Today I went to the ICA to examine the works of Susan Te Kahurangi King and Ida Applebroog.
Ida Applebroog
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Ida Applebroog’s work was very interesting to see. Her work has a very childlike quality, yet they also have a sick and melancholic feel to them. While looking at her exhibit at the ICA, I noticed that her work seems very simple, but in actuality is very complex. Walking into the exhibit, the first thing I saw was a column of Zine’s(Image 2). If you read them chronologically, they tell a story through drawings. The interesting thing about the Zine’s is that they do not spoon feed you the story's; the story's can be interpreted differently by each person who read's them. This was also interesting because I felt the same way about Applebroog’s painting’s.
Susan Te Kahurangi King
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I felt that Susan Te Kahurangi King’s work was similar to Ida applebroog’s. They both have that child like quality, but of course they are also very different. Almost every artwork, that was King’s work, was incredibly busy. There was a lot going on in each drawing, and I often found myself scavenger hunting with each piece(refer to image 3). Out of curiosity, once I got home, I did a little reading on King and found that she is mute and that her drawings are how she share’s her world with others. Even though I do not fully understand it, I definitely have a respect for her work.
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