MFA EXHIBITION

Walking into the MFA show I would say that the set up of each work was arranged nicely and made the presentation of the work even more intriguing to look at. Walking in each room one could tell that each art piece worked together in the show. It was as if although each artist in the room had different works presented, they were still somehow connected. To me I think the way the work presented in the room is just as important as making the work. I wont say that the presentation of the MFA Exhibition was great, but it was good. It was quiet an improvement from the last show that we visit two weeks ago as a class. I think that viewing the show had me to start thinking about how I want my work to be presented and also who will I be sharing my space with. Well not really who, but what kind of work will they be showing is what I mean, because at the same time I want my work to work together in the same room as the other artist I'm sharing the space with. Overall I just what both my work and the other artist work to work well as a whole within the exhibition.

The works that interested me in the exhibit were Caetlynn Booth two paintings: Night Park and Twilight on Mill Valley and also Eileen Behnke three paintings: A Careless Song, The Rage, and The Things You Do For Love. With Booth paintings the way she depicted the paintings was showing them as diptychs on a 32 x 120 canvas. I like The view of the Night Park the most from the two paintings because it showed a deserted image where no life is present. The way the image is shown as a diptych and that with the two panels they capture the space and information of the image nicely. One panel will have the jungle gym, the street lights and the bench, while the other panel will just show the trees, street lights and the park bench. In one of the back rooms, Eileen Behnke had her three series of paintings. Unlike Booth two paintings that were shown as diptychs, Behnke's paintings were shown as a series on single panels. I think with Behnke pieces the think that fascinates me is the way she is able to capture a moment with her paintings. This still frame where one could view the background the foreground, the emotion of the characters in the image and some how generate a story from that. I think the use of the artist brush strokes and the use of the color is also amazing as well.