Journal entry 3

For my third and final journal entry i desided to expand out of my comfort zone, i wanted to take it to the next step and read something i maybe wouldn't before. So while i was reading through all of the articles in this months issue of Afterall Magazine. I happen to come across the perfect one. The article was called documenta 12, written by Lisette Lagnano.The article was onthe artist Roger M . Buergel, who has returned to the Kessel bomb ( used in world war 2) left in ruins and filled with devastation. He started an exhibiton and had alot of sucess with his findings. It took him a while to finally be happy with his work and the final product, but he came up with a picture book and a cataloge of his findings while there. In the paper they qoute Roger saying "words obstruct the visibility of the art." I found this statement very interesting and got me thinking alot. As an art it is open ended, anything can be done and there is no right way to express yourself. So in other words the world is your canvis.
If i had deside what kind of artist Roger is i would most definetly have to say that he would have to be contemporary by far. He is taking this bad time in history were many died or had lost loved ones and making it art. So in a way i feel like this is real life art, taking as it hapened. Who would think that i bomb that dropped and devistated millions would later turn out to be art on display all over the world. To me just the thought of taking something bad and turing it into good is great. World war 2 was a big part of our past, and in a way it's like were not forgetting about it. It's still in our minds and we won't forget what happened. In some ways i feel as if world war 2 brought us all together in a way, sort of like the world trade centers on september 11th. But at the same time you really don't see a whole lot of artist trying to make September 11th into art quite yet. I don't think enough time has gone past for people to be ready for art dealing with that. So i think Roger picked a great time and subject for this art piece.
After reading this article i did alot of thinking on how important our history is to us. For the fact that the art world met the history world i think it's great. You could read a ton of World War 2 books. But, seeing one picture graphic or not seeing the devastation will speak to you alot more. I agree with roger some what on what he said earlier in the paper on words in art, but i also disagree a little bit to. I think it really depends on the type of art the artist is making. To me Visual art always speaks to me more then a paper would. At the same time thought i don't mind a little bit text to add to the compostion. With Roger world war 2 bomb art work, i feel that the piece doesn't need any text and that the images are strong enough to speak from themselves as they are.
I really enjoyed this article, having art and history together was a great idea and it has a very powerful meaning behind it that more and more i look at the piece posted in google. Taking something tragic and turning it into art is great, not everyone could probably get away with this either. It takes a great deal of strength anf vision on his part toget it just right. So people if your not careful might find it offensive, graphic, or depressing. So you have to have just the right amount to create art. If you find yourself with some free time and can spare a few minutes of your time, i highly recommend reading this months issue of after all magazine. They had alot of great stories this month and i had a hard time desiding what i wanted to choose.