Nicole George's Blog

An event I attended recently was “Picking up the Pieces: Work by Jim Condron.” This particular event was an art exhibit held at the Julio Fine Arts Gallery at Loyola University Maryland. I found this event to be very interesting in that it was very colorful and definitely caught my attention, with one piece after the other being shown on displayed. The art exhibit ran from October 27 th through November 22 nd , 2017.  The show showed around 35 pieces of Condron’s artwork, which the artist takes everyday pieces, and turns them into unexpected sculptures and paintings. His main use of medium is paint mixed with fragments. Condron takes the conventional and turns it into the unconventional, surprising viewers with unexpected creations. His use of color, texture and form really show through his artwork and pull the viewer in wanting to know the story behind such a creation. He tests the limits and goes beyond safe, creating talk worthy pieces.  ...

Right before Thanksgiving break I attended an event at Loyola, which discussed an innovative art project hosted by Joyce Yu-Jean Lee. Ms. Lee is an artist who is based in NYC working with video, installations and performances. Her main medium is creating tech-based art based off of how culture shapes truth and portraying contemporary enlightenment. Her work has been shown globally and published in several high powering magazines and newspapers. This particular event showcased Ms. Lee’s work with FIREWALL.  This project is lead by three talented artists who set out to engage others in dialogue about Internet freedom, through pop up Internet cafes. Firewall is an interactive art and research project that sets up shop and invites people to look at online censorship in other countries specifically China through the search engine Baidu. Baidu is just like Google, but the Chinese version and is much more censored and controlled by the government...