Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Me at 40 art project
This first image is a plan view of an installation I would like to make. Their will be a series of 8 (more or less) shrine like structures that commemorate my relationship with various women. Thy will be arranged in chronological order in an array around a center sculpture. Ranging from smallest to biggest and oldest to newest. The center sculpture will represent my emotional response to these women. I'm not interested in successful relationships just exaggerating the really screwed up ones. I will display various art works that I have created over the years while in these relationships in their designated shrine. Every thing I do is an exaggeration and over dramatization because its more interesting that way.
me at 40 cont
1. Letters to a Young Artist
Before I became a successful artist I accepted that I will never become a successful artist. If your only reason to get into art is to make money and be successful you will be horribly disappointed. My art is an expression of my self and that’s all I ever hoped for. If you are a boring person, you will make boring art. Go out and live your life at let your life inspire your art. After graduate from college, do not go straight into graduate school, because after you get your MFA you will have nothing remotely interesting to say. After I graduated college I spent a couple of years in Africa working for the peace core. Yes I wanted to be there to help others, but I was also there to meet interesting people and have wholesome life experiences before I went to graduate school. Also after I left Florida I never returned. In Europe and Asia I’m different and exotic; In the south I am a native suburbanite wasp who is just like everyone else. Be different and be exotic or at least go someplace where people consider you unique.
4. Statement about work
My art work deals with the public obsession with the romantic drama of celebrities. People enjoy judging other peoples emotional problems because it makes them feel better about their own issues. An old lady who lives alone might pick up a tabloid at the grocery store and think, ‘hey at least I’m not Britney Spears.’ My work is a direct exaggeration of my own personal narratives. I do not consider myself a celebrity and probably never will. Fortunately as an artist I have the advantage of being my own paparazzi. Sometimes I stretch the truth to express my emotional state, as opposed to the complete reality of a situation. I view the world through my own eyes, so why would I try to represent someone else’s point of view. My works deal with a variety of themes and I try to express a wide range of emotions. I know my work might not be conceptually original and that doesn’t bother me. I create evocative images that have personal value. During the creation of the projects I am constantly playing over and over the narrative which inspired my work. In a way this is therapeutic and it helps me work out or maybe just accept issues I might have with these people who have played an important role in my life. Why is my work worthy of public notice? Because hopefully people can learn from my experiences and not make the same mistakes I have made. Also if there is someone who I feel has deeply wronged me, I would like to publicly humiliate them.
Before I became a successful artist I accepted that I will never become a successful artist. If your only reason to get into art is to make money and be successful you will be horribly disappointed. My art is an expression of my self and that’s all I ever hoped for. If you are a boring person, you will make boring art. Go out and live your life at let your life inspire your art. After graduate from college, do not go straight into graduate school, because after you get your MFA you will have nothing remotely interesting to say. After I graduated college I spent a couple of years in Africa working for the peace core. Yes I wanted to be there to help others, but I was also there to meet interesting people and have wholesome life experiences before I went to graduate school. Also after I left Florida I never returned. In Europe and Asia I’m different and exotic; In the south I am a native suburbanite wasp who is just like everyone else. Be different and be exotic or at least go someplace where people consider you unique.
4. Statement about work
My art work deals with the public obsession with the romantic drama of celebrities. People enjoy judging other peoples emotional problems because it makes them feel better about their own issues. An old lady who lives alone might pick up a tabloid at the grocery store and think, ‘hey at least I’m not Britney Spears.’ My work is a direct exaggeration of my own personal narratives. I do not consider myself a celebrity and probably never will. Fortunately as an artist I have the advantage of being my own paparazzi. Sometimes I stretch the truth to express my emotional state, as opposed to the complete reality of a situation. I view the world through my own eyes, so why would I try to represent someone else’s point of view. My works deal with a variety of themes and I try to express a wide range of emotions. I know my work might not be conceptually original and that doesn’t bother me. I create evocative images that have personal value. During the creation of the projects I am constantly playing over and over the narrative which inspired my work. In a way this is therapeutic and it helps me work out or maybe just accept issues I might have with these people who have played an important role in my life. Why is my work worthy of public notice? Because hopefully people can learn from my experiences and not make the same mistakes I have made. Also if there is someone who I feel has deeply wronged me, I would like to publicly humiliate them.
me at 40
This is a picture of me at 40. I'd like to live in France probably Nice and hopefully near the beach. People tell me that when I get older my matabelism will slow down and I'll get fat. So I'm gonna b that creepy old fat guy at the beach in a speedo.
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