Grind Time

In John Baldessari’s “I am making art” it seems that he is making fun and condemning artists of his time period for creating artwork that is garbage. Baldessari does not consider their designs and models as art. That is why he compares their work to different poses he makes. As his poses lack perception and creativity, as do the artists of his generations artwork have the same useless meaning. I believe he is trying to encourage future artists as well. By showing them that there is no passion in his movements, the artists should create something with passion and emotion. I feel that in our present time young artists do not put much effort into their work. All I see is something that a freshmen in his or her art class can create on social media like Facebook posted just to get digital likes. It is of today’s artists do not aspire to be in museums or gala’s. They just do it to be popular around their friends in real life and on social media. John Baldessari’s  point looks like it has been made decades later. On the other hand, in Richard Serra’s “Hand catching lead” I notice several emotions and possible background stories from his video. The lead that is falling into the persons hand is melting. It is so slippery and moist that he can barely catch it. I think this is a metaphor for the life of human beings. The hand that is dirty and tired is life. The lead falling are the challenges or obstacles we humans must face. At times we catch and solve the problems that are thrown into our lives. The rest of the times in our lives, we let the issues slip away and cause severe pain and aguish to our bodies and self esteem. Although life is tough, the last scene shows the person catching the lead in his hand. Serra’s trying to say that with all life’s struggles people must fight and persevere in order to rise to the occasion.

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