Scott Grieger

1. What is his connection to the military, if any?
2. How has he struggled as an artist?
3. Does he have his own studio?

I wish I could be inspired by everyday, random traditions and what not like him. I think it’s neat how he transforms these experiences into artwork. His inspirations are so simple that most people wouldn’t even think twice before considering such things as artistic inspiration, more would consider it trash. A nike shoe box? Awesome.

He makes a very good point, most of our lives are reflected throught the choices of a single individual, we have very few choices as individuals. Swooshtika!! That is frickin awesome! What a cool idea to combine such two powerful symbols and make another image. Corporations vs. dictatorial government, there is some correlation yes. “I make circles out of bar graphs” haha, this guy is crazy creative. Once again, his installation of this swooshtika’s gave their meaning even more emphasis. And now he incorporates religion into the swooshtika’s through the use of fabric. Talk about one artist who does his research and one who keeps up with politics. Political artists have always intrigued me.

Now there’s Dharmy!! I must admit, I love his play on words. I can completely connect with his when talking about the distand boom and sounds of the military world. I have always lived near or even next to, or IN a military base, so I have grown used to such sounds and disturbances. It was interesting how he connected the two, Dharma and army. I love how he incorporated all of these different, opposite ideas that contrast eachother extremely, and combined them into one installation. Most would not think this would be successful, but he pulled it off.

As for answering my three questions, his connection to the military was that he lived next to a base in the middle of no where and he was frequently disturbed. He claimed that his main struggle is actually making his thoughts, concepts, come to life, making, creating them. And of course he has a studio, why wouldn’t he.

1. Would have ever or has he ever done a piece that focused on one issue, instead of combing two issues into one piece?
2. Do you think back now and wish that you had done something different with your life?
3. Where do you prefer to live, in the wild or in a metropolitan area?