Peer Review

http://danielle-aed200.blogspot.com/2011/06/creative-process-of-creating-element.html?showComment=1310346437831#c1961696295631052004


http://russeldl02.blogspot.com/2011/06/project-1-elements-and-principles.html#comments

I remember viewing many of the slide shows relating to the elements and principles of art as they were due. For the most part I thought many of them were very accurate and creative in their photographs. As I mentioned in my comment of Danielle's work, I think she did an excellent job on most of them, and I was especially surprised by the professional quality of her "emphasis" photograph. I thought it was a very unique representation to contrast the clarity of form against a blurred background, but the photograph also holds the viewer's attention by the inverse reflection of the surrounding landscape in the glass. The only one I really questioned was her depiction of pattern. While I think I understand what she was attempting to show, I think that particular photograph may have been better suited for another element. Like I have seen in my own work, I think there are a number of photographs in every one's work which incorporate many other elements or principles, and I think sometimes there may be more than one visual element which is so pronounced that it makes it difficult to decide in which category it should be placed.

Danielle visited a different gallery than I did, so our pieces that we selected were not the same. However, I got the feeling from viewing the pieces she selected that we may just have different tastes, and that our pieces may not have been similar even if we had gone to the same gallery. I think this is good in a way, since the whole exercise of reviewing other peoples work and comments as to why they selected the pieces they did helps me to see the work in a new light and broaden my appreciation for different styles of art. This was especially true in Joanne Limpert's selection of Giacometti's The Void, a piece I had also selected. Her reason was entirely personal though, and it just goes to show that some works of art can mean different things to people based on their own personal experiences in life. Of the artists that Danielle selected in her review, I would be interested in the work of John Tracey. While I can appreciate the intricacy of Carolyn Panzica's work, I just think there is nothing either inspirational or remarkable about her work.

It seemed like The Marvelous Sauce was a popular choice for the gallery visit. I found this piece interesting also, and had written a paper on it a few semesters ago. I also found that many people selected the canoe sculpture in front of the gallery, a piece I was especially interested in after reading about it's installation in the Buffalo News. For the most part, though, not too many people selected the works I did. I was especially shocked that nobody else chose Brancusi's Mademoiselle Pogany II, a work I feel really sticks out against the others. However, I think someone did select a work from the upstairs which was done by a high school students. This was not surprising, as the work in this section of the gallery is truly amazing, making me ask myself what the hell I'm doing with my own art, while making me realize at the same time that I just need to work a bit harder to get to where I want to be.