Complicating

I went to the exhibit Complicating by artist Kim Millspaugh :] in the Center Gallery at the Marshall Center. The artist explores the process of artmaking through the domestic space. She used a mix of installing the works of bundled knitted yarn on and around thin wooden formations. She used photography and paint in comparison next to each other. She also compared her own knitted shapes to other fabric either hung in the closet or out on the floor. From what I recieved, I felt like the artist kept referring to the process of artmaking using a variety of materials, thus exploring the vast possibilities of what art could be. The colorful clothes together took on a bright motion of its own, as the pieces were all formally successful. As I was walking by, I overheard her say the the living room is her studio and felt the pieces shifted even more so into the domestic sphere, where the process was being taken place. The comparison with her daughter and her kitten added an innocent feel to the entire exhibit and complimented her color choices well. The child could represent a youth in the process of artmaking or it could simply be what the artist sees and uses inspiration from to create.