An Artist’s Museum in a Box: Gallery Pictures

My handmade stuffed plush:

A textual manifestation of my manifesto:

My concept arts:

Container + Collection Explanation: For this art presentation/gallery, I wanted to show my childhood memories by displaying items (my collections) in my bento box such as a paper mache onigiri, gyoza, a recording of my family cooking dinner, and 3D clay bento box charm, in each quadrant. The paper mache onigiri was explained in class however, gyoza and the recording demonstrated time-based elements and collaboration with my family. Luckily, my mother flew into the US last week therefore, I had the opportunity to make a recording of us cooking. The recording is an example of my childhood memories of  making my bento when I was in elementary. The 3D clay charm shows that I have more room to add more arts into my life (stacking bento boxes).

The non-didactic panel: The panel is a made with black fabric (24 inch by 36 inch) with four squares: two blue (11 inch x 10 inch) and two sea-green colored squares (11 inch x 19 inch). It is a 2D  image of a bento box. It is important to note that my iconic image of an empty bento box is filled by my childhood memories and my recent works (my concept arts). My concept arts are specifically  for gaming and it was a homework assignment for another class. My future goal is to work in one of the top gaming industry thus placing my concept arts in my bento box has a great meaning to me. Additionally, I added my stuffed animals into it because I like seeing 2D come to life. I also really enjoy the concept of 2D coming together with 3D thus my panel and my container was not separate, but working together to create my identity. My textual manifestation of my manifesto only shows glimpse of my thoughts.

My thoughts about this class: I think this class was really fun because I got the opportunity to see my classmates’ art and their views on ‘art’. Also, I was given a chance to show  my background and my identity of being an artist. I would like to express my gratitude to those that shared their interesting art gallery and to the instructors for helping us achieve this. Have a great winter break everyone and I hope you all enjoy the new year!