual arts are oil painting, collage, and ceramics though, so I'd love to be able to incorporate all of these or a few of these in different ways. I really like the idea of doing an oil painting that has some parts of the picture done with collage. I also like the idea of having some sort of ceramic piece coming out of an oil painting, as if the oil painting is coming to life and is now growing or escaping out of the canvas. I might also want to try doing collage over a pot to see how that looks in comparison to glaze. Also, when it comes to painting nowadays I'm starting to like themes that mix reality with surrealism. For example, painting a still life and then adding some twist to the still life. That would probably be a theme that I might want to delve deeper into: reality with a fantastical, whimsical twist. I would rather the pieces be more fun and interesting to look at than having some deep, personal message. So pretty much, to sum up, I'm not really sure what I want to do exactly yet, but yes, I want to experiment with materials and I may possibly have a theme.