This is a project where I pay workers on Amazon's Mechanical Turk to review my art and website and pay them $5 for 500 words. This is the 48th review I've received.
When I first
thought of reviewing an art website, I imagined it would be a boring task. I
expected to see a website filled with paintings that were priced too high and a
needy sales pitch. I was pleasantly surprised when I viewed Paul Shortt's
website. It was visually appealing and had different content such as videos,
pictures and hilarious commentary. At first I was a little confused as to where
the paintings were. When I was clicking on the links, I realized this was a
much more developed art website. I truly laughed when I was looking over the
"How to be Narcissistic" project. It was a project which I'm sure
made the artists think about their good qualities but to the viewer it was
hilarious. The artists drew self portraits and wrote things like "nice
rack" on their best qualities list. There were badges with narcisstic
qualities like "I use other people for my own personal gain." I loved
that, it was a humorous play on personality flaws that we all have but almost
never admit. The work seems lighthearted and fun to me. I enjoyed the website
because of the randomness of projects. I feel I will visit this website in the
future just to see the new projects and commentary. It feels to me like Paul
Shortt's work is an example of how art and beauty can be found anywhere, from
people on the street to a hilarious sign on a stairwell. I felt uplifted after
viewing his website. It was fun, new and went far beyond my expectations. I
liked the commentary and projects that were unexpected and clever. I liked how
there were videos included in the different projects. They were high quality
and ran smoothly. I was half way expecting it to freeze my crappy, college
student budget computer, but it didn't. I liked the mix of humor and
seriousness in the projects as well. I loved the carpet that said "Roll on
the Floor Laughing" it was a true example of the unexpected and
untraditional art pieces that Paul Shortt creates. The art work is different
and stands out from the rest of the crowd. When someone says they are an
artist, I usually think of random colors and lines that make no sense to me.
The kind of art found on eBay that seems like it took a half hour to make and
is being sold for hundreds or thousands. His art is different, a play on the
random and humorous art we experience day to day in life. Overall my
impressions of Paul Shortt's website are positive. I enjoy the sense of humor
he expresses in his artwork and art projects. The quality of his work are
eminent and profound. I thoroughly enjoyed the content on his website and plan
to visit it again in the future. I was never a big art fan, but the artwork
here is different and appealing, more-so then his peers in the art industry.
