International Baccalaureate Visual Arts Program with Mrs. Green
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Mike Murphy ~ Shelter
I am loving Mr. Murphy's work! Check him out. I also was entertained that he talks about how viewers bring their own experiences to a piece of art like we discussed in are critique last week. Artists are often thinking about and discussing similar themes.
I really like all the textures and colors he used. I also like how simple yet thought-provoking the pieces were, and how he explained that each person takes their personal background and brings it to the interpretation of the art.
I agree! I love the colors and those textures on the roofs are fantastic. The contrast between the smoothing colors of the buildings and the black black of the roofs is wonderful. I also enjoy the surprise of displaying some buildings upside down. I love how a simple idea can be so thought provoking. Oh and the "shelves" he creates to display his pieces are wonderful. I used to make delicate wooden boxes, inspired by Japanese "fast food" containers, to display my cups, the idea being to protect something so fragile, which stemmed from an earlier theme of a child in the womb. Seeing Murphy's work has inspired me to revisit and rethink that theme, 15 years later.
I only have one remaining piece of the cup series. I will grab it next time I am at the studio. It is one of my all time favorite pieces. I have some prints too. I will have to dig them out. Have you seen my slides from high school and college? I think some of them are in there!
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I really like all the textures and colors he used. I also like how simple yet thought-provoking the pieces were, and how he explained that each person takes their personal background and brings it to the interpretation of the art.
I agree! I love the colors and those textures on the roofs are fantastic. The contrast between the smoothing colors of the buildings and the black black of the roofs is wonderful. I also enjoy the surprise of displaying some buildings upside down. I love how a simple idea can be so thought provoking. Oh and the "shelves" he creates to display his pieces are wonderful. I used to make delicate wooden boxes, inspired by Japanese "fast food" containers, to display my cups, the idea being to protect something so fragile, which stemmed from an earlier theme of a child in the womb. Seeing Murphy's work has inspired me to revisit and rethink that theme, 15 years later.
That is a really thought provoking theme. You should bring in those peices for us to see, especially since we're working on developing themes.
I only have one remaining piece of the cup series. I will grab it next time I am at the studio. It is one of my all time favorite pieces. I have some prints too. I will have to dig them out. Have you seen my slides from high school and college? I think some of them are in there!
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