Wednesday, October 14, 2009

"Add Elegance to your poverty"

While visiting the Midway Contemporary Art show, "The secret life of objects" On the wall was spraypainted "ADD ELEGANCE TO YOUR POVERTY" with a picket fence. In this she was clearly trying to send a message. I found a source that helps explain what she is doing with this spray paint on the bright white walls. (http://cva-oad-donegan.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-add-elegance-to-your-poverty.html) In this piece of art work is trying to tell us that poverty is everywhere. The woman responsible for this moving piece Monica Bovicini from what i've read about her is always tries to portray some sort of message in all of her paintings, drawings, videos ect. http://www.neoaztlan.com/issue-five/art/monica-bonvicini/ This web site is filled with a whole lot of information about her and who she is. I defintaly think it is a website worth checking out and reading into. Its very interesting. Back to this "ADD ELEGANCE TO YOUR POVERTY", It is black spray paint on a blank white wall. Its in all capital letters with a completely regual picket white fence. (obviously outlined in black spray paint.) (As soon as I saw this I wanted to hunt this woman down and have her come to my house and spray paint it on my walls.). I think the reason she put it all in capital letters was to make sure you didnt miss it, and to completely understand it. I think the picket fence is the like saying everyone wants that "American Dream" lifestlye, but most people cant get it with our economy or just bad choises or maybe because of the life you got brought into, wrong place wrong time kinda thing. With those big black capital letters over it...just makes you think, of how lucky you are and how lucky you are to have what you got and how poverty is everywhere...and why havent you helped yet.
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  1. MU U9 Maroon TeamOctober 20, 2009 at 4:57 PM

    OK Sam, you have a good start here with your description of Bovicini's work. (Did you mention the artist's name? You need to do that- and add a photo of the work you are discussing...) I like your ideas about the artis's choice of image and text. But instead of recommending that the viewer use your links to websites about the work, why don't you bring some of that external information into your writing as a way to inform it. It is your job as a critic to digest information about the work that will help your argument and/or educate the reader. You need to bring the information that is most relevant to your argument into your written critical response. You have located a great interview with the artist- now mine it for information and write your own great blog about the work.

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