Module 11 - Gallery Visit #2 - Burchfield Penny Art Center

Step 1: The Exhibition

Questions about the exhibit:
1. What is the title of the exhibit? Jack Drummer: The Effects of Time.
2. What is the theme of the exhibition?  The effects of time was the named theme but rubber seemed to be more of the actual theme.

Step 2: The Gallery

Questions about the physical space:
1. What type of lighting is used?  The main lighting for the exhibit came from small ceiling lights pointed toward the object. 
2. What colors are used on the walls?  The walls were white which made the lighting show more.
3. What materials are used in the interior architecture of the space?  The space was large.  Hardwood floors, high ceilings and white walls.  The space between the pieces was expansive enough to allow each piece to be their own entity.
4. How is the movement of the viewer through the gallery space?  The movement was around the outside.  The exhibit was more than one room but wide enough to not encourage going wall to wall but instead to suggest the best way to be staying on one wall and walking around to see all of the exhibit. 

Step 3: The Artwork

Questions about the artwork:

1. How are the artworks organized?  The artwork was organized with by having the bigger pieces occupying the

larger wall space and the smaller pieces the smaller space.  Having said that, each piece of art was large in

itself and was afforded a large space to keep it singular. 

2. How are the artrworks similar?  They were similar in the fact that they were predominately dyed and stretched

rubber.

3. How are the artworks different?  They are different in the color of dye used, the texture of the finished product

of the rubber and the shape of the canvas.

4. How are the artworks framed?  The rubber was stretched over the edges of the canvas so there was no

frames.

5. How are the artworks identified and labeled?  Each artwork had the Name and birth and death date of the

artist, the tile and year of the art, the medium of the art and finally how the art was acquired.

6. What is the proximity of the artwork to each other?  The art exhibits flowed from one to another with ample

but not too much space between.

Artist: John E. (Jack) Drummer
Title of work: Untitled.
 Media: Stretched rubber with tar and rubber stitching.
Date:_2004-2006.
 Size:  96x84 inches.
 Source of picture Visit to Burchfield Penney Art Center.

            This piece stood out to me because it was black and white in color and the white parts of it stood out to the point that drew me in to take a closer look.  Looking close at it I was able to see how the white parts were pieces of rubber coming out and tied together like a bunch of little bows.  The surface of the entire piece was rough and rigid.  Without a title it’s hard for me to guess at what the artist was trying to make with this, if he was even trying for an overall shape.  But what I saw a tree leaning to the right with the white the top of the tree and the ridges in the black the trunk. 

Artist: John E. (Jack) Drummer
Title of work: Untitled.
Media:  Stretched and Dyed Rubber, 21 panels
Date: 1995-1997
Size:  102 x 300 inches
Source of picture Visit to Burchfield Penney Art Center.

            This piece was particularly likable because of the color.  Each panel of the collective piece are individual even though some colors seem to be repeated.  The hues of the color were calming in effect.  Closer look at the piece you could see the texture of the rubber and how each piece fit together.  The overall look of the piece is reminiscent of tile that you would see in a bathroom wall. 

Artist: John E. (Jack) Drummer
Title of work: Untitled.
Media:  Stretched and Dyed Rubber, two panel
Date: 1980s
Size:  60 x 90 inches overall
Source of picture Visit to Burchfield Penney Art Center.

            This piece stuck out to me mostly because it was the one nearest the title of the exhibit.  Because in this proximity I thought it may be the feature piece.  It is two panels put together.  Each panel has a blue frame-like boarder.  The right panel seems to be a dark green color roughly spread over a white canvas as the bumps of the canvas stayed white.  The left panel seems the exact opposite, white over green.  The opposite color scheme provides a little symmetry to the final product.