Assignment #2

The print I liked most at the Cannonball Press exhibit was "Pet Snake" by Mike Houstont and Martin Mazorra. The image was of a huge snake with lots and lots of rats around it, and the snake was eating about five rats in one go. The detail was incredible, and the image was recognizable (you could tell it was a snake and rats). Everything flowed together nicely and reminded me a little of a play I once saw called "Wharf Rats".

The only thing I could possibly think of for a message in this print is something about Animal Cruelty, but given the Mission Statement on the home page I highly doubt that could be it.

I felt that the overall image of Cannonball Press was very confusing, jumbled, and rather offensive. They definitely threw the Fine Art in the trash. Some of the prints were really good, and I liked them, but the majority is not something I would go to see even once had I known that's what it was going to be like. I don't enjoy seeing art where kids have nails in their heads or up their noses, and half of the prints were so jumbled with everything that you couldn't even tell what it was supposed to be.

Overall, I felt that the trip into town to see their work was a waste of time. With a mission statement as humorous as that I was expecting more, and was very disappointed with what I saw.