[ART STUFF] Shea Hembrey's biennale

I was randomly searching for talks to watch on my TED app when I came across this video.

Shea Hembrey is a contemporary artist and the work he had done amazed me.

Because he felt that contemporary artworks nowadays are getting to obtuse and do not reach out to audiences anymore, he decided to plan and organise a biennale showcasing works of 100 artists all over the world himself.

He had two criterias for these works that he is choosing.

1. He must be able to explain the work to his Grandma in less than 5 minutes, which means that it is refined and easy to comprehend.

2. The work must engage the 3 Hs. Head, Heart, Hands.

So where can he find 100 artists that can fit into these criterias?

The answer is, he made them up himself.

100 artists, all different nationality, names, interests, art style, art interests, hobbies, personalities, he made them all up and took on the roles of these imaginary artists and made 100 pieces of artwork.

The artworks actually ranged from all types of materials, each exploring different themes.

But in truth, we all know that all these 100 ideas came from the same man.

Which is why this biennale is so amazing. Just imagine how creative he is and how knowledgeable he is.

Usually when we learn about artists' style, subject matter, they are very distinct and perhaps consistent in their art. But what about someone like Shea Hembrey? 

To me his art is like realising a dream. I am sure an artist always start out with many ideas involving different art styles. There's just so much an artist want to do and try but sometimes they don't get to try them out because they have a specific style. So his work is like "oh for all these ideas I have I am going to make them into art, every single one of them". It became hard to define what kind of an artist he is, it is even hard to categorise his works.

But I am sure it must felt fulfilling to see all these 100 sides of yourself gathered at one place.