Into The Art World...

Alison A. Malee

Art by jade khoo

Cast bronze, vintage sunburst and tole flowers, 130.8 × 48.3 × 31.1 cm, 2018

Though palpably absurd, and greeted by onlookers with some bewilderment, Alÿs’s action of dribbling green paint behind him raised the memory of the green line at a time when the separation fence was under construction to the east of the green line. He later encouraged various commentators from Israel, Palestine, and other countries to reflect on his action, and their voices, sometimes sceptical, sometimes approving, can be heard while the video of his action is screened. Most importantly Alÿs wanted to ask what the role of poetic acts could be in highly charged political situations, while acknowledging that the relation of poetics to politics is always contingent.

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Questions), 1991

Your iridescent mind Ale De la Torre Day of the dead illustration

look up at the stars and the moon, understand how small we all are and how immense the universe is, realize what a miracle everything is, let your heart swell with amazement and admiration for life itself

—F. Nietzsche, The Will to Power, §845 (excerpt).

An animation I did of my most recent drawing. Animating is so much fun and I look forward to doing more for future drawings. Prints available in my shop. Etsy | Instagram

Rough sketch VS final drawing, me edition.

For my art assignment, it seemed like the obvious choice for me to complete the “Make It Break It” assignment given by Amy Toscani and Carolina Borja. As a developing ceramic artist, accepting loss is something that I have had to become very comfortable with. So I found this assignment to be a fantastic exercise to aid me in my continuous practice of accepting loss within my preferred creative medium. I decided to throw one of the largest vase forms that I have ever been able to make so far, practiced a new decorating technique, and then had a guy that I have been seeing (yes someone that I don’t live with during social distancing, we both live alone sue me!!!) destroy the vessel. On one hand it hurt to watch my hard work be smashed in six seconds, and on the other it was incredibly satisfying to watch him destroy it knowing that there is nothing stopping me from making a vessel that I am even more proud of the next time that I sit down at my kick wheel. #theartassignment