Cai Guo-Qiang, Light Passage -- Autumn

I had seen this artist before but I fell in love with his work after seeing it in person in Philly. The photo definitely doesn't do his work justice. Guo-Qiang uses gun powder to create his works. He literally blows up his art. Yet the results look amazingly ephemeral and airy and I love it. This work represents a part of a four part series of the seasons. The coloring and the floating quality of this one makes me think of Fall. There was also an installation in the gallery called Fallen Blossoms where he hung a trail of golden leaves about ten feet from the ground. Again, amazingly beautiful. One of my new favorite artists to watch.

J.M.W. Turner, Burning of the Houses of Parliament

I adore Turner's work. I think he was really ahead of his time. This painting is just beautiful and I love the abstract quality of the brush work. The way that he is able to make the colors glow with that brilliant yellow is just phenomenal. I love that you can feel his passion through his paintings. Really fantastic image and I got to see it recently in Philadelphia.

The Waiting is the Hardest Part

Haven't blogged in quite a while. Not sure why exactly. Partly a lack of inspiration, partly because my time has been consumed by a combination of work and John's visit. So John has been here a while and he's kind of moving in. I'm still fuzzy on the details. This has caused a bit of trouble with the roommate. I think things are going to be ok, but now there is a bit of animosity between the two.

Anyway, getting into the month of March has been a bit of a stress on me as far as my thesis goes. So far this semester, things have been very go with the flow and allow things to progress as they will. But after a progress meeting on Monday, my March is now full of imminent deadlines. By Monday, have a thesis. In two weeks, turn in an outline. And by the end of the month, finish a first draft. It's all somehow becoming very real. And I'm still struggling a bit to find a direction. I think I want to continue with environmentalism and feminism but I'm not really finding a way to combine the two approaches. Mini-scholarly crisis which has to be solved by Monday.

Once again, I'm going to attempt to recommit myself to this blog and post more often. Gotta find more art that gets me excited though. I wish I could be in NYC this weekend because it is the opening of the Whitney Biennial and the Armory Show. Two major events for contemporary art that I would kill to be a part of.