Irwin’s Life.
The book “Seeing is forgetting, the name of the thing one sees” by Lawrence Wechsler documents the life of contemporary artist Robert Irwin. The book documents Irwin from his early beginnings in suburban loss Angeles through his journey of self-discovery in finding his perspective in the art world. Irwin finally pursues some unrealistic goals of stripping objects of art down to an indeed a perception. He started working at a very young age where he acquired discipline and ethics which served him well later in his art career. He was a below average student in high school and his major hobbies were music and dancing. At a very tender age Irwin somehow knew that his future career would fell in the art industry. After being in the military, Irwin enrolls in an art school where his tutors …show more content…
This story is narrated by Dave, a bouncer and art museum security guard. Hornby addresses issues like politics, sex, religion, family and financial responsibility, art and its correlation with individuals and the relationship between the artist and society.
The issue of sex and religion is a strong thematic element of Hornby’s story. In “nipple Jesus” a religious idol is made from the materials of common pornography. The image, as Dave puts it, evokes the narrative that Christ is where you find him. In the story we are told that Dave doesn’t work because of his understanding of art neither does he work because he is religious but he works because he has an inner strength .This is clearly demonstrated through his distinct reactions to the events in the story. He is a family man with a great sense of responsibility and he responds to his emotions with action. Dave understands the holiness of religion without actually prescribing to faith. In this context, Individuals are given freedom to interpret religion and sex in different
The book “Seeing is forgetting, the name of the thing one sees” by Lawrence Wechsler documents the life of contemporary artist Robert Irwin. The book documents Irwin from his early beginnings in suburban loss Angeles through his journey of self-discovery in finding his perspective in the art world. Irwin finally pursues some unrealistic goals of stripping objects of art down to an indeed a perception. He started working at a very young age where he acquired discipline and ethics which served him well later in his art career. He was a below average student in high school and his major hobbies were music and dancing. At a very tender age Irwin somehow knew that his future career would fell in the art industry. After being in the military, Irwin enrolls in an art school where his tutors …show more content…
This story is narrated by Dave, a bouncer and art museum security guard. Hornby addresses issues like politics, sex, religion, family and financial responsibility, art and its correlation with individuals and the relationship between the artist and society.
The issue of sex and religion is a strong thematic element of Hornby’s story. In “nipple Jesus” a religious idol is made from the materials of common pornography. The image, as Dave puts it, evokes the narrative that Christ is where you find him. In the story we are told that Dave doesn’t work because of his understanding of art neither does he work because he is religious but he works because he has an inner strength .This is clearly demonstrated through his distinct reactions to the events in the story. He is a family man with a great sense of responsibility and he responds to his emotions with action. Dave understands the holiness of religion without actually prescribing to faith. In this context, Individuals are given freedom to interpret religion and sex in different