artist blog: 4/3

Paul Pfeiffer

Paul Pfeiffer is a contemporary American artist born in Hawaii, but spent a majority of his life in the Philippines, then New York. His work displays a wide range of media, such as photography, film, and sculpture, revolving around a certain perception of his selected subjects, which is normally about popular culture and society. He namely creates installation pieces that are presented on small LCD screens, usually with a video looping. His pieces are usually interactive with the viewer, having the audience pay attention to other aspects of the video rather than the main subject. He also implies the viewer to create their own view and imagination into the work that he presented in front of them.

I thought his work was pretty insightful and different; I didn't embrace it as much as I thought I would, however I think his ideas and views behind each peace was more valuable than the final product that was presented.









Vito Acconci

Acconci is American artist that was born and based in New York that specializes in architecture and installation art. Starting off as a poet, Acconci evolved into a video/performance artist by using himself as his own subject. Some of his earlier works have risen tension and controversy, such as his installation called 'Seedbed', where he laid underneath a gallery wide ramp, masturbated, and voiced his thoughts and fantasies through a loud speaker to the visitors walking on the ramp above him. However, his most recent works are very innovative, mainly installations, landscape, and architecture designs that integrate public and private space, and how they can intertwine and interact within each other.

I enjoyed looking at his work actually. His works were exceptionally creative and provided an outlet of creativity that I haven't with architecture and awareness of space. A couple of his pieces that I thought worked out were the one he called "A City That Rides the Garbage Dump", because he designed the space that had methane gases release and have the garbage actually control the flow and action of the city. I also enjoyed the "Klein Bottle Playground", because he created this sculpure/installation piece that is quite ironic to the material, but conceptual.



Alex Bag

Alex Bag is a female artist who creates videos as her outlet of artistic media. Her artwork is more personal, but can relate to a certain age group, such as young adults. She is noted for her piece, 'Untitled Fall 95' which is about her surviving four years of strain, emotionally excruciating experiences, and the harsh reality of the real world when you're a young college student.

Even though it seems like a mundane, repetitive subject with barely any creativity, I once again believe that it's the underlying meaning that is more impacting than the actual art itself.