Gabriella Misiano

I'm mostly interested in how Akane Moriyama uses the space she is given. Her pieces are colorful and bright and when viewing them one can't help but feel at peace. She utilizes space in multiple different ways such as in windows, on walls, in rooms and outside. Her work can change the mood of an entire space and that's what i find most interesting about it.

I am drawn to Mark Dorf's work because of the way he works with the landscape to create such intriguing images. After reading about Dorf's work he takes a much more mathematical and scientific approach to art than most artist do by observing each of the subjects in his work. These images are attractive to me because they each transform images taken from this world to and make them appear to be from different dimension.

Olafur Eliasson interested me because of the largeness of the pieces of art he creates and the ideas behind them. His pieces that I chose are all interactive and pull the viewer in to observe them in a way that most pieces of art cannot be viewed. The experience is completely different than viewing a painting on a wall or a sculpture in a room. Rather than observing art people can become a part of it.

past artist’s works, the problem will become bigger.

Evolution is such an amazing concept. Putting a man holding a gun at the end of it seems silly. We have evolved into such extraordinary beings and to take away life with a gun seems so sad and absurd.

What intrigues me about Rachel Harrison is how she takes  unrecognizable shapes made from an unrecognizable substance and creates a sculpture with an identity. The sculptures have no solid shape and wouldn't be recognizable if it weren't for the found objects placed on them. For me, these sculptures seem comical. Rachel took a red "blob", put a goofy nose on it and put it into an art gallery. Although more can be said about these pieces, I think there is a humorous undertone to her sculptures. 

While doing this project I was forced to evaluate the objects, people and places in my life that define me. In the project I tried to capture images that I thought would be helpful to explain who I am. While frantically searching google and my computer for pictures of sports I play, places I've lived and people I'm close with it, it became apparent that the task to describe myself in pictures would be a lot harder than I thought. Although it was difficult, it excited me. That is what art is about. Every artist has a personal connection to the art they create and, worded simply, every piece is an "about me". This excited me as I hope to one day be able to create art that people can relate to while giving them insight into who I am as a person as well.