April 15, 2010

Xavier Nuez


I discovered Xavier Nuez when I was at Art on the Lake by the MAM a few summers ago which was cool because I actually got to talk to him, but I thought that Ben would appreciate his use of light and color in his "Alley" series.

Recently he has posted another series called "Glam Bugs" Which I really enjoy. What else do you do with flies other than this(which is not Nuez's work):



But seriously... I think there's a real beauty to something so small. No one can really find that in dead bugs which most people are disgusted by.




I really think that it's cool that Nuez can make these everyday annoyances a piece of art. It definitely makes me think that I have to be more aware of my surroundings. That way I won't miss these kinds of opportunities.

1 comments:

Jacki | April 19, 2010 at 12:49 AM

Monica,

I know I wasn't too interested when you first told me that you were posting these. But I grew increasinly more intrigued by the work. I agree with you that there is so much we miss and disregard daily because we just aren't looking to find it. I think that these are especially intriguing to me because they are somewhat comical. I think much of the time photography is thought of as something serious, etc. But what I find encouraging is that it can be comical, too. What I think is most important is that it magnifies/glorifys the usually unglorified and disregarded. Thanks for sharing these.

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