Eric Gustitus Assignment #1

Professor Salvator's exhibit shown on Sept. 9th was a very well put together exhibit which captured many eyes. The exhibit was portrayed as "Prolific Growth". The artist put together the show very well by showing very deep depth in a majority of her pictures. They all seem to represent the same external meaning of the cancer like cells the artist had explained to us. The exhibition was set up to where the first pictures you saw, was the most unique, and had your attention ready for the following pieces of art. During the slid show there were a couple of pieces she had shown which really had me intrigued. The artist Yayoi Kusama was obsessed with the repetition of growth. Her pieces were Obsessive Compulsive work which i thought to be interesting. She speaks of us, "the people", as infinity nets bound together with growth and repetition. Another inspiring piece of work Professor Salvator showed us was that of the Tibetan Monks. She had explained how they would create a beautiful piece of work and then destroy it right after. To me this was unexplainable until she explained the ritualistic habits of certain cultures.

The one piece that had my attention from the first time i looked at it till the end was composition #38. This piece portraying a gloomy like cell had a sort of resounding affect after putting time into observing it. Even though theres no angles, there is a great perception of depth which was neat. The texture in the picture seems to connect everything together in a way. The color of this piece seemed to be a bit off color and hidden away than the other pieces. It seemed as if one cell overlapping another would cause a bit of shade which was shown very nicely.

I believe the artist was going for something beautiful in which the naked eye can not see. Professor Salvator had explained in her lecture of a drawing of a prostate cancer cell. To her a cell like this can portray beauty by just looking at the little things in life. The very many angles and shapes cells contain are themselves, works of art. In composition #38 it expresses both beauty and repulsion. It expresses beauty by showin the many shapes and texture in this work of art driven to me as, "Perception Artwork". It also expresses repulsion by the very dirty colors which, may or may not, represent some cells which have no life. Attending this exhibit, "Prolific Growth", it has allowed me to understand more intensely of how many different kinds of art are in this world. There is one thing for sure, theres beauty everywhere around you if you look