The artist of Prolific Growth, Marilee Salvator, has set up a very intriguing showcase. It went from a huge piece of etching, digital, wood into smaller framed pieces. With the first piece being so big and bright, it catches the viewers eye right away and keeps them interested for the next piece in the sequence. The framed pieces flowed very well with each other especially since the frames were identical. The virtualistic idea of cancer cells as artwork was interesting because the artist shows how something that can be harmful to one form of life can be turned over and inspiring to someone else.
The piece that really caught my eye was the first one called Growth Patterns. It is made by etching, digital work and wood. This piece of art is made from various sizes of circular wood. There are different colors on each piece of wood and small circles that make up the designs on the pieces. The shape of this piece is unique because it is not just a rectangle or square framed picture. It starts off on a smaller scale, then expands wider to the ceiling and the floor and then back to the smaller scale.
The Artist's lecture on the showcase was informative and explained a lot about her work. She explained how she likes virtualistic and labor intensive work which was definitely seen in Prolific Growth. I really enjoyed learning that Marilee finds cancer cells so interesting to work with in her art and how they take over and invade a body, just like she used them to take over and invade the wall that piece was mounted on. She also explained how she draws circles and patterns of circles in her work which was very true with this showcase and some of the other pieces she showed us in the slideshow. I really enjoyed hearing the lecture and learning about what inspires Marilee to produce the art that she does. Through this lecture I realized that something so strange to one person can truly impact another person in a different way, which really makes me think about things.
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