Aaron Siskind

Thought it would nice to give some information on one artist that I have really attached myself to in a way. His work reminds me of my own. Well atleast his one series of Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation; worked on this series for more than 10 years.

Chiarenza write: Levitation, balance, equilibrium, the controlled formal composition: all are pivotal points around which life in all its opposing dualities operates. In a sense the Pleasures and Terrors pictures, abstractions drawn from the leavings of time and human gesture. Here he conveys a sense not of history but of moment of event, existential in its evocation of man's timeless condition, caught between ideals and realities.

Siskind believe that one most study technique and history consciously, as one might train for a race, so that they could gradually become an intuitive part of one's way of working.

Better late than never

I worked on a few pieces this weekend. I have been getting tripped up on the subjects clothing this weekend. I started messing around and just right now going to research on some different things to do. I will have to look more than just under the clothing. I was really interested in how the photography artist Rob thought about my work. He had a complete different look at one of my main pieces. That it reminded him of the falling man from september 11. Made him look at death rather than my openness involved in my work. This made me start thinking of different emotions I could try to involve within the piece dealing with color, contrast, and etc. Maybe I'm freezing these figures for different reasons rather than the pure moment they are in. Not just freeing the mind but also the body in a way. I will have to start looking with fresh eyes to see if I can get anything else from my work rather than the tunnel vision I was having.