Andy Morien - Contemporary Modern Artist

Charles Matson Lume Contemporary Artist Review – part 2

fine artist — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:29:00 +0000

Located 15 feet directly above the main gallery, Lume exhibits a second piece titled Concentration. He takes hundreds of small magnifying glasses and hot glues them to the wall. He arranges the lenses slightly right of the space in one large oval cluster divided by an empty area in the center. The contrast from intense pattern into the absent space keeps my eyes circling around the intense light being refracted downward. Each lens casts a dual showdown caused by two spotlights spaced about four feet apart situated approximately 6 feet above the piece. The play on light and shadow is captivating I cannot help but to stare at the exhibit in almost a trance-like state. Although his first installation is larger with a variation of materials I am partial to this one more. I think that it relates to the repetition and dispersion of the lenses. There are a number of delicate decisions that at first observation are not so obvious: the choice of form, lighting, placement along the picture plane, material, spaces between lenses and the optical power behind this piece.
I feel that both of his works are directly related light, regeneration and transformation. The focus of both of his works seems to have a suggestive play on light and refraction. I do not feel de-centered but engulfed by his pieces. Lume subtlety draws the viewer in by sensitive play on how the light illuminates a space and the shadows fall.
By taking everyday objects and turning them in to work of beauty that compels the viewer to examine other everyday object that we normally would not think of as artistic materials. Using oranges in his work makes me think of growth and regeneration. The space and subject encompassed in his exhibit makes his intension successful. I feel that he conveys a sense of beauty using obscure objects that are reexamined and reintegrated into his artistic process.

Gertrude Stein on Modern Art – part 1

fine artist — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:07:41 +0000

Stein concentrated much of her writing to explaining what separated Picasso’s individual styles chronologically. But the writing was less about the specific works, and more of an overview of modern art theory, although there were plenty of illustrations.The images along with the text provided a unique insight to the relationship between the artist and the collector. The biographical information provided by stein was injected with humorous bits of her interactions with Picasso.
One example was when he heard of a show __, he turned red and made the remark you must have an idea to paint. Picasso shows his vulnerable and insecure side to Stein. Many books I have read about Picasso would never entail antidotes that portray the artist as insecure and sensitive. Much of the literature only talks about the work. Even biographies tend the capture the artist from a removed perspective.
Stein captured the moments of transition and pivotal points in his development of his massive body of work. She skipped over the details and tried to cover a large overview of his prolific art. At times I was engaged with the interactions between the two of them but that was somewhat disrupted by injects of biographical information relating to the time of the story. It seemed to be a little overwhelming from page to page.
Overall Stein did a great a job a capturing the fleeting moments between meetings and the dialog included tended to about art. Not much was mentioned of his family and little of his friends specifically. She talked about Picassoâ€™s first move to Paris, he related to more poets then painters. The idea generated by poets was more compelling for Picasso to work with. Maybe the translation of concrete words forming abstract concepts informs his work.
When talking of cubism she implied nature has always emulated art. This is an interest statement. Much of nature consists of fractals and patterns that inherently hold symbolic value through a variety of cultures.

Modern Art

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Contemporary Art

admin — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:09:17 +0000

Welcome to the Contemporary Art blog for AndyMorien.com