Tuesday, November 23, 2010

For Alfonzo: TUBEATHE DEVIL WILLIAM T. WILEY

Alfonzo Melton                                                                                                Melton 1
Orientation into art
Section B
11/20/10
                                                #10 Blog


 
TUBEATHE DEVIL
  WILLIAM T. WILEY
   1972
   Wood, tree branches, paper, boxes, leather, metal, paint, roc

In this so called art piece I see: a figure that appears to be a button, two bent sticks or tree branches (one resembles a fishing rod, and the other resembles a human stick figure if you add the button figure) crossing each other. Hanging off of the button with wire looks like a sheet of leather that was folded. Beneath the sticks I see a cone figure that seems to have been shaped from paper, also connected to that is an object that looks like a pencil. On the right side of the piece there is a chunk of wood that looks like a seat that would be found in a 1970’s shack or ice cream spot with a photo of a middle aged man who may have lived in the late 1800’s or early 1900’s. Lastly it appears to be a rock with a piece of wood or something extended from its side.

This piece reminds me of a something that would be set up in a movie to show a society of people living in the woods or, “roughing it”. This is something that I would expect to see on different movies like Wrong Turn, The Hills Have Eyes, Last House on the Left, and Friday the 13th. This is a piece that raises no feelings other than confusion and frustration. This piece does nothing but aggravate and anger me because of its insignificance. I feel like this piece was randomized entirely to make it appear that it was intentional.

If I had questions for the person who created this piece, they would be: what is the story, what does it mean, why should we care for this piece, and if this was created by another artist would they feel the same about it.

1 comment:

  1. GROUP RESPONCE
    - What is it?
    - where did all these components come from?
    - what is the signifigance of these items?
    - is it clean?
    - can you walk around it?
    - Human size?
    - what is the differennce between the front and the back, and what about the other angles?
    - what about the appendanges
    - do you think this is beautiful
    - some objects foun in nature, others man made
    - dunce hat / vs the t-p thing
    - Native Americans V.s the Yankies
    - is this ment to go outdoors
    - How big is it?? is that a matc
    - what is that thing on the rock??? it looks like an blad
    - looks unstable.
    - when did the native americans take over Alcatraz?

    it ooked like he was trying to encorperate movement


    WHAT WE KNOW

    http://www.williamtwiley.com/

    WHAT WE DON'T KNOW???
    - what is with Gileet blades

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