If I couldn't be an artist i would definitely be an author.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Parable of the Garden
I was able to visit the Parable of the Garden exhibit only once. Maybe if I had gone more I would have been able to find a piece that spoke to me better. My favorite piece from what I saw was most definitely “Paradise” by Muratbek Djoumaliev and Gulnara Kasmalieva. It consists of three looping videos behind a small circular patch of grass. One video is simply a dim muddy landscape. The second video is a man reaching for the sky (paradise). The third video is a moving close up of grass. The second video was my favorite and the most symbolic.I know that everyone interprets artwork differently, but what I got from this is a timeline of sorts. The first video shows earth in all its stark depression. The second video shows the act of striving to be in a better and happier place. And the third video shows actually arriving in your personal “paradise”
I love that even though this is a very conceptual piece, it is still easy to interpret and enjoy. I wish I could have spent more time viewing it or finding out other students opinion on this highly interpretable installation.
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