The exhibition titled "Adopting Spaces" was about the relationship between people and space and any changes that occur. The four artists combined all of their work to form this traveling exhibition because they were all working with this central theme. The majority of the images were large, about poster-sized, and framed except for one artist's work which were large printed panoramas.
The image that I chose was Ryan Adrick's image of a woman he met while teaching in Florence, but then coincides with an image of a train stop. The two images go together because the woman pictured is an artist and the image of the train stop shows many lines. I also liked this image because of the story behind the image. The fact that he randomly met her one morning while eating breakfast and that they formed this day-long bond with each other really interested me. The image of the woman shows her off center in a city background with large and very colorful graffiti on the buildings behind her. I think that the graffiti helps to describe her as an artist. The image of the train stop shows the tracks merging at a central horizon line and the space is very empty. Together, the two images were my favorite.
As I previously discussed, the meaning behind these two images are that the woman is an artist and the lines of the train tracks represent the lines that she uses to draw her images. The woman met Mr. Adrick one morning while he was eating breakfast. He noticed that a woman was staring at him, but then quickly realized she was sketching him. They then proceeded to have a three-hour discussion about the arts. He then asked if he could photograph her. These images represent that memory but also the relationship between the artist and the space/place she is in.
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