Dragon slayer

This piece was done for my digital imaging class (2011) as a sir-real assignment, it was done in Photoshop with the only brought in element being the sky in which i took my colour pallet from. the image as a whole was done from scratch and took roughly four hours to complete to its current state. inspired by Skyrim, and dimensions are 85''x11''

kim vose jones exhibit

The adventurous art world gives us many who dive into new and exciting mediums, or new methods in which to use them, one such case is in the work of Kim Vose Jones, capturing the eye with unique displays of everyday materials and items in strange and exotic form. Her current display is what appears to be her rendition of body organs, organisms, and body functions made out of felts, salt, silicone gloves, blown glass, foam, water balloons, and even coffee filters.  All of which are arranged in little areas some rather large while others sit on their little islands of salt.

My first impression was in two words “other worldly”, and if you did not know anything about the human systems it would make sense.  Each piece looked as if huge spiders, or some kind of alien insect made it. Your imagination waiting for one to start moving as the thing trapped inside tries to free itself.  They could easily be taken and used on a movie set for the next addition to James Cameron’s Aliens saga, if not for their almost sterile vibe due to white and off white color pallet. 

The first one you see as you walk into the room looked like a giant male genital scene, with a bit of a limp feature. The next piece was directly in the corner off to the right of the first, which I personally took no interest in as I found it the weakest and most forgettable compositionally.  The one fallowing had a very fragile look as it was mostly made of glass, bowl like in shape, with and almost icy natural feeling to it. The next two were the ones I took most interest in and where the spider, and alien life form comparison comes into play. One had a lot of verticals, hanging from the ceiling or standing on their own. But very buggy feeling, like cocoons. The other looked like an egg sack off sorts, hanging with a stretched ripped open membrane, the eggs from within pored onto the floor. And the last piece looked like sperm cells stretched out from the wall.

Overall the exhibit was very inspiring for the imagination, with the use of simple household items and shape to make concepts burst into reality. The supposed subject matter was not my forte, but interesting nonetheless, even humorous and energetic.

I would have liked to see some color in her work, where the sterile feeling for such organic forms just seemed out of place and in addition which might make me bias but the sterile feeling makes me think of hospitals and not enjoy it quite as much, but hope to some day see more of her style of work as well as visit more of her showings personally. Its an experience where pictures just won’t do.