Visiting Artists

One of the nicest things about being in school is access. Access to see new and upcoming artists work and not only that, talking with them in the classroom; what a treat! Three visiting artists Mark Andreas, Ryan Wolfe, and [dNASAb] are some of the most creative and freshly innovative artists I’ve seen. I didn’t always love everything about their work but I loved everything. Andreas’ showing Transcendence is truly that. A little plastic box containing a single blade of grass, lots of plastic boxes, and their little blades of grass all across the gallery wall, and suddenly the grass begins to blow. It was like standing in a field as a child watching the wind come across it causing everything to tilt just a little. It was beautiful. Wolfe’s work is outdoor sculpture made of huge pieces of steel, every piece interacting and affecting another until something significant changes. One sculpture throws seed, the other burns fuel until it burns out and a cape falls to the ground. His pieces are different and interactive in the most simply complex way. And finally, [dNASAb] or Disney, who takes ipods and cell phones, takes them apart, reconstructs them with new media art and sound implemented with shiny little plastic objects. They each came to class to talk about their work and the most inspiration I received from each of them was to think outside the box. Opening your mind, observing your surroundings, and responding to all of it through creative thought.