Week 4

[In]Dispensable Excess has made the "New and Notable" section of Scene Magazine- the week;y entertainment paper associated with the Gainesville Sun. The reception will be tonight and we are expecting a lot of people- which taught me that catering on a budget means lots of hummus, tapenade, and spinach dips with fruit, cookies, and brownies. The cheapest things on the menu, but the most food to go around. It will be served with a really nice sparkling grape and cranberry juice, so that will excite things.

EDIT: The show went along very nicely. Around 75 people were able to make it to the actual reception, but there seemed to be a lot of activity on the comment book prior to the event. I expect that many more people were being exposed to the gallery than we could literally calculate.The show presented some true talent by the two sculpture seniors, and I spoke with Angela Gilland about her reasons for returning for a second show - (she also had a show in the space last semester with Daniela Ettedgui). Being the calm, cool, and collected girl she is, she bluntly stated that she did it because Michael, her partner in this showing, "really wanted to". Michael was absolutely giddy with attention the entire event, as he should have been; but this particular gallery reminded me, more than ever, that showings such as these are about the artists' ego, and greatly take away from the value of the works' core. I'm interested in seeing how such an event could actually contribute to the meaning of the work, more so than mere installation.