Art Work-Me, Human Hair/moss/wood,2022Submitted by crystallker t3_yfmsfz in Art
PhthaloBlueOchreHue t1_iu5vu3g wrote
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I agree with the baggy cheapening and distracting from the piece.
A baggy itself is an object, and the meaning of the object must be considered, especially in such an abstract work since it it one of the few clearly identifiable elements.
A zippered plastic baggy connects with concepts like disposability, cheapness, environmental destruction (especially juxtaposed with the moss), collection, organization, and containment. If these are things you want to come to mind, ok. If these are irrelevant or distracting from your intention, you should change the object that holds the hair.
Some other vessels that could hold it:
An organic resin shape with the hair suspended in it.
A glass orb, vial, dish, etc (consider what meanings those could hold)
A string could tie the hair into a little bundle to dangle from the hook (consider meaning string could hold or that being bundled or tied could mean).
wellhungartgallery t1_iu5zzhz wrote
>A string could tie the hair into a little bundle to dangle from the hook (consider meaning strong could hold or that being bundled or tied could mean).
Woa that brings in a whole ephemerality of the attachment of self to the object. where the moss even though it continues to grow and change, the hair not only stays the same as it was when it was cut from the artist eventually fades away, like the memory...
The more I talk about it the more I like the baggy, I just whish it was more stuck into the piece to have some sort of plastic is forever, environmental impact, the artists hair as the unchanging time anchor and the moss adapting and growing
This is the most I've talked about art in a long time... ☺️
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