Thursday, October 28, 2004

Scott Fife - Talk - Notes

Hello Fellow Docents

Here are some notes I took when I attended an hour of Scott Fife talk
.... I didn't attend the complete talk ... if anyone wants to share his
/ her comments about the busts and the "Big Trouble" ID case ... send
it out to

TAMDocents@googlegroups.com

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Scott Fife

Degree in Architecture : Univ of Idaho
MFA : Minniapolis MN

Lived in lots of places but is a "west coast animal"

This exhibit is a survey of his career.

Realistic sculpture

The Glove
Earliest work - created while he was in college in MN
He had a sewing machine - used it on paper.
The illustrations are very "romantic"
There's a tear - eaten by mice (it was stored for 20 years)
It conveys sense of past / history / natural aging.


Chair
Created in Southern CA
Lots of water in SoCAL
Illusion of book floating on the water
Swimming pool ; Banana Tree
Duck wintering in CA
Each side of the piece has drawing/sketches
Pencil is real; the process is on ...


Cardboard
Inexpensive material
Minimal tools required - exacto-knife; glue etc
Familiar material
Ideal for him


The process of the art is important - for him; and the viewer to see.
He wants to be very direct with the viewer.


Green chair
Created in IDaho when he was living near a lake in a cabin
It's like his companion's chair and TV
With self portraits
Feet of the chair have water-like marks
Green from Evergreen trees
It's intimate and insular at the same time
Chair and TV are everyday objects
There's water on the back of the chair too


Clock/Axe/Rug
Created in Russia
Spent 4/5 months from winter to spring
Slowing down
Melancholy piece
Fire is extinguished
Clock has run out
Capturing fleeting time
Not abandonment but goodbye
Out in nature
Features common / intimate things around him


Pieces created NOT in one big flash moment
But slow one-by-one addition to the scene;
Things flow into the piece


Curtains
Created in Berlin
Poisonous green
Drapes are slightly open
Everything is covered by paint/color/pigment
The texture is of raw silk
Unidentified woman
Reminder of American "pop culture" in West Germany


Red Chair
Created in Brooklyn NY
Expressionistic - scratches - suggests ownership
Not for sitting - thus on the wall


Aluminum
Created in Walla Walla
Waiting for a call
Created in card-board but the creation got destroyed in casting
Disconnection - the phone is off the hook


Bed
Created in Wall Walla / Seattle
The bedspread is like a plowed field
Perspective and vanishing point are not true for the bed
The process of creating the bed is evident in many places


Horse Skeletons
Saw horses when he was in Pasadena CA
They have a dreamy quality
The difference of planes causes some moving / animation effect
Connection to the domesticated animals
Magical powers attributed to horses
Not meant to be terrifying


(any/all errors are mine)
--
Regards,
Sanjeev Narang

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email: ask (at) eConsultant dot com
www.Sanjeev.net

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