I attended the artist lecture by Sam Moyer, who is an American artist who received her BFA from the Corcoran College of Art and Design and MFA from Yale. Her style of art is very diverse and includes painting, structures and sculptural objects. Moyer explained that she is fascinated with texture and objects. Lots of her current sculptural work includes metal, fabric, and marble.
During the lecture Moyer explains her progression as an artist during her education. She explained that she was most challenged in her graduate school because she was unsure what type of art she wanted to specialize in. She exposed that she felt very overwhelmed and like a failure when she compared herself to her peers. She describes one of her theories she calls “the baby rattlesnake theory” which she expands by describing how when baby rattlesnakes attack they show off and end up killing themselves. She compares this concept with her artwork, where she would try too hard, overdo her work and end up feeling unsatisfied with it.…show more content… She explained her favorite work is an installation, she claims it is her favorite work because of its mood and the light used in it. She claims this piece inspired her obsession with light and its effects on its environment. She also divulged that it is important for all artists to have a favorite work of art, because it is a source of inspiration and why one loves art in the first place. This point stuck with me, because I find it is something I can relate to even as an amateur artist. And while I do not have one single work that is my favorite, but I do have favorite styles and concepts. However, I never feel like I am capable of attempting the style of art I like as it is more abstract and contemporary. But hearing her say that is reassuring that I could be capable of creating art in the similar style I
