My previous experiences with art objects is by all means very minimal and brief. I've obviously been in art classes that were mandatory in the past and created things such as pottery or paintings but never really found that is was my forte. My father used to come down and visit me here in Lincoln and he and I would sometimes go visit the Sheldon Art Gallery or at the very least walk around UNL's sculpture garden which we visited last Tuesday. It's kind of funny that I used to spend nearly one Wednesday of every month at the Garden and I never realized how many sculptures were actually out there. I guess my only real interest in art was in seventh grade when a couple of friends and I became thoroughly interested in graffiti as an art form. We transformed my garage into our studio and bought tons of cans of spray paint and went to town. Unfortunately, that fad passed and I regrettably gave up my once beloved pastime.
Before sitting down and analyzing Arching Falls on Tuesday, my only experience with the art objects around campus this year would only include passing them on my way to class. I would write them off as more of scenery, as my childhood interpretations rendered them, and never really took time to consider what sort of argument they were actually making. The most predominant art object on campus would have to be the chrome tree on the bluff to the east of Love North. This piece is known as Breach and caught my eye as I would walk to class and on my march over to Memorial Stadium for Husker football games. To say the least, my experiences with art objects, on campus and in life in general, albeit brief, has now left my in a rather interesting position in which I'm excited to see exactly what arguments are being made by these things I've been casually seen in passing.
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