Review #4

Exhibition: Women, Sex, and Art
Shawn Wiggins

Friday, February 24, 2006 I attended the Reception for the Firehouse Gallery's hosting of works by Amanda Dickson, Kate Johnson, Danielle Kling, Cynthia Martinez, and Megahn Regnier. The showing was more personal than most art displays, because I was partners with Danielle, friends with Cynthia, and my girlfriend was roommates with Megahn. I may just need to development my maturity in art, but I found the display a little challenging to view, because of the relationships I had with the girls. As a man I realize the expressiveness that most woman are choked not to share, but I really felt like I wasn't sapposed to be their to view the projects. After gathering my maturity and a few pieces of cheese I browsed the selections. Each piece was very similiar in the fact they all showed the viewer a new side of the artist most, even friends, wouldn't see. Besides a physical expression I realized more of a eagerness to share from the artist then in most shows I attend. I learned a lot from the show, because of the fact I had to overcome a typical stumbling point for men viewing female sexual expressive art. Once I realized my stupidity I found a new level of maturity in the women and myself.