The Fear of Beauty.....and lots of explaing :D

     This year I made it into the AAU Spring by the grace of great marketing on my behalf. So how do you get into the Spring Show? The faculty votes along with other art galleries and only 50 pieces get in. I figured there was no way my piece would get in because of it's conceptual nature. Now the other way to get in is by student voting so I started my brief "vote for me" campaign. I herd I got in by only one vote........Shaaazzzam Student Choice Award! Then I set out to complete my concept for this piece with the installation....and that was the challenge. The original concept was to place the drawing inside a door giving it an illusion of a nude female standing inside of it (I will explain why later on). In order for that to work I would have to: build a frame around the door for support, extend the doors to fit the drawing, create legs to keep the frame from falling and the backing for the drawing to rest on. This was harder to do then the drawing. I really want to thank my friends for helping me.......Gregg, Gue, Yun, David and Joevic....you guys are the best (those are links to their work that also got into the Spring Show). I really wasn't happy with how everything turned out for the show. BFA and MFA Student Choice Award pieces were put in an awkward place and our pictures are not in the Spring Show online catalog. I won't say anymore lol.

     Why? Why is it an installation? Why is her face covered? Omari.....are you crazy? Lol. I believe in taking risks and challenging yourself when it comes to art. This whole piece is about fear...and opening my mind to my fears. The doors represent my mind and the drawing is my fear. I am afraid of women lol. Not the fear of talking to them or being around them. It's more of the fear of the power they have over men (or maybe its just me hehehehe). Heterosexual men need women and because of that need we care about them. When you care about something it always has the opportunity to hurt you. I set out to create a drawing that was scary and beautiful at the same time because women are scary but they are so damn beautiful too lol. I noticed that when you cover a humans face it tends to get creepy. I "think" its because we relate humans to having a face and if it doesn't have a face..it's not human. I really wanted my viewer feel odd but at the same time have this attraction to it.  I wanted to understand my fears and conquer it. I realized that in some fears there is beauty. Like when your first meet a woman you really like or when your nervous to talk to one. There is so much beauty and excitement in that fear.I don't know if I conquered my fear but I did make this because of it lol.

     During the Spring Show I stood near my piece and watched people's reaction (that was the highlight of my semester).  I honestly didn't care about the award or selling my piece. The only reason why it had a price is because I want a Wacom Cintiq lol....I just want people to see it...I want them to feel some kinda of emotion. I want people to think and ask, "Why?" Always ask, "Why?"

Enough typing..here are some pics. Sorry for the low quaity :(