I liked the way Raymond Pettibon uses writing in his work to verbalize art and communicate humor, drama, anger, jubilance, and sadness. His work requires two arts: writing and drawing. His work ranges all over, because he has a very broad artistic spectrum. His work is varied, but always meaningful. I can relate to his type of art, as it requires an ever-changing, all-encompassing creative mind.
Elenor Antin work always tells a story. She defines what she does as, "inventing histories." The abstraction of her work with cutouts both confuses and intrigues me. There has to be a lot of thought that goes into her work, as the complexity is planned. She continues to talk about re-inventing herself as someone else, in alter-egos.
A great observation that the shifting mind of Pettibon reminds you of you...what is he trying to do with his work? Why do you think he combines the writing and drawing?
ReplyDeleteWhat is Antin's work about? What is she after? It tells a story...but what kinds of stories is she interested in telling?