MULTIMEDIA AND INSTALLATION ART
FMX 463-T • FALL 2018
FMX 463-T • FALL 2018
Mel Chin was born in Houston, Texas in 1951. He is not only an artist wut a world-renowned writer as well. He uses a wide variety of approaches in his are, from doing solo works to works that require multi-disciplinary, collaborative teamwork. He uses his art to provoke greater social awareness and responsibility. He does this by placing his art pieces inside of unique places, like destroyed homes, television and toxic landfills.
I choose to study and write about Mr. Chin because, in studying his unique art, I became connected to his pieces, they all have meaning and stand for something. I love the unique way that he uses art to provoke something inside of the viewer, and the many different avenues he uses to accomplish this. Here are some examples.
Political
Look under your feet and you will see people with their eyes open, buried in mass graves.
Ecology
Cli-mate is a way to change the way humans behave worldwide.
Mapping
Looking into the origins of words form and materials.
Artist Statement
“The survival of my own ideas may not be as important as a condition I might create for others’ ideas to be realized,”Mel Chin. (https://art21.org/artist/mel-chin/Web, 11/2/2018).
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