Because of the snow I wasn't able to get out to the first Friday festivities so I made a day trip out to the venue exhibiting new work.  The usual mention of the traditional business issues related to art will be put aside for a moment to discuss the biggest aspect of the business of art...the art.  There are times when the impact of the art is so monumental that it truly makes you stop, look and wonder.  The work is so impressive and captivating that you can't help but want to see more of the artist's work, that's the best public relations model of all.  Having work that is so compelling that the collector wants to follow you around like a puppy waiting for the intermitant reward.

Gayla Lemke's piece "The Enemy in Your Hands", a ceramic and mixed media piece is the highlight of the "Image of Words" exhbition at the Art Students League of Denver.  The piece sits in the front hallway, just to the right of the staircase.  It sits on a pedestal and its presence is grand.  The work represents the changes the government, more accurately the president made regarding how prisoners are treated when captured.  It's presence made me think of the scandal in the south where the judge had a sculpture of the ten commandments in the rotunda of the courthouse...that's how much impact this work has.

Once you see the piece and then circulate I found myself drawn over and over to look at the piece.  It made me feel like Harry Potter being drawn to some secret tablet that holds the secret for humanity and in many ways it makes you want to be more conscious.  Can you think of anything more perfect than a piece of art that demands your consciousness?

Think about your own work and the impact you want to have...does the work say what you want?  does it truly get your message out?  do you know what your message is?

Impacted...
Greg