Thursday, November 15, 2007

Is Keegan Going to Be the Next Picasso??

Okay I truly doubt that there will ever be another Picasso. Yesterday our collection of Keegan art doubled. That is to say we acquired one additional rare piece of Keegan art. As part of the Make a Wish drive that our daycare is having we actually had to purchase the piece of art to bring it home with us. Does that make Keegan a professional artist?

This piece of art work, like the last, is very abstract in nature. It is also a bit self-centered, as Keegan used a picture of himself as the center theme of the artwork. This central theme is surrounded by a number of slightly abstract blue colored handprints. The handprints make a statement all in themselves; as they are a perfect mix of realism combined with careless abstractedness.

Although we only own two pieces of this artist's rare artwork, I know that there are a few other pieces in existence. The majority of them feature a medium of construction and fingerpaint; which would be quite at home in an abstract art museum such as the Walker. Once particularly astonishing piece features a red construction paper apple with smears of white fingerpaint adorning the apple's singular shape. Exactly what does this piece of art say to us? Personally I think it is a deeply moving statement on the state of the institution of education. The precisely cut solid-colored apple filled with a riot of disorganized patterns in white paint...is the institution of education internally flawed in some way that this artist feels a need to portray?

Only the future will tell what other intellectually astounding pieces this new artist will create. I have heard rumor that Keegan is considering trying a medium of cat hair and drool in his next installation...or possibly that was just the remains of a hard night of playing with the cat.

1 comment:

Sistertex said...

Ohhhhh Kaayyyyy.....