Full Mark

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     In one of the exhibits I have visited in Sacramento State, Kim Abeles Introduced her work towards her viewers. Kim Abeles is a mixed media artist who based her work towards a stop against pollution, a commonly known issue we faced within our world. Through her collection of artwork, she uses any leftover material as well as ashes of smog mixed over her experience and travels and uses them to make her own assemblages; these captured images, sculptures and other artworks she has made are meant to be a record she has engraved throughout that period in time. With the idea of pollution she uses the term smog within her artwork to represent the idea of what is going on within her work, and gives us an idea of what she conveys within her work, a footprint to be exact. 

    One Collection of artwork I had some interest in exploring her artwork would be the mapping and marking. Within this collection, she has made an assortment of photography and engravings within these compositions; these compositions give us a good idea of what she has captured though her trip around the US. When I have observed her collection of photographs, I have noticed that she has copies of that version beside them as well, copies that depict stencil versions of the original photographs. Abeles has ways of portraying her story through her art, as well as relaying her messages with the idea of pollution (or "smog"); With Abeles' collection of smog artworks, she has made her work conceptualized. How she conceptualizes her work is through the message of pollution, pollution that people have to realize that the world has been facing for years. Going back to her photographs in her Mapping and Marking, I believe her purpose was to relay that similar message as well. How she relays that similar messages is through making the stencils out of the negative silver print images from the original photos which were made out of repurposed acrylic mixed with ashes from smog. These stencils should have a message that not all things we see in our point of view is as good as what we think we believe; looks can be deceiving towards some people's eyes, and the smog above one of the stencils of the photos represents it really well with the sky clustered with smoke.



        Another subsection of artworks she has made within Maps and Markings contain numerous drawings she created throughout her trip in Los Angeles. These engravings were also repurposed with ashes mixed with repurposed acrylic as well; these engravings represent a collection of animals ranging from deer, horses and bulls. These two engraved drawings also represent an event in her life where Police enforcement tried to take care of forest fires that occurred within Los Angeles, as well as the events that transpired after the fire damaging homes and endangering species that lived within these forests. Not only was Abeles portraying her views on forest fires, but to represent symbols that would help describe these events, and what ideal way to use animals to symbolize this event. Since animals usually live in forests, she has decided to engrave them through this work as well. Her message, as well as her conceptual idea, was to not only spread her ideals of pollution, but to remind us of the dangers of what pollution can do as well, such as starting forest fires.



   Overall, Maps and Markings was probably the best collection of artwork she has presented within the exhibit. Her idea to mix ashes of smog with some of the materials she has collected, she has created these to add some interesting details through her collection, as well as making her message clear towards her viewers. It is one of my favorite artworks I was intrigued in and probably something to remember when seeing these paintings and photographs.

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