Becca Vernon: Assignment 1

Kim Banister's exhibition in the Haas Gallery this part week had a great impact on me. I really enjoyed the processes she used overall. The way the artwork was setup around the gallery worked nicely. I didn't feel rushed to go to the next piece or pulled to stay at one too much longer than another. I think that was mostly because the works were all generally the same size with similar hues. Overall, the exhibition was cohesive and I don't think I would have set it up much differently had it been my artwork.

Contemplation 2 was one of Kim Banister's pieces that featured a woman. She has her arms wrapped around one leg, and is sitting on the other. It appears that she's naked as well. When I first saw this piece, I thought she used some kind of watercolor, but later learned she used a process that involved colored dust and a kind of oil. This process really has me interested. I think the colors Banister uses flow extremely well together. She uses variations of reds and blues in this particular piece but some element of the color makes them soften and muted enough that they work very well. The thin lines of her body add movement to the piece as well.

I very much enjoyed Banister's lecture to us. I think that her work does communicate what she wants as far as the processes and how she described how she works. One big thing I really too away from the lecture was when she said that we, as artists need to stop thinking about what we want to do so much and just do it and let what's going to happen, happen. I think that directly applies to how I begin my pieces and I think that will be a great help. The most interesting thing I found in her work was her way of actually making the art. I found the processes to be much more intriguing than the actual works that were hanging, and I think that was a lot of her point she was trying to make.