Labor of Love- Making Artistic Connections..

While I was reading the NY Times interview article with the Starns brothers, creators of the "See It Split, See It Change", it reminded me of my favorite quotes by Oscar Wilde, "An artist never sees things as they really are, if he did he would cease to be an artist." Their art work was chosen for Art in Transit at the South Ferry station where they designed ominous looking trees as well as maps in the shape of leaves. What I like most about these brothers is how they approached their design and more importantly followed through with this elaborate idea regardless of complications they encountered as well as cost and time spent. As Mike said, "We wanted to make something that could be entertaining day in, day out...It's simple and complicated at the same time." Mike and Doug's thought process is similar to my own. They establish these straightforward connections to describe their art work but it is no reflection on how intricate and detailed their art work is. Being an artist really is a labor of love.