Critique Response
I’ve
realized with this project that my need to control every thought and direction
of process has become a disadvantage when creating sculptures. After a rough
start, I decided to let the piece direct me instead of me direct it with my
detailed plans and hopes. I feel that letting my sculpture develop it self made
it a much stronger piece than I originally intended. One of the transformations my sculpture had
from my original plan was the inclusion of the 2 by 2 photo square in the
center as a focal created. It created more interaction between the viewer and
my piece than the over all wood transfers on every exposed part. My piece
developed into more than just frames, it became an optical illusion and a
constant dialog between frame and image. My piece did create a small dialog
about photography with the use of an image and frames but I realized with the
critique that there was still a lack of clarity. There was a comment upon the
similarity between the bellows of an enlarger and my piece that I wish I had
seen before and had explored that idea as a way to bring more clarity. Pushing
this piece more into the photographic realm would of brought more perspective
on who I am as the artist and what the focus of the piece was. Another comment
that really interested me was the thought of it looking as a shooting target.
This plays straight into photography with the play of words as shooting is a
common term for photographing. Also having my face be the center within the
target would bring more content to why I’ve chosen my own face and maybe then
reflect an idea of self-portraits. I’m
very pleased with the comments on movement both mentally and physically,
shadows, depth, space, and presentation. The installation of the piece its self
was a vital part to the experience each viewer had as every measurement had to
be precise for the sense of movement within the illusion to occur. I used this
simple illusion to create a focus on the 2 by 2. The use of thicker frames
within the smaller frames allowed the eyes to come in and out easily. The
frames and image in this piece were both fighting for the focus where the multiplicity
of the frames drew the viewer out and the image itself drew the viewer in. The
frame therefore became a valid visual element that often times are over looked
in photography. The image itself I chose to be of my self and of only my face
for various reasons. First and foremost I was interested in displaying that I
physically and visually became part of my project through the use of wood
transfers and therefore I was my project. Secondly, the face is the most
recognizable part of the body and portraits are used to emphasis the subject.
The portrait style made me important as part of this piece. The image
represented my self as an artist and the frames as the layers that help develop
my art but also distract from who I am.
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