The exhibition of the works of Sue O’Donnell in the Haas center was a collection of pieces on essentially the same topic. The arrangement did not seem to be in any particular order. The pieces were arranged in a circular fashion so that one had to walk cyclically in order to view all of the pieces. The frames were simple, in order to keep the focus on the digitally produced art. There was quite a size variance in the various pieces, immediately upon walking into the exhibit there was a small 8x12 piece. To the left there was a jar filled with what appeared to be the text from one of the larger pieces. A few other pieces were of various sizes, some were connected and more than six feet long, while others were large and rectangular. The arrangement of the pieces could have made more sense, upon viewing the entire exhibit, it was apparent that the theme was time and memory, however it wasn’t arranged in a linear fashion, as we generally think of time as being arranged.

The piece that I was attracted to enough to write about was the periodic table of her life, which detailed the elements of her life. While it was a stylized periodic table, the basic idea was that each block in the table represented a certain part of her life, and the common theme between this piece and the others was time, memory, and remembrance. It was a very geometric piece, consisting of bold lined squares, in a dodecagon configuration. Furthermore, there was the use of secondary and primary colors. These included pink, black, white, light cyan, yellow, orange, mauve and teal green. The periodic table had 38 elements in it. Each was numbered, and easily readable, in a very scientific manner. This piece was very neatly done.

The meaning behind the periodic table would be obvious even if the piece was taken by itself. Each square was a separate word that had significance to the artist; each word was a special part of her life. This related to memories, and pointed towards the future, for example boyfriends is probably a past memory, assuming that the spouse in the familial period is current. One thing that this periodic table is missing is periodic trends. Furthermore the arrangement of the elements themselves doesn’t make scientific sense. However, at first glance the periodic table is a neat way to arrange the elements of her life.