the first thing that i noticed was the deatail on the piece. the facial features are so delicate that i wanted to walk up really close to look, which was nice. i then noticed that some of the finish on the piece was very shiney and other areas seemed more aged. i wish that it had an over all texture and color. i wish i coul d have walked around the piece, because i enjoyed the detail in the front so much i wanted to enjoy the back aswell. im a little bit confused about the location. im not sure what building it is in (although i guessed its the gym) and why is it in the middle of the floor ? did you intend for it to be on a larger scale ? if so could you have manipulated the images to show your exact vision. overall i really enjoyed the piece.
Gustavo, my man. Without knowing anything about your piece I really didn't know what to think of it when I came up to find it on a pedestal. I think this is the best way of viewing art; having no prior knowledge, so that you can have your thoughts clean and clear looking at the actual piece. One thing that I thought of as soon as I looked at it was the idea of struggle; the thought that a person can have many different faces or masks or the like. The fact that the images of your piece are showing it displayed in a pretty normal setting on Mclane's floor make it seem rather normal, but I noticed that the piece seems to be half man half woman, connected somehow at the waste; tied together, or connected like siamese twins. Maybe the struggle that i'm sensing has to do with love, or the fight between man and woman, or how some people are physically both MAN and WOMAN. The piece kind of takes me in a bunch of different directions, but that's probably because I had no idea that it was a monument to playfair that took place in Mclane. I feel like the piece has to do with the push/pull between different people, or different people's personal struggles or problems. I might be way off on what you were trying to say with your work, but that's just what I saw when I walked up to the piece. Maybe you should have made it more obvious what the piece was dedicated to. Other than that, the craftmanship is great and the idea is prominent. Well done.
the first question i had with this piece is "a monument to what?" the next thing i did was observed the piece really close because of the detail that was included in the 2 intertwined bodies. i noticed the welds, and they looked very clean, and well done, but then i noted some shiny bronze, and i was not sure if you left it unfinished on purpose. i personally would have liked the whole piece either patinaed, or shined. i am sure you could bring out some of the facial details with a quick shine, but the spots that were shined did not make much sense to me. the next thing i did was viewed the piece from a far with the photos on the wall. i really enjoyed how you placed the photos on the wall it made me think of the piece just because of the placement of the pictures, and the legs on the 2 figures. so then i started thinking what could this be a monument to, and i was thinking the struggle between men, and womens sports because the pictures were taken inside the gym. that is as far as i got with it, and i am not really confident in my answer. as far as the pictures go i really enjoyed the pictures with alot of distance behind them; it made the figures appear much larger. over all good work as always gustavo
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the first thing that i noticed was the deatail on the piece. the facial features are so delicate that i wanted to walk up really close to look, which was nice. i then noticed that some of the finish on the piece was very shiney and other areas seemed more aged. i wish that it had an over all texture and color. i wish i coul d have walked around the piece, because i enjoyed the detail in the front so much i wanted to enjoy the back aswell. im a little bit confused about the location. im not sure what building it is in (although i guessed its the gym) and why is it in the middle of the floor ? did you intend for it to be on a larger scale ? if so could you have manipulated the images to show your exact vision. overall i really enjoyed the piece.
Gustavo, my man. Without knowing anything about your piece I really didn't know what to think of it when I came up to find it on a pedestal. I think this is the best way of viewing art; having no prior knowledge, so that you can have your thoughts clean and clear looking at the actual piece.
One thing that I thought of as soon as I looked at it was the idea of struggle; the thought that a person can have many different faces or masks or the like. The fact that the images of your piece are showing it displayed in a pretty normal setting on Mclane's floor make it seem rather normal, but I noticed that the piece seems to be half man half woman, connected somehow at the waste; tied together, or connected like siamese twins. Maybe the struggle that i'm sensing has to do with love, or the fight between man and woman, or how some people are physically both MAN and WOMAN. The piece kind of takes me in a bunch of different directions, but that's probably because I had no idea that it was a monument to playfair that took place in Mclane. I feel like the piece has to do with the push/pull between different people, or different people's personal struggles or problems.
I might be way off on what you were trying to say with your work, but that's just what I saw when I walked up to the piece. Maybe you should have made it more obvious what the piece was dedicated to. Other than that, the craftmanship is great and the idea is prominent. Well done.
the first question i had with this piece is "a monument to what?" the next thing i did was observed the piece really close because of the detail that was included in the 2 intertwined bodies. i noticed the welds, and they looked very clean, and well done, but then i noted some shiny bronze, and i was not sure if you left it unfinished on purpose. i personally would have liked the whole piece either patinaed, or shined. i am sure you could bring out some of the facial details with a quick shine, but the spots that were shined did not make much sense to me. the next thing i did was viewed the piece from a far with the photos on the wall. i really enjoyed how you placed the photos on the wall it made me think of the piece just because of the placement of the pictures, and the legs on the 2 figures. so then i started thinking what could this be a monument to, and i was thinking the struggle between men, and womens sports because the pictures were taken inside the gym. that is as far as i got with it, and i am not really confident in my answer. as far as the pictures go i really enjoyed the pictures with alot of distance behind them; it made the figures appear much larger. over all good work as always gustavo
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