WK 15 – Artist Conversation – Lillian Elizabeth

Artist: Lillian Elizabeth
Exhibition: Beeware Ceramics
Media: Sculptures, Pots, Ceramics
Gallery: Max L. Gatov East Gallery
Website: N/A
Instagram: N/A

Beeware Ceramics  was located in Max L. Gatov East Gallery located in Cal State Long Beach. Lillian Elizabeth is an undergraduate student in Cal State Long Beach. Unfortunately, I was not able to interview Lillian Elizabeth because she was not at the event. The Max L. Gatov East Gallery was filled with other student’s work who also worked with the same media as Lillian Elizabeth. During this event students were selling their ceramic work.

My eyes were more gravitated towards Lillian Elizabeth’s work because of the pattern and colors. I felt like Lillian did an amazing job creating a “brand” for her work, all of her work was consistent and amazing. One of my favorite items from her exhibition was her tea pot set. Her tea pot set had amazing patterns and bold colors which made it aesthetically pleasing for the eyes.

Overall, I really enjoyed Lillian Elizabeth’s work and I wish I had the opportunity to meet the artist and talk about their inspirations. I also wish I was able to buy some of their work but it was too expensive for me.

WK 15 – Art Experience – Finger Painting

The week before final exams we were assigned our final art experience, which was finger painting. I was really excited about finger painting since the beginning of class especially because the finger painting is abstract. This art experience was stress relieving compared to my other assignment for school. I am pretty happy on how my work turn out and I loved how all of my colors mixed together. I felt like my art painting looks like a 90’s plastic cup. If I had the opportunity to do this assignment again I wish I had more paint. I only had a little amount of paint and if I had more paint I would be able to mix the colors better and fill up all of the white paper.

WK 14 – Classmate Conversation – Jacqueline Sanchez

This week I had my classmate conversation with Jacqueline Sanchez, we were both looking around the classroom for a classmate and then we just started talking. For this weeks classmate conversation we had to answer a question: Describe what the College Experience will be like for a student in 2036. We both mentioned how we thought that technology would take over the student experience in 2036. One thing that Jacqueline mentioned was how online classes would be more popular. Its difficult to say what the future holds in store for us but whatever it is, I am really excited for it!!

WK 14 – Art Experience -Instagram

This week we were given the assignment to create an Instagram post using the #art110of16. I did not have an Instagram because it has never been something that has caught my attention. Therefore, I had to create a new account, which was really easy and fun!!! I created my account and used the username “ALVXM1,” and added some of my classmates onto my account. I found it really fun to customize my account, creating my bio and adding a profile picture. We had to include 4 0r more photos onto our Instagram accounts using the #art110of16, and since on Wednesdays I am at school all day all of my pictures were at school. My first picture was when I went to Carl’s Jr to buy a chicken sandwich with my friend after class was over. My second picture was taken next to CSULB’s book store and I was walking to my 11 a.m class. The third photo was of my good friend Charlie when we were studying at the library. Finally, the fourth photo was of my friend Monique!! Overall, I thought that the Instagram activity was fun, it was cool to see other people post when you clicked on the Instagram.

 

WK 13 – Classmate Conversation – Kayla Tafoya Sablan

This week I had the opportunity to meet an amazing classmate, Kayla Tafoya Sablan!! She was super kind, interesting and outgoing. Immediately, after class I was having a hard time finding a classmate that I have not had a conversation with and out of nowhere Kayla came up to me and we started to have a discussion about Carla Dauden! I thought that her glasses were really cool, so I complimented her on her glasses LOL!!! A majority of our conversation was about the presentation, and how we found it to be motivating. We both agreed that the advice Carla gave us could be applied to our daily lives, although her presentation was geared towards art students.

WK 12 – Artist Conversation – Sage Garver

Artist: Sage Garver
Exhibition: BIO
Media: Sculptures
Gallery: Dennis W. Dutzi Gallery
Website: N/A
Instagram: N/A

BIO was located in the Dennis W. Dutzi Gallery at Cal State Long Beach. The BIO exhibit was created by Sage Garver, who is under graduate senior working on their BFA in sculpture. The exhibit showcases different sculptures that are attached to the wall, and a chains in the middle of the gallery. This exhibition is based on the human body, it uses biological forms and systems as an inspiration for the exhibition. Sage mentioned that, “My work begins with my body and illnesses I’ve experienced throughout my life.” After discovering that their work was based on their illnesses and experiences, it felt more personal to be inside of the exhibition.

Sage Garver is a senior student at Cal State Long Beach, they are currently working on their BFA in sculpture. Sage does plan on attending graduate school, but they are going to take a long break before they apply back to school. Originally, Sage was interested in drawing in high school. However, after a few art classes in high school their interest in drawing shifted to sculptures. Sage found sculptures more interesting to manipulate because it is a 3-D object. Sage enjoys going outdoors to hike and swim, and they also enjoy cooking. Some of Sage’s favorite places to go hiking is in Palos Verdes by the beach.

Walking into the exhibition I was captivated by the sculptures that were on the walls. All of the sculptures that were on the wall were white. Therefore, it appeared like the sculptures were coming out of the walls. It was evident that the exhibition was about humans biological form and systems. The sculptures that were all the wall all appeared to be different types of cells that are found inside of our body. The shapes that were found inside of the gallery reminded me of the shaped that you find when looking into biological diagrams under a microscope.

The different shapes of sculptures reminded me of how complex the human body is. After visiting the gallery I felt appreciative of the human body, because of its complexity. On the surface the human body does not seem that complicated, but once you examine the interior you realize that there are a lot of different mechanics that keeps us going.

 

WK 11 – Artist Conversation – Kyle Kruse

Artist: Kyle Kruse
Exhibition: Janis Maxim
Media: Film, Paintings, Sculptures
Gallery: Marilyn Werby
Website: Kylekruseart.com
Instagram: @kyle.kruse

Janis Maxim was located at the Marilyn Werby Gallery in Cal State Long Beach. The Janis Maxim exhibition was created by the undergraduate student, Kyle Kruse for his senior undergraduate show. The media included in this show consists of installations, wood carvings, film making, and printing. This exhbition is based on the Greco-Roman teching myths of Janus, Prometheus, and Sisyphus. Kyle included a poem in his description which set a tone for his exhibition, “Fire consumes the body, it returns to sand./ The New is free to rise and burn again/ Water washes off afterbirth to nurture the forest,/ They build their own pyres.”

Kyle Kruse is currently a senior at Cal State Long Beach, he is working on his bachelors of arts in print making with a focus on wood carving. He plans on continuing his education by attending graduate school, he is currently interested in attending Yale, and New York. His interest in art began when he was young, he started drawing at a young age and made stuff out of junk from junk yards. His interest in print making derived from his grandparents, and their passion for art collecting. He enjoys reading on his free time,doing research on particular subjects, and rock climbing. It took him approximately ten weeks to complete his show, and his insomnia came to an advantage because it allowed him to work on his projects late at night.

 

When you first walk into the gallery it is extremely dark, and dirt is scattered all through out the floor of the gallery which sets a fearsome, haunting, and alarming tone for the exhibition. The three monitors that are in the gallery provide a looped video of events from the woods, fire, and etc. I was mostly fascinated by the three painting on the walls, they reminded me of “tribal” paintings. The painting where of different masks, which had the silhouette of an animal. All three of the paintings were framed with a dark circle as its border. The colors that were used for this painting were primarily dark colors. When you are up close to the paintings you could see that a lot of texture is included.

The exhibition provided many different images from the woods and I think those images along with all of the other pieces included in the gallery emulate the concept and meaning behind life. Similar to my intentions to understand the meaning behind the exhibition, the show attempts to question the obscure meaning behind life.

WK 11 – Classmate Conversation – Jennifer Mendoza

This week I had the privilege to meet Jennifer Mendoza, each week it becomes more difficult to find a classmate that I have not interviewed and I am glad I came across Jennifer. She is a sophomore at Cal State Long Beach and majoring in Computer Science, she said she was also interested in Psychology. I asked Jennifer what her favorite activity has been so far, and she said it “Landscapes with a Corpse.” She mentioned how it was interesting to see how people depict death through playing dead in a picture. After that question we began talking about our interests and hobbies, and we discovered that we have a lot in common. One of her favorite shows is “The Walking Dead,” and her favorite character from the series was Daryl. We started talking about our favorite artist and we both like 21 Pilots, The 1975, and Ed Sheeran. I found it awesome that we both went to the same 21 Pilots concert at the Forum during their tour!!!

WK 10 – Fiber Art Social Network

This week we created a Fiber Art Social Network with our classmates, we were required to bring a photo of ourselves, and connect our photos with our classmates based on if we’ve had a classmate conversation or art experience with them, and if we new them before Art 101. I thought this was an awesome idea because it would allow us to realize how we are all connected to each other, we may not know each other directly but one form or another we are connected.”Social Network” is a term that may be applied to people in real life and for people in cyber space. Dundar number makes sense to me the fact that it states that we could only have around 150 true relationships with people. With soical media and other online platforms we often mistaken those relationship as “real,” but I believe that we could not possibly have a “true” relationship with everyone of our “online” friends, it would be too physically and mentally demanding. Personally, I am not a huge fan of social media, I only use snapchat and only my close friends have my snapchat account. I think that I would only be able to have a “true” relationship with a few people, my personal number would be around 20. I like to get to know people and if my personal number was any hire I think it would only make it much more difficult to know these people at a personal level.

I based my Social Network on family and friends. Pink represents relationships (boyfriends, girlfriends, husband, or wife). Family is connected by orange lines. Gray is best friends. Lime represents people who know each other and get along. My social network is really confusing, but that is how social networks are in real life, its really really confusing but one way or another we are linked together!!!!

WK 10 – Artist Conversation -Daniela Ionescu

Artist: Daniela Ionescu 
Exhibition: La Blouse Romaine
Media: Fashion, Textiles, Photography
Gallery: Max L. Gatov East Gallery
Website: Facebook
Instagram: N/A

La Blouse Romaine was located at the Max L Gatov East Gallery located in Cal State Long Beach. La Blouse Romaine was put together by the Cal State Long Beach student, Daniela Ionescu. The exhibit was based on cultural identity, art, and fashion. Daniela include a quote by  Yves Saint Laurent which sets the tone for the exhibit, “A Romanian Blouse does not belong to any period. All peasants’ clothes are passed down from century to century without going our of fashion.”Pieces that were included in the gallery were textile, photographs, and fashion.

Daniela Ionescu is currently a student at Cal State Long Beach and is working to get her Masters in Art History. She also did her undergrad in Cal State Long Beach and recieved her Bachelors in Art History . She was originally going to be an accountant, but she decided to pursue her dreams and be in the art field. When she was working on her research based on Romanian fashion, her collection began to form. She mentioned that reading about the history related to Romanian fashion was amazing, but being able to see it in person is even better. As an art historian she believes that seeing these pieces in person to ten times better, because it is seeing history is person.

My favorite part of the exhibit was seeing all of the pieces in person. I am glad that Daniela decided to include these blouses into her exhibit, because photographs would not have done them justice. When closely examining these garments its fascinating to see all of the details and texture included in one piece of fabric. One of my favorite pieces included in her exhibit was the Men’s ensemble, which included a blouse, coat, and trousers that were all hand woven, and embroidered. This piece was from the early 1900’s, was “schilaresc style”and part of the Daniela Ionescu collection. She had two photographs next to this piece one with Dinca Schileriu (1846-1916) who was a creator of the “schilaresc” style and another photo from Valentino’s 2015 Spring Collection. The photographs side by side shows how modern designers are still influenced by fashion that are decades old.

Overall, I enjoyed the Daniela’s exhibit because it was extremely informative. I am glad that I was able to learn a lot about another culture, and how these pieces that were on display are worn during special occasions such as such, holidays, and weddings. During my conversation with Daniela she mentioned the importance and symbolism behind some of the colors in Romanian culture. For instance, silver protects young girls from the “evil eye,” black is considered to be a good color that represents “richness.”