Terrell Chestnutt
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Artistic Responses

This spoke to me because I took it in Jamaica, which that gallery reminded me so much of. I think there's beauty in the simple symbolism of things that exist there.

Mark Ranis' work in the McColl Center reminded me how important documenting things are because of change and because of the memories.

The Harvey B Gantt Center reminded me to be very aware of where I come from. Not only was that an art museum but also a history museum. This picture was the last picture I took at the house I lived in for 12 years the day we moved out, because it will always be where I really grew up and where I came from.

This was the most modern art thing I've done. It's hard to pinpoint it for me because I don't paint much more anymore but I built this guitar from the ground up, then put the EVH design on it with some worn parts, burn paint, complete with bullet holes.

I have a lot of memories attached to the Ferris Wheel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Once had the experience to paint it really fast during a vacation at dusk. The only reason I was trying to go fast was because I was slowly losing light, so although not the best thing I've done, it is very meaningful to me like the Panama seemed to be to those artists in the Mint.

They are dollar bills with Kanye Lyrics on them, in response to the pop art from the Exit Through The Gift Shop documentary

This was difficult to me because I've never been much of an abstract art creator, although I've wanted to be one and admire the creation of it greatly, this is probably the only thing I've done vaguely abstract. I did a line of clothes one time based around bleach staining, and this was one of the hats from the line.

In the context of things I saw and created, I had a lot of leftover wire from a project I did, and I made a face. I hated it. But I also had this ski mask that I don't ever use so I put it on there to better represent the shape of a head, and it worked really well. It currently just resides somewhere in my room.