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I finished the first 25% of my book. YYYAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!
So to celebrate, I went and saw the Richard Tuttle show at the SF Moma. I’m going to write up a little paper on it, which I will share with you all. For now, here is my quick 5 minute impression.
Very exciting show! I hadn’t seen much of his work at all so this was really an introduction to the artist for me. I got there just in time for a docent tour of highlights from the 300+ works on display. I was most impressed with the wire work and the small collages and drawings. A laundry list of things I experienced:
Line, and creating line through real objects such as wire, sticks, boards, shadow, through the negative spaces between objects, and through the act of drawing, using human muscle to create marks. Drawing as a human act of recording a moment. An intimacy between artist and audience by use of very small artworks and by not hiding how things are created. You see staples, tape, nails, wire. Creating objects from everyday materials. A connection to the world around you. modesty of means. Creating very hand made objects from machine made materials. In the 40 days drawing series, I saw maps, negative space, relationships between marks. loud and quiet. Lots of push and pull. Big and small, fragile vs. indestructable.
That’s a good chunk of my observations. I want to write up a paper on it while it’s still fresh. There are ideas that really excited me. Like simplicity and a sense of accessibility in his work. It made me excited about my finders keepers project. Creating art for people, as a communication, as a way of expressing energy and passion. Creating small pieces that aren’t pretentious. They are simple, adorable, obtainable. Like little treasures. personal.
From the video kiosk, my three favorite snippets of quotes from tuttle:
“art is an adventure”
“food for the spirit”
“we all have a life work”