Thursday, September 27, 2012

Wade Guyton's Computer "Painting"


Check out this article on artist Wade Guyton's mid-career show at the Whitney.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/arts/design/wade-guytons-computer-made-works-at-the-whitney.html?pagewanted=1&ref=design

Interesting article, but  I find a common problem with this work and much of what I am not a big fan of today...either, as is the case here, the concept is entirely more interesting than the finished product...or the finished product is simply "there" with no real meaning or purpose.

Not to say my opinion is correct or that Guyton's work isn't impressive, just from the view I have, I find the idea behind WHY he does these works 100% more interesting and engaging than the actual finished work...almost like you could take any work he's made with this concept and get the same effect as the next one...and the next one...and the next one...

I guess I would just, personally,  like a more even product. I don't want to look at a piece and wish I had a statement to read just as much as I don't want to read a statement and be disappointed in what resulted. I think I'd like it somewhere in the middle...or at best having both equally engaging at the highest level.

I'm sure the experience totally changes seeing it at full scale, enveloping your entire body...but I still think I'd have more interest in reading about the piece than looking straight at it.

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