Jean Lowe

I went to the Escondido Center for the Arts of April 17th for my installation art class. There were many artist to view. Jean Lowe was my favorite. She had the 44 x 94 inch canvas' on the wall. All of them were oil paintings. The series was called Landscape. The whole idea behind her work was to show the physical expansion of consumerism in America and also to show the time that has gone by a land that once was. I think that the absence of people in her images really allow for a different consideration of these artifical environments where we pass so much of the time. I really liked the image Landscape (Corridor). The image had demension and looked realistic and had depth but from up close, you could see all of the imperfections, its almost as if the painting went from realism to abstract. Overall, I loved her use of color, her techniques that vary the way the audience views her images. As an overall collection, I felt the theme really worked well with the images produced.

Christoph Draeger

For my installation art class, I had to research an installation artist.  I found Christoph Draeger to be very inspirational.  He bases all of his works off of disasters and catastrophes.  He also is inspired by Hollywood films and mass media.  His work is very crowded and all over the place, but there is a since of organization in his madness.  It is very easy to see the effort that went into each of his pieces.  I really enjoyed the piece called Black September.  It is an installation that recreated the 1972 terrorist attack on the Israeli Olympic team by the terrorist group called Black September.  It was the first widely shown terrorist attack on television.  The details that went into this recreation amazed me.  He used live models as the dead bodies on the ground and the space he created for the incident looked exactly like the hotel room that it happend in.  Also, I feel that the television in the room that played the recorded footage from that day gave this whole installation more emotion.  It made it real and in your face.  This is what Draeger wants.  He wants to evoke certain emotions from people, good or bad.  he also wants people to realize that although these disasters happen every day, we are powerless to stop it.

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Patrick's Benifit Concert, Event #1

On Thursday, January 31st, I went to Patrick's Irish Pub to view an acoustic concert. It was a benefit show to raise money for a new concert venue in Poway. My friend was the one to organize this fundraiser because he feels that the San Diego music scene is not as strong as it use to be. Each band that played was recorded. All of the proceeds from the album sales will go toward this new venue as well.

One of the bands was called Arm the Angels. Their sound, I would say, is a mixture of AC/DC meets The Police. I have seen them live, which is amazing, but acoustically, it was a completely different experience. The quality of the instruments together and the gentleness of the performance really made me like them even more. They played a song that I had never heard before. It was a very romantic song, and compared to their other songs which is all about heartbreak, I would have to say that it was a wonderful breath of fresh air. Overall, I really enjoyed the show.

Also, to help out my friend who is trying to get this venue opened, I was able to help him out and take photographs of the show. Many of these images will be printed on the album and will be posted on the website my friend built to keep people informed about the upcoming shows.

It truly was a great experience.

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Oliver Herring

Out of all of the artists' that we viewed today, I like him the best. I like how he wants to make this personal connection with complete strangers.

His combination of painting and photography is very unique. I would never think to ask someone, especially someone I don't know, to spit food dye out of their mouths, get it all over their bodied, then photograph them afterwards.

I think that this concept is very clever and creative. His images are beautiful and amazing. I especially like the eyes in the images of the men with paint all over them. He seems to pick the colors that really compliment their eyes and make them pop!