All the World's a Stage

Overall: I wasn't insanely impressed with the work presented, even though I dearly loved Markus Schinwald's "Bob", and Andrea Fraser's "Little Frank and His Carp". I like last year's exhibit, the Supervision one. That one was REALLY nice. And I almost felt like there was much much less artwork being shown this time. I thought that the idea that 'all the world's a stage' could have been more carnival-like, and a few pieces really didn't connect to the overarching theme or individual themes even WITHIN the pieces, such as Mario Ybarra's "Sweeney Tate". Sure, it's a barber shop. Ok. I dig it. But relating it to Sweeney Todd doesn't make me feel comfy or love the barbershop. It makes me AFRAID of the barbershop. I know he was trying to connect the Tate museum with the piece, and was also attempting to connect the piece to the theater by using Sweeney, because it was originally a play, but that's just text. I could draw a picture of a hairy armpit and call it Sweeney Tate and it would feel just the same, conceptually. Grr.

Individual: Markus Schinwald's "Bob" was amazing. The movements he created were fantastic, and the way bob tapped his foot is exactly the way people tap their feet. I thought it was a real man at first! Making a regular, relate-able, realistic man into a marionette is beautiful. If I had the skill, I would have done something like this. Oh, it really did scare me at first. I didn't realize at all that it was just a puppet. Is Markus trying to tell us something about the nature of mankind? Are we all just puppets nervously ticking away? Hmm. I just stood there, eying that thing. I think I'm in love. :)

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