Re: David Bumbeck: Artemis

Amber,

it looks like the artwork you are describing had a strong effect on you. I can feel that you wanted to write thsi response after analyzing the sculputre, and especially after our discussion in the museum. I like the thread of the title of the exposition that you weave through - "Figures of Imagination". What was the effect it had on you - that remains a little unclear. It seems as if you are trying to compromise between what you thought, what we discussed, and what a review should be like.

For example, after harshly criticizing the portrayal of women that Bumbek seems to create, in the end of second to last paragraph you drastically proclaim his artwork as "unforgettable", which looks like you suddenly decided to squeeze out anything positive. This change of direction confuses the reader on where you stand as a critic and weakens your first negative argument. Your "thoughts provoked in the spectator by the sculpture 'Artemis'" makes me think that you reached a conclusion in the end of writing the paper. However, maybe you should go back to the previous paragraphs where you mention that his women "have no personality!"

OK, and a side note in response to this phrase: "Although this lack of personality can be hidden in some of his drawings and works on paper, it is clear in his sculptures." Do you see personality in the classical Greek and Roman sculpture?

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