Weeks 20-22
Sergio Pina, 2020
Send in the Life Boats, the ship is sinking, Arte de Quarentena, Metaphor on the Pandemic
We received a work by William Brayton
“Projection”, manipulated photo, 2020. The work exemplifies one of the many ironies in the current political theater. The Central Post Office in Washington DC is being leased out as a Trump Property. As you process this phenomena, the commentary runs deep. After receiving the work the artist sent an update of an actual projection on the building. “Life Imitates Art”.
We received a work by Terrill Smithers Cascia
“Shifted Fibonacci”, graphite on cardboard, 2020. The work sets up a contrast between the natural world (Fibonacci spiral) with rich color patterns in flowers, shells, etc. and the stark minimalism of graphite and cardboard. The obsessive quality of the marks throws us back in the other direction achieving a complex balance.