Piss Portraits: a close look at the possibilities for human waste.
C Print
11"x14"
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Corey Armpriester
Posted by Dean at 11:00 PM
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7 comments:
that is frozen? the colors are very nice, you can play with lights. in some cultures the urine is used to heal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urine_therapy
why not an artistic expression, i think everything is valid if you do it with respect. interesting.
http://www.susanrobb.com/Portfolio/2000/1golden.asp
looks beautiful.
anyway, i like your piss portraits. very nice.
I like the confrontational dimension of this piece. If you don't read the title first, something a professor of mine noted that many people do at museums before even looking at a painting, there's an almost undeniable visual beauty in these prints.
I have to say "almost" because it's a subjective thing, but for me, the visual interest is staring at its viewer.
Which is then almost, almost again!, inherently mind shifting to find out what is being depicted. In other words, how could knowing something is urine not alter one's conception of the piece.
I think it's interesting because both the attraction to light and the repulsion from feces are probably stem from evolution. I could only speculate on why, but perhaps needing Vitamin E with the light, and making ourselves odorless to not alert prey, to be hygienic and ward off illness, to communicate this to a mate, etc.
In any event, I see this as spurring a more general interest in the visual realm by questioning the role the mind plays in inhibiting a unitive relationship with our environments (which is ironically describing the process in a dualistic way).
In terms of some feedback, I just question the process and how that sneaks through. I think the presentation works here, but it looks like it was put above a light box like the last pieces. Not inherently a bad thing, but it remained apparent throughout a body of work it would likely be a point of inquiry on part of the viewer. What would it mean? Would it be the best way to get the idea or image across? Such questions would be valid, I think.
Another thing that's interesting is the Ad Reinhardt phenomena going on towards the top of the prints.
Thanks for those links Romina.
One of my interests is the division between aesthetic beauty and conceptual repulsion of the body and it's components. Visually, the shifting color and light qualities are compelling. It's only after one reads the title that a reaction other than an aesthetic one occurs.
These pieces immediately made me think of Andres Serrano's "Piss Christ" (Easter!) and Marc Quinn's "Self" which was a self portrait formed from 6 pints of the artist's blood. And many other works that are composed of bodily fluids or reference the body, genetics, identity, etc.
Mostly, I think of popsicles, though...
I didn't initially make that link. Thanks for those references as well
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