Frank Bramblett @ UPenn

I attended Frank Bramblett's lecture @ Upenn on the 5th. Bramblett takes small objects, which he examines in detail and then makes a painting based off of them. I found his presentation a bit confusing. He talked generally about his work before showing his slides. He than displayed images of his paintings next to pictures of random objects, places, and things. The images didn't influence his work. He just wanted to viewer to acknowledge that they could have. While I found that aspect of his presentation to be a bit unorganized, I was impressed with what he said about putting words to his work. Bramblett stated that he believes talking about his work in depth is just "art speak." He believes his work isn't about the finished product but it's about his experience while working on it. I found that interesting. It was refreshing to just have someone show their work and not necessarily read and artist statement off. Sometimes, I'd just rather see the art than hear about it.