Elizabeth Hickock...

[fajrdrako]

An artist named Elizabeth Hickock is making cities (or parts of them) in jello. There's a set of her pictures of it here or here. I like the jewel tones of her lighting.

Artists find what media they like and it's a strange, surreal world. I am amused by her comment "the scuptures quickly decay". If it was me, I'd eat them before they could fall over. Perhaps being ephemeral is part of the charm of this form for her? It doesn't quite have the panache of Michelangelo working in marble. I can't help wondering if it's just too gimmmicky to really be art by my definition. Is that snobbish? Probably.

Perhaps I should mention that one of my shameful little secrets is that I actually like jello - to eat, I mean. Hickock seems to be proving that it can be beautiful as well.