First Year MFA Show

today's mfa show was a lot of work that ranged materials and qualties. I enjoied the ideas displaied and even more concept and excution. It was over all very interisting but a little packed. Each artist had a different amount of work and a varied amout of space and section. which i thought was a little rediclious. there were some that took up a ton of space and then a view of a peice that was blocked by a enterence or other another peice. i didnt really understand why it was so juxtaposed until we heard it was not curiated. i felt like the idea of the first wall in the center gallery area was a little strange, the way it cut the room in half like that it gave a strange view of some art and cut other things off. its L shape was poorly put together. i still find painting most lauring for its skill and intellectual idea of art. but all of the work did a good job presenting ideas throught medium and works themselves. it seemed like there wasnt many of the artists at the opening itself, and i really didnt understand that. all in all it was a decent expereince other peices that i really enjoyed were the video project that was set up, i thought it was hullarious but the music did overwhelm the gallery in a good way becuase it wasnt outrageiously loud or rediclious. another peice was the wooden blocks with holes. it was a very modest peice that was about nature, shadows, and our effect on nature. it was a very interesting peice. i liked all the photos, but there might have been a scuplture or painting i didnt really care for, i wasnt sure about the massive canvases that were in the first room. it almsot seemed to much of an add for paint supplies or store. it created interest but wasnt outspoken with anything crazy particular.

Eileen Behke, What would you do for love?

anyway I was most interested in Eileen Behke, What will you do for Love, for it's color and style, and of course because I am working with paints. Like I talked about in my thesis proposal, they went into detail of building up colors and balancig them to form faces and weights in light and depths in shadows. I was taken by the use of specific colors and exaggerated enhancements. It was very bright and lively that it popped off the canvas. One of the most interisting elements came from the woman in red. She stood out the most to the point that I wondered at her drapes and this intense landscape that tells a story in itself. The use and variation of their brush strokes was also elemental. It looked like they used a palad knife to juxtapose colors and define space. And the curvacious strokes that define the clothing and placement of weight and posture embelishes the strokes in this realistic painterly style. It had just the right amount of clarity mixed with an exaggerated style that leaves alot of room for interpretation.

with all these fantastic elements I find that It would almost be benificial to attempt a big long drawn out process. I liked how there were just 3 works, it wasn't overwhelming or forcing anything it was set in the back and it presented the artists Ideals of majestic painting. This massive and so refined work really was a great experience with paint and is definally something i want to get working on. it was enjoyable to see other painters with a couple paintings that were really just long drawn out processes and contained a bunch of thought and considerations. hopefully these finals with julie will kick me into a good habit and allow me to consider more paintings and intellectual aspects of art.