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Earlier I talked about the images I created for the Arty Bollocks contest. Last night I went to a get-together for the finalists and volunteers for the Arty Bollocks Ball that's coming up this weekend. Interestingly, the people at the meeting were chosen to pick a winner for one of the prizes that will be awarded at the ball. So about nine of us were judges, and went through the fifty finalists to choose a winner.
And so I learned that three of my six images were chosen, and one of Cindy's two.
So here's an article about us, and if you're interested in seeing the other finalists, you can click on the gallery at the bottom (a couple are not work-safe). https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/06/04/the-arts-party-of-the-year/
So it's funny. One of my images, the one with the tree and axes, I considered sort of a throwaway. I just just threw together something stupid, and it got in! I guess more people found it funny than I'd expected. It even made it to the second round of judging we did. Another image, the one with the hand, barn and skull also made it to the second round, and that's one where I inserted an artist's name that wasn't actually one of the options in the generator.
In the judging process (we weren't supposed to comment on our own images) I heard some comments about why people didn't like my pieces. One person said she didn't like the green edges on the red tree. She would have preferred the artist used a more complementary color. Afterward I told her the whole idea was to use a color that would clash, and make your eyes hurt. :-D And a couple of people thought the one with the barn and skull was creepy, and since I used the phrase "essential romanticism of pastoral scenes," they were like, "that's not romantic!" rme
Cindy's photo was one of the top four in our judging last night! I mentioned how I tailored the statements to my images, but she only clicked the generator a couple of times, and took the third random statement she got. She did a mashup of Cindy Sherman and Frida Kahlo. Sherman has a recent series of herself as thirties-style movie stars. Kahlo, of course, did a lot of self-portraits, and had a specific look. So Cindy also did a self-portrait, looking like Kahlo as a thirties-style movie star.
My work explores the profound dependencies of coastal boundaries. With influences as diverse as Cindy Sherman and Frida Kahlo, new combinations are manufactured from opaque and transparent boundaries.
And here are mine, with the published artist statements.
My work explores the celebratory tendencies of environmental damage. With influences as diverse as Andreas Gurksy and Machiavelli, new formulas are manufactured from both mundane and transcendent variants.
My work explores the essential romanticism of pastoral scenes. With influences as diverse as Bill Brandt and Georgia O'Keeffe, new insights are crafted from both mundane and transcendent structures.
My work explores the fragile coherence of line and form. With influences as diverse as Ansel Adams and Machiavelli, new combinations are created from both orderly and random variants.
One comment about this was, "it's a manatee, and a man in a T!" Although it's actually neither a manatee nor a man, I thought it was funny.
On a tangent, we watched a documentary on Frida Kahlo tonight. Then Cindy read a bit of biography on Cindy Sherman. Though Sherman uses herself as her model, she doesn't like to put herself out there, emotionally. There's no symbolism of her inner thoughts and struggles to be found in her work. And the pieces that she likes the best are the ones that don't even look like her. This is the polar opposite of Kahlo, who painted herself and her pain. She laid herself bare.
And so I learned that three of my six images were chosen, and one of Cindy's two.
So here's an article about us, and if you're interested in seeing the other finalists, you can click on the gallery at the bottom (a couple are not work-safe). https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/06/04/the-arts-party-of-the-year/
So it's funny. One of my images, the one with the tree and axes, I considered sort of a throwaway. I just just threw together something stupid, and it got in! I guess more people found it funny than I'd expected. It even made it to the second round of judging we did. Another image, the one with the hand, barn and skull also made it to the second round, and that's one where I inserted an artist's name that wasn't actually one of the options in the generator.
In the judging process (we weren't supposed to comment on our own images) I heard some comments about why people didn't like my pieces. One person said she didn't like the green edges on the red tree. She would have preferred the artist used a more complementary color. Afterward I told her the whole idea was to use a color that would clash, and make your eyes hurt. :-D And a couple of people thought the one with the barn and skull was creepy, and since I used the phrase "essential romanticism of pastoral scenes," they were like, "that's not romantic!" rme
Cindy's photo was one of the top four in our judging last night! I mentioned how I tailored the statements to my images, but she only clicked the generator a couple of times, and took the third random statement she got. She did a mashup of Cindy Sherman and Frida Kahlo. Sherman has a recent series of herself as thirties-style movie stars. Kahlo, of course, did a lot of self-portraits, and had a specific look. So Cindy also did a self-portrait, looking like Kahlo as a thirties-style movie star.
My work explores the profound dependencies of coastal boundaries. With influences as diverse as Cindy Sherman and Frida Kahlo, new combinations are manufactured from opaque and transparent boundaries.
And here are mine, with the published artist statements.
My work explores the celebratory tendencies of environmental damage. With influences as diverse as Andreas Gurksy and Machiavelli, new formulas are manufactured from both mundane and transcendent variants.
My work explores the essential romanticism of pastoral scenes. With influences as diverse as Bill Brandt and Georgia O'Keeffe, new insights are crafted from both mundane and transcendent structures.
My work explores the fragile coherence of line and form. With influences as diverse as Ansel Adams and Machiavelli, new combinations are created from both orderly and random variants.
One comment about this was, "it's a manatee, and a man in a T!" Although it's actually neither a manatee nor a man, I thought it was funny.
On a tangent, we watched a documentary on Frida Kahlo tonight. Then Cindy read a bit of biography on Cindy Sherman. Though Sherman uses herself as her model, she doesn't like to put herself out there, emotionally. There's no symbolism of her inner thoughts and struggles to be found in her work. And the pieces that she likes the best are the ones that don't even look like her. This is the polar opposite of Kahlo, who painted herself and her pain. She laid herself bare.
