Freshman Lectures

Within the last two weeks, i have found the freshman lectures to be quite interesting. Speaking about the guy who worked beneath his grand fathers shop, i was interested in how he took specific memories such as the one from the flying dutchmen and tied them into his works. Giving it more meaning to me, even educating me on the true story of the flying dutchmen while also explainin its relationship to his work. The minature rooms being, i believe a way of symbolizing the home of which the flying dutchmen was looking for. Also i thought it was still nice to see that artist hold on to their youth when he showed us he lovve for trucks. How he recreates and collect them. As in comparison to last weeks when we meet a guy whose art work showed through younger children. Here what interest me was the fact that he himself wasnt taking all the benefit for the childrens work, but was helping to convey a message through the children. By providing them with the knowledge that he posses as an artist , of the specific do's and dont's he was able to create community projects and turn them into art. Such as one example he explained to us how he made the hated subject of math into works of art. By using cordinates and geometric shapes he helped keep teens intrigued with the subject.So much that they were allowed to blow these shapes up and use them as art work to decorate the halls of their schools. Though at first it was hard to figure out how it was considered to be his art, once he explained how it is his love for art and the knowledge provided to the children, that in a way it is their art it all made since. It appeared to me as if he was an art teacher, and the childrens minds were his minature studios. its cool to see how similar yet how different the two artist think. Two weeks ago here was an artist telling us that a studio is most important, it shows who you are, and allows you to get your creative juices flowing. While in the next week here we are again before an artist who tells us yes he has a studio space, but its a means of storage really, and that his studio is out in the community. What i have taken from this is where eveer you are comfortable  is where you should spend your time, its not neccessary to have a studio if thats not where your prize winning art is created.