Exibit!

"Listening to Paula Cavums." - Kyle Walker Akins

"The Traumatic Memory Inventory." - Rachel Alger

"Machines built by machines." - Andy 

This was a BFA art show. The three students that presented their work were outstanding artists. First of all, I knew Andy from one of my book art classes and whenever he would turn in a project, the rest of us would feel bad about our work since his was so amazing. 

     The first room was Kyle Akins work. It was something different. He wasnt someone who used drawing utensils, but actually cut out pieces in fabric and burned them. I believe he colored them as well. Honestly, when I first walked into the gallery I walked right past his exhibit because it looked uninteresting to me. Eventually I came back around and actually gave the gallery a good look. The images he had created were very beautiful up closer. Some scenery looking images burned into these pieces of fabric. It seemed to be very original and creative. I think my favorite piece of his was the one above in the photo. My least favorite was the big USA flag. Personally, im not a fan of patriotic work. It was nicely done, though. 

     The second room was Rachel's exhibit. This was a lot more entertaining because the viewers can interact with her work. This had major appeal to me seeing as I like touching everything I see. She had put up flowers covered in wax that hung from the ceiling. The point was to run into them and tangle all of them together, just for fun. The other pieces of art she had were these lantern type images with silhouettes of fairy tale stories such as Rapunzel. These were very amazing because you can literally walk around the whole lantern and it feels as though it tells a story. The silhouettes were pieces of the main plot from the tales, mostly main characters or symbolic images. Overall, I really liked her exhibit and would like to see more works by her.

    Last was Andy, whos last name escapes me. His work was outstanding as always. He draws these amazing pieces that i have never seen before. So detailed and beautiful. He also presented one of his books from our book arts class, which was absolutely amazing. It is hard to describe his work when they are literally just drawings. They're so amazing, you'd have to see them yourself. Also, he had little pieces of paper with a drawing on it for people to take. He hand drew every one of them and there were about 50 if i remember correctly. There wasn't one of his works that I didn't like. I would definitely like to see more of his work in the future. 

     Overall, I thought that the exhibit was a success and I really enjoyed all three exhibits.