Event Title
Watching Paint Dry
Location
CSU 203
Start Date
9-4-2012 10:00 AM
End Date
9-4-2012 11:00 AM
Student's Major
Art
Student's College
Arts and Humanities
Mentor's Name
Brian Frink
Mentor's Department
Art
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
How can paint be used as more than just a material but as a subject in itself? In my work paint is more than just a material, it is a surface. By pouring paint onto plastic I create more of a sculptural work than if I were applying it with a brush. Changing the way I apply it alters the way the viewer responds to the painting. I want to challenge the viewer. By challenging the viewer, I create a more engaging relationship with the piece, the viewer and the audience. It is critical to me to stretch the idea of painting to its limits. I want the paint to consume, and hold the work together. By pouring paint I give up control and let the paint move and mix on its own. I allow myself to paint a single moment that will exist in time forever. After taking the paint off the plastic I arrange the work onto the plastic into a shape of my choosing. It opens up very different ideas of what the definition of painting should be, and even the definition of beauty. It gives me the opportunity to break down barriers and explore my own definition of painting.
Watching Paint Dry
CSU 203
How can paint be used as more than just a material but as a subject in itself? In my work paint is more than just a material, it is a surface. By pouring paint onto plastic I create more of a sculptural work than if I were applying it with a brush. Changing the way I apply it alters the way the viewer responds to the painting. I want to challenge the viewer. By challenging the viewer, I create a more engaging relationship with the piece, the viewer and the audience. It is critical to me to stretch the idea of painting to its limits. I want the paint to consume, and hold the work together. By pouring paint I give up control and let the paint move and mix on its own. I allow myself to paint a single moment that will exist in time forever. After taking the paint off the plastic I arrange the work onto the plastic into a shape of my choosing. It opens up very different ideas of what the definition of painting should be, and even the definition of beauty. It gives me the opportunity to break down barriers and explore my own definition of painting.
Recommended Citation
Allen, Samantha. "Watching Paint Dry." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 9, 2012.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2012/oral-session-03/2
