your artists pt 1

Janise: Niki de Saint Phalle "Sun God" and countered Jackson Pollock's drip
paintings (and other abstraction expression artists) by shooting
canvas/objects with paint 

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The artist I chose to present today was Robert Irwin because of his
sculpture: "Two Running Violet V Forms." I chose this artist and sculpture
because of its random presence within the Muir forest, and the stories
that it has sparked throughout campus. I like the idea of making something
that doesn't seem to belong, and yet, it does. People have said that the
fences were meant for catching giraffes, but it's actually meant to
capture light and amplify the changes in nature. I was also interested in
Terry Allen's "singing/talking/silent trees," because of what stories
they've sparked. People on campus talk about how at night we can hear the
trees sing and talk because the forest might be haunted or enchanted, but
it's actually because of Terry Allen's trees. From these two artists, I
want to create something out of the norm and set it within the forest or
within the canyons and perhaps my sculpture will go unnoticed, or perhaps
my sculpture will be noticed and stories will begin to form.

-April Shen
 

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Deanne: Tara Donovan


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My artist is Roman de Salvo, someone who is very familiar in public art in
San Diego. I don't remember quite how I stumbled upon it, but I chose to
focus on his work "Crab Carillon", located on the 25th street bridge in
San Diego. As with most of de Salvo's work, "Crab Carillon" makes light of
the every day objects, and changes or upgrades them in a delightful way.
The bridge's fence separating the road and the sidewalk is actually a
series of chimes, which when struck accordingly, create a tune! The tune
was written by Joseph Waters specifically for the work, and is a
palindrome! The same tune is played forward and backwards along the fence.
This dimension in the work really stuck out to me, as de Salvo
intriguingly makes the work more complex in construction, but more simple
when interacting with the work (similar to "Legway"). "crab Carillon" also
holds a special place in my heart because its a childish gesture; running
alongside a fence dragging a stick along the surface of the fence. Placing
this work on a freeway walkway overpass awakens the space with a juvenile
virtue. And how simply awesome is it that you can run back and forth, back
and forth with the same tune playing each way! This work also stuck out to
me because I've become increasingly more interested by the use of sound as
an art medium, and possibly other senses.

- Rachelle

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Minsi - Kimsooja