Author: airmeyers

Here is a pdf of my artist presentation: Carsten Höller.

If you open it in adobe reader there will be a little word bubbled in the top left corner. That is where you can see my slide notes. Don’t pay attention to my notes spelling and grammar. You also might notice that I hid some slide at the end of the presentation.

Happy presenting,

Aaron

After doing the excersice on the first day of class I started thinking about how artists have used similar strategies to create interesting works. I thought i would post a few examples:

The first work is by Bruce Nauman titled, Wax Impressions of the Knees of Five Famous Artists. The piece is a total lie, the sculpture is made of fiberglass and the impressions were all made with Nauman’s own knee. As an artists he investigates many inward looking questions. His work examines the role of the artist, and the nature of an artist’s interaction with their audience.

The second piece is a sculpture by Tim Hawkinson. Tim Hawkinson is the sort of artist whose work I look at and think, “aw man I wish I would have come up with that.” He created this work by casting the space between his legs and turning it into a mermaid’s fin. The work is titled, The Fin Within.

The third is a photograph created by Gabrielle Orozco. He is a Mexican born artist whose work is brilliant in it’s subtlety. This photograph is deceptively simple. As the image has sat with me I’ve continued to find interesting meaning in it. Its title is, My Hands are My Heart.

The last two images are from a British born artist, Rachel Whiteread, who creates massive negative space sculptures. The images I have posted are the space between two library shelves and the inside of a house. Yep, she filled an abandoned house with concrete and then removed the walls to reveal this massive sculpture. A google search will reveal many other of her impressive works.

peace,

Aaron