Christopher Saucedo Artist Lecture
Last Wednesday's class, we got the opportunity to go see one of our department's talented professors. Professor Saucedo is a sculptor who teaches numerous classes here at Adelphi including the 3D, which I took last semester.
Honestly, if I wasn't told to go I probably wouldn't have gone because I felt that I knew a lot about his art and craft before this. Saucedo is a great artist and I have heard many stories while in class doing his projects. However, at this lecture, I got to see so much more of his work that I never saw before. I always love hearing his stories because he isn't boring. He had a reason for everything he has worked on and talked very casually like we were having a conversation.
I particularly liked when he showed us his art that had a meaningful connection to his life. I always find it more interesting when I see a basic idea with a complex meaning.
I already knew about his second home being in New Orleans but I did not know about his brother losing his life September 11th. He created pieces relating to both stories of the hurricane and his brother's passing to amazing artwork. We saw pictures of a piece of furniture that was destroyed in the hurricane and then the next picture we saw was the finish product of the work inspired by that. The pictures made the lecture worth it!
One thing that I recognize from his work is how different they are. I feel like most people think sculptures and they think models of people that were carved. Saucedo's work makes you think and he uses different ways to get his point across. Most of his work was also tedious models that displayed one idea. He made a platform after measuring the height of different children and it ended up making them all the same height. That amazed me as simple as it was. I also really like the piece that was the exact same weight of him. He used volume and form in a basic idea but one that is exciting.
Saucedo's work is very different than I expected and I look to him as an artist because of his determination and creativity. I particularly like the way he expresses his life through his artwork.
I think you might've meant something other than "tedious models". Saucedo uses objects as symbols--what do they symbolize? Why does he repeat them in his work? How does he incorporate biography into his work?
ReplyDeleteValentina I also like the idea that he used these tragedies the hurricanes and his brother passing form September 11 from his life and put it to art.
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