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This class has made a huge impact on me and changed the way I look at the art world. The blog has encouraged me to stay focused and engaged in the subjects and ensures that I actually show up to class prepared. I also leave class wanting to keep researching. Before I attended this class I didn’t really have an opinion on the art world at all, I was more focused on working on my skills in relation to my studio. Now I’m a lot less ignorant of the art world and I also find myself questioning my place in this world and how my work fits into it. Two subjects that I really enjoyed was the class on public art and the class “tending” in the garden.

What I liked about public art was the relationship between the artist, the work and the community and the controversy which surrounded the situation. When an artist designs a specific piece for a public are, but does not research the culture or aesthetics of this community properly, the resulting work will inevitably offend the public and eventually be removed. Examples of this are Richard Serra’s and Hanshan Roeber’s works. Public Art is a type of art where the needs of the audience are the biggest priority.

Similarly I found the social aspect of Lucas and Diego’s garden intriguing. I’m referring to the obstacles that they had to overcome, that were created by people within SCA to actually set up something as harmless in a garden. In this case, they weren’t really creating their work in a public area and even so it the garden was intended to improve an unused part of SCA. It’s interesting to look at the feedback for the garden and compare it to the responses of the community to public art.