Wk 5- Visiting Artists- Bobi Bosson
2 min readSep 27, 2020
- During class this past week, we were able to meet Bobi Bosson. She is a multi-media artist, however, she didn’t start with that particular career in mind. Her interest of art began in high school and she decided to pursue a career in animation. Unfortunately, she soon found out that animation lacked in-depth details. Bobi then shifted her focus on to painting, sculpting, and screen printing. Each discipline of art worked with her strengths, which finally led her to combine all three to become an interdisciplinary artist. Her artwork is not specifically targeted to one audience, but has a tendency to speak to feminists, entomologists and environmentalists.
- Bobi’s artwork is eye catching, with each of her pieces containing bright pops of color. Each piece of work tends to have very minimal straight line work. For example her sculpture “Come At Me Bro”, has a rust-colored finish on some areas along with the bright orange butterflies which provides a contrast that brings the sculpture to life. The lines of the body shape of the sculpture were curvaceous and flattering. Bobi’s artwork ranges from medium to very large, so the emotions she tries to portray in each piece can be read throughout the whole room.
- Overall, her artwork is thought provoking. Not the all-in-your face type of way, but her messages on the female body, environment, and drag tend to concerns of modern society. My question for her, is why she doesn’t specifically classify her art in a genre? She mentioned during the presentation that there’s a lot of interest in her work by specific audiences, but she followed it with stating that her artwork is not classified in one particular category.
- Overall, Bobi’s experience with art is somewhat similar to that of us college students trying to find our calling in life. For example, my choice in what law to practice has shifted in the last few years similar to Bobi’s shifts in focus of art disciplines. Bobi’s presentation has also opened my eyes to see how versatile art can be. Her piece, “Virago Barbie” shows how much you can accomplish by combining different art techniques. It encourages me to take a leap on exploring art and furthering my skill. I have always been interested in painting and taking photographs, so perhaps I can start experimenting to see what I can do with both forms of art.
