The Piece That Started My Mirror Obsession

This is the piece that began my obsession with mirrors. Every time I looked into the box I found a new pathway of vastness through the maze of broken mirrors. I know lots of bad luck....

Mary MIss Response

Artist #5 Mary Miss

My Response

I responded to the environments she creates in her work. She also mentions in an interview that she uses water as reflection. I responded by creating my own environment using mirrors, water, wire, and a few other things. I could really see this work installed either in a hole in the ground or in an all white environment.

James Turrell Response

Artist #4 James Turrell

My Response

Turrell uses light as a medium. I attempted to do the same.... attempted being the key word. I noticed I can't get away from black and white in any of my work... except painting....I think this was the weekend I was writing that painting 2 paper...

Rachel Whiteread Response

Artist #3 Rachel Whiteread

My Response

Whiteread creates molds of large interior spaces, usually of buildings. She points out spaces we don't normally notice. Instead of responding by molding a negative space of an interior, I molded the outside space of a small souvenir of Big Ben on all four sides. It's sort of negative space but flip flopped inside out.

Liza Lou Response

Artist # 2 Liza Lou

My Response

Liza Lou's work is about the dangers of consumerism. Even though I kept that in mind when I responded to her work, I responded more visually than conceptually. The checkerboard pattern becomes a veil in my response sculpture piece. To me its a way to create time and space and references the victorian era. Also, the space that this sculpture creates is collapsed space.

**this is the point in the semester that I started thinking about the idea of a veil and how it relates to mirrors, and the white cloth I was using to cover up some of my construction problems with the outside of my mirror pieces. I've thought of this idea in relation to my 2-D work as well ** go look at Bill Viola's videos of people going through water!

Beverly Pepper Response

Artist #1 Beverly Pepper

My Response

I was inspired by the idea of erosion in Pepper's work. I used charcoal (a medium I respond to in drawing) to express this idea. It reminded me of the black sand beach in Santorini created from a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago. Also, Beverly Pepper creates her sculptures by cutting styrofoam and they are not predetermined. Her process of arriving at simple shapes was the same approach I took to building this tiny sculpture. I really enjoyed using drawing materials I love in a sculpture. It's a tiny and intimate. Any suggestions for using charcoal in the future?

Spell of the Sensuous. Ch 6.

My sculpture reaction for chapter 6 was an attempt to portray the freezing of time. I responded to the quote from chapter 6 "the singular magic of a place is evident from what happens there, from what befalls oneself or others when in its vicinity. To tell of such events is implicitly to tell of the particular power of that site, and indeed to participate in its expressive potency." Abram also talks about cyclical time. Although this may be true in nature for humans time is very linear and we can only find consolation through an attempt to hold onto memories through experiences of places. This sculpture was a big step for me because I found a way to incorporate drawing in my work. Oh it's also very theatrical.