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15 May 2005
Kearney, NE
The faculty art show at the museum
Ok, none of the people in the gallery seemed ot know what to make of the faculty art. There were no program notes. This is what I think this piece of art might be about:
The main theme of this piece is stars. The pointy parts form an off-kilter star shape. The rope in the middle forms a star and the pointy things are filled with star-fishy-looking things that look like they are ice (but of course, are not)
Stars are a patriotic symbol. The colors of three of the points are red, white and blue which also implies a patriotism. However, there is a certain tension in this symbolism. Two of the points are a brownish black color. They are not a patriotic color, but they are part of the star. This may imply a symbolism of parts of the country that are left out of the official representation, but they make up an integral part of this star.
All of the pointy parts are facing different directions. They have wheels and can move around. Indeed, the blue piece has moved somewhat to disrupt the star shape. The rope that connects them is not tied off at the end. The star shape is thus fragile and mutable. The whole could come apart and reform in a different way. Adding to a sense of fragility is the icy appearance of the stars inside the pointy things. They are whole now, but are prone to melting.
It is only the combined placement of the pieces that maintain the star shape. The piece is frozen in a moment in time, with a strong possibility of melting. If the pices do not work in tandem, the whole will fall apart.
Therefore, I think the piece is a symbol for our country and the importance of working together to maintain a whole. This unity is currently imperrilled by the drifting piece, but it is always imperilled because the form is inherently fragile.
I wish they had adequately label the piece so I could tell you a title or an artist. Alas.
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