Walking into Travis Townsend's exhibit titled "Ideas Rebuilt in My Garage While Contemplating Good and Evil"; I was immediate wowed by the extent of the work put into the works of art. The sculptures caught my eye with their intricate pieces and obvious tedious construction. The pieces themselves had hidden areas that held smaller pieces of work such as tiny chairs and tiny ladders. There were a few two dimensional pieces that went well with the three dimensional pieces. Together they showed a mathematical ways to the artist’s thinking and work.
The piece I was most interested in was “Another Tankard”, the largest piece in the gallery. It seemed meticulously and almost obsessively composed. The piece consisted of wooden pieces, string, and many other objects such as paint cards from hardware stores. I was drawn to this work because there was no one thing that had just caught my eye with the piece. I was constantly looking and finding new things to observe.
Travis Townsend’s lecture intrigued me in the beginning as he spoke of things that inspired him: creations, satellites and tanks. I enjoyed hears about how his work was never finished. He would constantly work on his pieces, sometimes taking things apart and putting new things together. I was also interested in how he said he had “stolen” his wife’s color palate for her jewelry, and how the colors seemed to fit in very well with the natural feeling of the wood that Travis worked with. As he was talking, however, Travis would mention things like how the titles of his works, and the works themselves were “stupid” or “dumb.” I never really understood why he would say those things about his works that he seemed passionate about making but his words seemed to turn me off to his works. Even though I thought his works were still fun to look at, the wow factor seemed to have disappeared at his words. Overall, I did enjoy the exhibit and would enjoy seeing the evolution of his pieces over time.
The piece I was most interested in was “Another Tankard”, the largest piece in the gallery. It seemed meticulously and almost obsessively composed. The piece consisted of wooden pieces, string, and many other objects such as paint cards from hardware stores. I was drawn to this work because there was no one thing that had just caught my eye with the piece. I was constantly looking and finding new things to observe.
Travis Townsend’s lecture intrigued me in the beginning as he spoke of things that inspired him: creations, satellites and tanks. I enjoyed hears about how his work was never finished. He would constantly work on his pieces, sometimes taking things apart and putting new things together. I was also interested in how he said he had “stolen” his wife’s color palate for her jewelry, and how the colors seemed to fit in very well with the natural feeling of the wood that Travis worked with. As he was talking, however, Travis would mention things like how the titles of his works, and the works themselves were “stupid” or “dumb.” I never really understood why he would say those things about his works that he seemed passionate about making but his words seemed to turn me off to his works. Even though I thought his works were still fun to look at, the wow factor seemed to have disappeared at his words. Overall, I did enjoy the exhibit and would enjoy seeing the evolution of his pieces over time.
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