Spencer Finch, an adorably awkward and humble painter, strategically and carefully records the unseen world (ex. the specific light in paris in wintertime) while attempting to understand the meaning beyond it.
He showed a lot of his work during the lecture, and some of my favorites were his
Poke in the Eye
I really liked the way he described this piece, a "nonvisual phenomenon"and that the piece reassures him that he's real. Finch also said how he enjoys creating things that can't be photographed, that are in his head. Which leads to...
Night Sky, Over the Painted Desert, Arizona. 1/9/04, 2004
This piece is incredible because he found the molecular structure of the night sky in Arizona and recreated the structure with these lights. Wow.
Some of my other favorites he showed during his lecture included the recreation of the color of the sky above Coney Island, and recording and recreating the light at the site of ancient Troy in Eos (Goddess of dawn).
Some of the things I remember and recorded Spencer Finch saying were that he loves using indestructible mosaics - that he's interested in old materials. This is pretty obvious, as I feel he's part scientist, part artist. He also used the Theory of Relativity in casual context, saying that "When you observe something, you change it" it's all relative.
I really enjoyed this lecture, it's refreshing to see someone so intelligent come to visit. I'll be following Spencer Finch's work in the future.
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