This marking period, we visited the VCU Business Center to see a new work of art by their new resident artist, Noah Scalin. Noah Scalin is probably best known for his "Skull A Day" artwork. In the VCU Business Center, he constructed a temporary work that depicts the face of Maggie Walker, a preeminent African American, female banker from the Richmond area. This work, which uses perspective extremely inventively, is constructed out of clothes, which will be donated upon the deconstruction of the artwork.
While I find the techniques used for the perspective of the piece fascinating, and think the statement made (that the work can only be seen correctly through a camera lens in a certain location), I actually did not like the piece itself. I thought that it was a bit of a cheap ploy for a work that, although it shows technical skill, does not have much to say and is based on an image, two complaints I also have with my own work.
While I find the techniques used for the perspective of the piece fascinating, and think the statement made (that the work can only be seen correctly through a camera lens in a certain location), I actually did not like the piece itself. I thought that it was a bit of a cheap ploy for a work that, although it shows technical skill, does not have much to say and is based on an image, two complaints I also have with my own work.