I was immediately drawn to the boars head that spews blood as i entered the gallery. First, the noise was very attractive, aside from the fact that it is a god damn boar's head spewing blood, Ha Ha. It was very reminiscent of imagery used in Lord of the Flies, where kids take over an island and anarchy results. It is also very closely related to some of the imagery in Saw, where a mask of pig head is used to frighten people.
I also really responded to the blood stains that amassed around the bottom of the of the bucket. I felt that this not only created some nice gruesome imagery that could get on your shoes, but also something about it made it seem like the instillation was part of the room, more-so than the others. Now the piece was interacting with its ground, instead of just standing on it and it was this fact that made me continuously pace around it, searching for something to smear, touch, or get on my shoe.
Another thing I really liked about this show was the rainbow room to the left of the gallery when you walk in. Not only did it remind me of some old 80's cartoons, but it was generally an impressive, immense work to take in, as it had reached all the way up the wall. These drawings responded with me not only because they were done in a gaudy, colorful palette, but also because of the expertly rendered anatomy, clothing and drapery, and hair. The way that these aspects, particularly the flowing hair, are rendered in an old masters-esc way combined with a cartoon, colorful, gleeful way just goes to show you that the artist was trying to combine two separate styles of art into one communicable way. All in all this show really impressed me and made me look forward to our show next spring.
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