Stremmel Gallery Robert Brady event

First of all, the Stremmel Gallery took me forever to find. Upon arriving (two buses and one hour later) I was not in a happy mood. The pieces on display right now are by Robert Brady. I did not care much for his pieces. It literally looked like wire and rocks hanging up on walls. I don’t understand abstract art, and this is what I would personally label it as. According to the artist, he is a mixed media artist as well as a sculpture. Which makes sense I guess…I felt like the colors used were mainly primary colors, which for me seemed a little lazy (I don’t know maybe I’m just grouchy). As far as the color went, they didn’t draw my eye…it just seemed like a last minute add on. The pieces even had weird names, like realm this and mask that. I just did not understand what Brady was trying to say through his work. From some of the digital artwork that we saw in class, I would put them both in the same categories. Just like the videos we saw in class, these pieces didn’t make sense to me. Maybe I’m just not cultured enough. Out of all the pieces, I guess my least hated was Gabs #3. Although he should have used real teeth. The piece consists of a ceramic medium and it reminds me of a shark. The texture shown through to me, something that I don’t think I’d ever be able to create using ceramics. One of the things that I personally HATE about museums is the fact that one is not allowed to touch anything. This is really difficult because I want to feel. It was very difficult to keep my hands to myself to say the least. Robert Brady is a local artist. Most of the artwork that I’ve seen from local artists involves landscapes and desert stuff, for that I give him kudos. Brady breaks away from the norm in a way that I can’t even begin to understand. I just did not understand. One of his pieces is literally entitled “Pink,” and guess what? It’s completely pink! On top of that, it looks like two four fingered hands. As far as inspiration goes, I will keep my eye on textures in my pieces. I will try to use different medias, but I am going to steer clear of boring colors and “abstract” art pieces because I still don’t understand it….Maybe someday I will. That day was not today.