Hassan's Work

Hassan I must say I was surprised with your work. It showed a lot more creativity than im used to seeing from anyone in the grad program. It showed a great deal more thought and intellect than a bunch of the other students. It seemed like you could have gone waaaaay too overboard but did a pretty good job of keeping your concept harnessed just enough.

May FF

Oh what joy, there was a parade. Yet again we've found a way to make FF even worse than it already was. Why can we make art and stop making trends that we package as art? I find it annoying and it really plays a great role in degradation of today's youth, making them ignorant followers as opposed to creative leaders. The art was mediocre again, lots of crafts, always hated that crafts are considered "art." They're a trade not an art.

I HATE FF (March FF)

The best thing about leaving first friday is usually hitting the bottom of my flask of whiskey... I hate the trendy bullshit associated with ff, be there, be cool, be seen, be hip. It deautheticates art. It kills the honesty and purity of art in the fullest sense. the only good thing about it was my buddy's band playing at metro sound. they're good. but the scene on broad st sucks and im sick of being told it's good exposure, no it isn't. it's good for being a hipster dousche.

Sametime 1:04

This blog was poorly thought out. First of all, it's a direct copy of someone else's work which is quite the cop out, but i think the time of day was poorly chosen. during week days most of the photos are of the back of someone's head during a class, that's ok at first but an entire blog of students' cowlicks, dandruff and crappy haircuts? that's a bit uninteresting to say the least. I think the whole group should have found a time where most of them would be living their lives so they could document it. props to mike for the original idea, negative points to the group for not coming up with their own idea.

First Friday 2/6

The gallery that really stood out to me was the Ghost Print Gallery. It was the only one I could stand being in for any period of time longer than 5 minutes, the main reason for this was the art. Guest curator Brian Hubble had some amazingly detailed graphite works that he made on antique paper. They were a very interesting fusion of classic (medium) with modern (subject matter). Though I wouldn't call them groundbreaking by any means, they were still quite interesting and breath taking. The rest of FF wasn't really as interesting as that gallery, at least that month.

Alix Pearlstein

I found Ms. Pearlstien's work to be quite interesting, though not something I would actively seek out. I have an appreciation for performance art pieces but they are not really something that I'd surround myself with, more over, it's a nice change of pace from the constantly motionless work I see online or in galleries. In that sense, I can appreciate where such works help the viewers maintain that life and art are not stagnant but a force that continues to move and evolve.

Page Bond Gallery

At the Page Bond Gallery on Main St. the current exhibition is a collection of photographs by Emmit and Elijah Gowin. The work has a very contemporary and simplistic quality to it that is, although very familiar feeling, quite refreshing to see in a town that often has so much post modern art. The subject matter is not at all what I would choose to focus on in my own work but I must appreciate a well made image that still makes a rather bland subject matter intriguing. There is a great deal of intimacy between the photographers and the people photographed that makes the photos tell their story with very little imformation actually revealed. Overall, it was a solid display of Americana captured on silver gelatin.