Figge Art Museum
Who would have thought that I, who had neither exposure to nor much interest in art, would have been so captivated by what I experienced during my visit to the Figge Museum. I grew up in Davenport and currently live outside the Quad Cities area and yet I was unaware of the impressive art museum that is in Davenport. I was excited to visit this museum and to see what I had been missing out on all of my life. When I approached the building, its contemporary architectural design was very intriguing to me. I liked the way its overall shape was asymmetrical in that the top two floors are placed off center on top of the lower two floors. As I got next to the building I could see that it was made of glass that gave it a gray …show more content…
I could see a café and a gift shop. The gift shop was where I went to first. A pleasant gift shop worker told me some history on the museum and gave me a museum map. She briefly told me about the various galleries and their locations in the museum. Before starting my exploration of the museum’s floors, I noticed two beautiful things in the lobby. One was a quote from Pablo Picasso on a wall-“Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.” I found that statement from Picasso to be beautiful and enlightening. Also there was a huge art work on another wall, which was titled Fire & Water. It was made by artist Yuriko Yamaguchi in 2014. The piece was circular and was about 9 feet in diameter. It was made from hand cast and pigmented resin and steel wire in a symmetrical design. The artist collected organic materials, such as mushrooms, blackberries, fruit tree seeds, and coral to create silicone rubber molds into which liquid resin and pigments were poured. Wire held the molds together. Only two colors were used-red and blue. There was a noticeable warm color and cool color relationship presented in addition to a definite repetition of the art work’s …show more content…
These galleries had various types of compositions consisting of paintings, sculptures, and prints representing regional, national, and international art. In the American West Gallery there was a painting that caught my eye. It was titled The Grand Canyon and it was painted by William Robinson Leigh in the 1940s. This striking scene was painted with oil on canvas and mounted on aluminum panel. The rock formations of the canyon were of a pinkish brown color and the sky was a light blue. The aerial perspective displayed in the painting was
Who would have thought that I, who had neither exposure to nor much interest in art, would have been so captivated by what I experienced during my visit to the Figge Museum. I grew up in Davenport and currently live outside the Quad Cities area and yet I was unaware of the impressive art museum that is in Davenport. I was excited to visit this museum and to see what I had been missing out on all of my life. When I approached the building, its contemporary architectural design was very intriguing to me. I liked the way its overall shape was asymmetrical in that the top two floors are placed off center on top of the lower two floors. As I got next to the building I could see that it was made of glass that gave it a gray …show more content…
I could see a café and a gift shop. The gift shop was where I went to first. A pleasant gift shop worker told me some history on the museum and gave me a museum map. She briefly told me about the various galleries and their locations in the museum. Before starting my exploration of the museum’s floors, I noticed two beautiful things in the lobby. One was a quote from Pablo Picasso on a wall-“Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.” I found that statement from Picasso to be beautiful and enlightening. Also there was a huge art work on another wall, which was titled Fire & Water. It was made by artist Yuriko Yamaguchi in 2014. The piece was circular and was about 9 feet in diameter. It was made from hand cast and pigmented resin and steel wire in a symmetrical design. The artist collected organic materials, such as mushrooms, blackberries, fruit tree seeds, and coral to create silicone rubber molds into which liquid resin and pigments were poured. Wire held the molds together. Only two colors were used-red and blue. There was a noticeable warm color and cool color relationship presented in addition to a definite repetition of the art work’s …show more content…
These galleries had various types of compositions consisting of paintings, sculptures, and prints representing regional, national, and international art. In the American West Gallery there was a painting that caught my eye. It was titled The Grand Canyon and it was painted by William Robinson Leigh in the 1940s. This striking scene was painted with oil on canvas and mounted on aluminum panel. The rock formations of the canyon were of a pinkish brown color and the sky was a light blue. The aerial perspective displayed in the painting was