“I can make you feel better" is a mixture exhibition of a black artist called TylerMitchell. The exhibition contains three parts. The first part is a short film presented on a triangle installation with three pieces of screen. The fashion video shows that the negroes are picnicking on the grass by using a slow moving-speed lens. The floor is cover with soft fake grass and views could choose to sit on the pillows or simply lying on the ground. In the video, the negroes lying on a long picnic and enjoying the fruits or simply having a sunbathe. Everyone's face is filled with happiness and peace. The content of the video reminds me of the oil painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" painted by Georges Seurat. In my view, TyperMitchell is trying to mimic these beautiful old days but with negroes figures.
In the second part, visitors are supposed to go through an aisle with several clotheslines with fabric like cotton socks. The washed textile fabric creates an effortless and relaxing atmosphere. The third part is a photo collection. In those photos, the black models are either lying on each other or doing group activities. No matter what they are doing, the subject of those photos is the same. They present themselves as free, expressive, effortless and sensitive figures.
The artist used photography and video as his two main way to add vraisemblance to the Black utopia he trying to create. Typer Mitchell said, I Can Make You Feel Good is simply a declaration. He wants to put punching in this optimism.
The author gives me a sense of tour guide which he guides me through the exhibition via vivid description in this review. The author makes a connection between the picnic video in the show and A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by saying “TyperMitchell is trying to mimic these beautiful old days but with negroes figures.” I hold a different point of view which I interpret the picnic video demonstrates hope and desire to the unseen future, as well as irony to the reality. The author needs to be careful with word choice, vocabulary such as “negroes” are not appropriate to use.
ReplyDeleteoh!I thought that word is not offensive. Okay, I will use "African- Americans".
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