Brian Krueger presented a lecture called “The Unknowabilty
Center”. He started his lecture by sharing some background stories on his
career in the art industry. He worked in commercial art for many years, even
animating for Rugrats. He did commercial art for IGT, but hated it and
eventually got fired. Once he was done with IGT he wanted to create more
meaningful art.
Krueger’s work seems to be mostly dark and abstract. His
work deals with identity and also the powers of language. One of my favorite
pieces of his was the celebratory documentary that he had made about himself. He’s
also fascinated with the idea of frames and how we define and box everything
into frames.
The thing I found most interesting about his lecture is how
he worked in commercial art for years and is now moving onto a new form of art.
His transformation as an artist from commercial art to what he’s creating now
is interesting to me because as I approach the end of college I realize I have
many different futures ahead of me and I shouldn’t try to put myself in one
frame. His work and lecture definitely resonated with me in that way.
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