tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466314672723988836.post1081037609832277959..comments2023-09-30T00:43:13.890-07:00Comments on The Current Season: Review: Brian Alfred " Future Shock" at Miles McEnery Gallerymoderatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07653277482083573538noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466314672723988836.post-11553101959092023222018-03-02T10:06:47.985-08:002018-03-02T10:06:47.985-08:00I thought your read on the potential meanings of t...I thought your read on the potential meanings of this piece brought up some interesting possible content. I specifically think overpopulation is a theme that can be sensed in some of his paintings but wonder if in the piece with the white tree or the dark house in the forest if that meaning really carries. I’m not convinced that Brian Alfred’s show has one very coherent message in the visual elements, even if he were to cite them in a press release or to tell us about them. The question for me is whether or not that is a problem. Is the corral too big for us as viewers? Or does the open-ended nature of the message found in between these pretty different pieces allow the viewer to have a more poetic and less didactic experience of the work? It also might be good to specify why or how sharp lines give us a feeling of powerlessness. Is it because they feel digital and inhuman or is it something else?Madeline K. Rupardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03472689227311757724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466314672723988836.post-25074799370993064582018-02-26T19:34:26.830-08:002018-02-26T19:34:26.830-08:00It is interesting how you found "Enclaves of ...It is interesting how you found "Enclaves of the Future" relates to the other work. I think the work could possibly be aiming to depict light pollution in what seems to be a rural setting, warning of a future where there is always a faint glow on the horizon. Alfred's color palette suggests something more intense however which left me assuming it may just be a sunrise or sunset. Perhaps that uncertainty that we feel about the meaning or even subject matter of the first painting is meant to be applied to our feelings about our future as a civilization? That seems like a stretch. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626509801077660171noreply@blogger.com