Awareness 6: Ilya and Emilia Kabakov

After seeing their work for the first time on the DC Trip at the Hirschhorn, I ​immediately was inspired by the Kabakovs' ideas. After further research, I found their art to be like today's trend of Conceptual Realism in art/ photography. The piece below, "How to Meet an Angel" was my favorite and most memorable of the pieces at the Hirschhorn simply because it reminded me of some short stories I used to read when I was younger. Also, it reminded me of the story of Icarus, but I think that there was another piece in the exhibit directly related to the story. These artists and their sculptures tie in to our upcoming sculpture unit in class, and I think their style suits mine, as I made a lot of wooden models as a kid. I was meticulous in my details for models, so I should be able to further improve my sculpture quality.
While watching the video above, I saw other medium that I had not seen before used by the artists (I had only been exposed to their models). Of the other things I was exposed to, my favorites were the paintings with dots/ paint splotches overlaid on top, particularly the paint splotches, as they reminded me of my abstract expressionist piece. I think when I paint with acrylic I would like to experiment with this as well as continuing to experiment with paint pours.

How to Meet an Angel, 2000