I suppose I am partly to blame for having little to no knowledge about Paige Bond Gallery on Main St. so I did not know what I was getting myself into when I went to see Maria Scurlock reveal of her new series, and artist lecture. I was excited to go to a lecture outside VCU.
But my excitement was short lived. It started out promising, Scurlock gave a speech of hardship and how she over came severe hip/leg pain and surgery. Her very quiet peaceful work, all from a vertical angle suggest a longing for something. Maybe it is a release from the pain so it could connect the story to her work.
But question after question from the audience to make sense of the work or to give meaning to the choice of material, color, subject. Scurlocks lack of response to anything made her work weak and uninteresting. She had no intention, concept or even intelligent things to say about her work. It would have been a complete waist if it did not make me appreciate the lectures and artists at VCU.
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