Pricilla B Varner at McNamara Gallery

Pricilla B. Varner has a sequence of photographs are very interesting in that she uses words in her depictions to grasp the audiences attention. Her exhibit Persuasion was in the McNamara Gallery and her art spoke to the audience literally, not figuritvely! She had all of her titles in French which threw me off at first but when she explained that she did it because she most people look at the title before the work I understood what she was trying to do. It confused me at first because she had English words in her work and French titles which sent me mixed signals. She uses words to display the persuasion that she is trying to get across the her audience. She wants you to look at the words and see the picture behind the meaning of what she is trying to portray. One thing that I can especially remember from her work is the image imprinted in my head of an Eiffel tower. The french touches made the names of the pieces make more sense. I believe that the words are truly what make a person stop and think about the image itself. Last year while we were in art 100 I remember people making art works with words and would put random text in there work about skiing or anything, but they did not think anyone would stop to read the piece. I believe that reading in an artwork is something unique and it pulls people into the work and when you have words that relate to the work and reflect the artist or are there for a purpose you draw people in to your work.