5th Artist Review

USF Centregallery

A Semblance
Works by Kaileen Schleith

Digital Topography
sketchbook,charcoal, glue, ink
2008
I like how she used a regular black sketchbook to make the laptop, and then she printed a map off of Google to place it as the screen. Very Creative.

Immokalee, FL
dollar bills, paint, glue, cardboard
2008
Here she cut out a geographical shape of the world in cardboard, and overlayed it in dollar bills. Then she painted a scene of migrant workers laboring in the fields. To me I felt the work was trying to get across that these people do not get paid enough for what they do.

Made In...
clothing, tags, metal, blood
2007
The piece looks like an american flag with blue shirt tags as the square in the top left hand corner of the flag, and then white tags dipped in blood for the srtipes. Very patriotic, but at first I was a little freaked out that she used maybe her own blood, but I asked the receptionist and she said she was pretty sure it was blood from a butcher shop...that's cool then.

Model for Exponential Growth in a Finite World
wood paper, phone books, mesh, paint
2009
I really liked how she painted a scene of the phone books on a kanvas, and then brought them out to life by laying out actual phone books in front of the painting.

Methods of Mass Production
cardboard, paint, metal, plastic, glue
2009
The analyis process of various types of manufactued products was well thought out. The work included cereal boxes, beer cases, McDonald cups and bags, cigarette boxes, food wrapers and bottle tops.