Installation art .
Cloud (2007)
long wave (2009)
This artist appeals to me because of his use of space. He explores many types of big ideas in his works- time being one of the main ones. He has a good idea of balance and the way that things should be composed. In the work above, he had to decide where he was going to put each red sphere. How low how high they were going to hang? How many spheres should there be? What kind of movement to capture? Even though he is an installation artist, I plan to use these same principles in my piece to elevate my art. I want to pay more attention to slight detail, rhythm and space/balance.
Abdi Farah
(from the collection "Luminous Beings")
Abdi's work has always inspired me from when I started to watch him on Bravo's reality series Work of Art: Next Great Artist. I was always inspired by the way that he would insert his opinion into his pieces. He wouldn't be afraid to talk about where he was raised, the social stigmas that he faced or how Blacks are feeling due to oppression. I also like the quiet power that his art has. Something about his work just makes you ponder. I wish to employ this strategy in my final. Sometimes its the small or the most simple things that can have the biggest impact.
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