The piece Dotted Line stood out to me for a few reasons, mainly because it was the outlier in the exhibit. This is piece shows the heads of presidents who have been televised in their in a line on a wall. The presidents are detached from their bodies making them moving, floating heads. The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the country. Tom Friedman has taken that power away from them by shrinking their heads to the size of a lime and detaching their heads from their bodies. That was an intriguing choice. I also appreciated the fact that this is not a political piece. The title is not political and the artist says there is no political meaning. It is just the presidents. It is refreshing in today’s day to see a piece with the presidents not be connected to politics.
My second favorite piece is Wall. This projection shows what seems to be a hand push from behind some kind of fabric. This piece was sort of an outlier as well. The other projections were two-dimensional, but Wall showed three dimensions. It really looked like a hand was pushing through the wall of the gallery. I respect Friedman’s title choice with this piece. Every projection he has is shown on a wall, but for this one he decided to title it Wall. That makes the viewer think about why the artist chose to make that decision. This piece has a spooky feeling. The hand reminds me of something in a horror movie. I like when artwork comes with a feeling. Making art that makes people feel a certain way is hard to do and I respect Wall for that.
