Don't eat yellow snow, embrace it for all its beauty
Just when I thought art has reached its highest level of absurdity, I was wrong. Apparently, in Milwaukee artists are turning snow into a canvas, and using their urine as the medium. YUCK! This just shows how deprived Milwaukee artists are of warm weather, if they have to resort to this. What about ice skates, can't we find art in the marks that ice skates leave behind in the ice? Mike Breener, the director of Hotcakes, a contemporary fine arts gallery, presented the exhibition, "Yellow Snow," yesterday. Seven artists participated, one of which is from Austria. Their images ranged from cats/dog to stars to a more abstract expression of circles that are reminiscent of the Spiral Jetty. Surely writing your name in the snow is too conventional for these artists that have a larger vision of animals and swirls. Where's the political message, is there any iconography present? No, Brenner claims that its just art for fun. Ladifrickindah!
And another thing, this artform is sexist! I, being a female, could not possibly attempt such a masterpiece. Surprisingly enough, there were two women in the exhibition, obviously two very talented women, that know something that I don't.
Breener was inspired one cold winter day while walking his dog, how sweet. I wonder where this exhibition would have gone if the dog would have taken a dump.
Check out the exhibition and a related news article:
http://www.hotcakesgallery.com/yellow-snow/
http://www.mkeonline.com/story.asp?id=307767

2 Comments:
Absurd is putting it kindly. Excellent blog as usual, I find each entry interesting and educational. Keep blogging.
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