I really enjoyed parts of the article from Jennings. I think the idea surrounding the abstract and abstraction are extremely interesting because they are just so varied. I particularly like they way Jennings uses the example of the abstract and when on page 3 Sanchez say "the moving image is already an abstraction, the abstract is all around us". That's not something I really thought about in that way before but I like how than furthers the idea of abstraction. Because it is such an interest of mine in my own work, I liked the part that was included about artists Jennifer West and Elaine Sturtevant. I think that their approach at a re-imaging or re-make of two very well known pieces of art produced by males is a definition of abstraction that is often overlooked or even excluded when it conveys the same style of work that other abstraction works.
I really enjoyed the part of the Jennings article that talked about Benglis's Female Sensibility and when she talks about how she treats her companion less as if she were a lover and more an abstract sculpture in formation. I think that is an interesting way to talk about the body as an art form of abstraction.
Because I have not really discussed the topic of transmission, I wonder how people view the relationship between the abstract and transmission specifically applicable to the work of still art and video art?
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