JesseS

Jesse Snyder Artist statement

I chose to do this social issue because it’s always been something that has angered me to no end. I’ve never been one to be nice, but intolerance for something that no one has control over is over the line. I can’t stand when people use “gay” as a negative adjective, and that was the over-all inspiration for this project; someone in the room said “gay”, and it made me mad. I didn’t actually have that many problems with this project. I suppose the biggest problem was that I didn’t ever get my clay figure fired, so I have to make the background really well. Another small problem was that it took me a really long time to choose a quote to put on the bottom of the glass. I think that my art will be persuasive to anyone that sees it. It will definitely be noticed by anyone that is walking by because you can’t really ignore it. I don’t think that the white window frame is “working,” with the picture well because it looks to happy, and light hearted. If I were to do it again, I would turn the window around and paint on the white side so when I turned it around, it would be the rustic side that would be displayed.



The social issue in the first picture is pollution. The artist is trying to say that the pollution is destroying everything, and that it will eventually come to kill the nice things that are reflected in the ball. The person that is holding the ball represents death, obviously.