Journal about Frist Exhibition goes crazy!

Mar 09, 2012 14:53

I'm really sort of confused by this, but leave it to the people I'm staying with to cement even more networking opportunities for me - these people are amazing, really.

On DeviantART, I had posted a journal about two exhibitions I got to go to last week. I'll post it here, as I had planned to a while back (though was too lazy to reset my password again):

"Today, I got to go out to a pretty high end art gallery (the Frist art museum in downtown Nashville, TN) to look at chronological American art, where I saw some beautiful examples of the major art movements from the 19th century onward including a number of artists that either lived in Maine or painted in Maine) - I really especially loved the realistic paintings from the 'Ashcan School', artists focusing on the 'ugly' and disenfranchised side of city life, and a few representational landscape images. I learned a lot just from being able to see the paintings in real life, trying to pinpoint how certain colors were achieved, and appreciating how the paint was applied.

After I saw the American Art display, I also went to see an exhibition on 'Fairy Tales, Monsters, and Genetic Imagination' : D I saw some awesome examples of illustrations for fairy tales, and potential otherkin art, too, though it wasn't presented as such XP For example, there was a sculpture of two taxidermied wolves where the alpha female was putting the beta male in its place, but they were sculpted with human heads with wolf accents - absolutely beautiful craftsmanship. It gave me chills, for sure. Certainly a lot of human/animal issues and perspectives pondered in the exhibition. Also, there was really shockingly realistic model work of a human child leaning against/hugging a 'genetically modified human-manatee hybrid' - the sculpture was top-of-the-line film special effects quality. Outside of that, most of the other works of art displayed were more on the avant-garde, mixed media side that focused on abstract concepts of humanity's relation to nature. Quite an unexpected exhibition for a museum to give a go-ahead on, but I am really glad they did!! It's something that most people don't give a lot of attention to, kind of ignored and pushed aside in everyday social behavior and interaction, but there really is a lot of underlying insight in this realm, which the exhibition strongly kept in focus! Bravo, Frist!"

The people I'm staying with saw this and sent it to friends of theirs, including people who work for the Frist. At that, I was asked by those people if they may be able to use it, and if I could post my review to their Facebook page for the Frist museum. I had no clue, and I certainly wasn't meaning for it to be that 'professional', but I suppose with such an unusual exhibition, positive reviews are sought for to help people feel more secure in their decision to attend.

What was even MORE weird, though, was that somehow the coordinator of the Frist got wind of it, and has asked me to send them a resume and examples of my artwork, as they 'are always looking for new art'. O.O I am stupefied, and hoping that I won't have to re-create the resume I may have lost in the move from old laptop to new laptop - that's a lot of information that I can't remember off the top of my head!

Also, tomorrow, I will be going to an art exhibition to see some new work from an artist from Bhutan that the family I'm with purchased from. Along with that, a major art 'scout' will be there, and I've been asked to provide three images to bring along with me for her to see.

Again also, I've been asked to provide five images for an exhibition from a print and scan shop, Chromatix/Chromatics (I don't know the spelling), where two of my larger pieces have been taken to to get scanned.

This is insane! I really don't know if any of this will yield huge results, but exposure is amazingly helpful in this, and Nashville seems to be a major locale for artistic support. I am extremely extremely fortunate to be in this situation, and I cannot even begin to say how important my 'surrogate family' has been in all of this. Without them, I would still be pretty much in the dark about the art world. Also, I have to thank you guys for being so supportive and encouraging! THANK YOU!!! <3

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