Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Artistic Event #2


     My English professor told us about an artist named Greg Patton and about this unusual creation he made.  Because of the way my professor explained it, I expected to be a little disgusted because I have never heard of this being done before.  When I went on the link, my mind was completely blown.  Greg Patton created an “embryo and put it inside of a Cadbury Crème Egg and made it look as if it was hatching.  This hatching Cadbury Crème Egg was shocking in a weird way.  I have never eaten a Cadbury Crème egg but if I had, I would never eat one again after looking at this.  As I scrolled down the page, I just became more and more disgusted yet amazed at the same time.  I have to admit that it was creative because it really looked like the “embryo” had really just come out of the egg.  I could only look at the first two different “embryos”. I glanced at the last one all the way at the bottom of the page and I could not handle it because I felt like I was about to throw up. Greg Patton is artistic; however, I think he is a little twisted in the mind to have created such a thing.
    On the other hand, his other work is quite impressive.  He also makes face jugs that are not as grotesque as the Cadbury Crème Egg.  Greg is a very talented artist. Looking through his face mugs I found one that stood out to me and it was the one titled “old wise puppet”.  I liked this one because it really reminded me of an old man.  The features were well crafted from with the nose to the mouth.  The unevenness of his face made me assume that they were wrinkles.  There were also excessive wrinkles on his eyelids.  What confused me was why he did not have any pupils and why his lips were so dry.  It could possibly be to add fright to the creation.  Overall I think that Greg Patton is a well imaginative artist.  Besides the Cadbury Crème egg creation, I like his work and I think he is very good at what he does.

Link to cadbury creme egg: http://artifactotum.tumblr.com/

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