from the artist. Picasso wouldn’t have developed his unique abstract style of painting if he hadn’t frequented museums in Africa, studying the tribal works produced by the natives. One would assume that diversity and the art world would be synonymous with each other, hand in hand. But just like the many jobs and situations in American and across the world, inequality between the sexes and the races is still prevalent in…
Maya Lin is an American architect and sculptor best known for her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Maya Lin was received her bachelor's degree from Yale, where she studied architecture and sculpture. During her senior year she won a nationwide competition to create a design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Her minimalist design aroused controversy but has become very popular with the public over the years. Born on October 5, 1959, in Athens, Ohio, Maya Lin is the…
be at the forefront of controversy and they certainly are not the last. The “Three Peoples Murals,” by Kenneth Adams were completed in 1939. It was a mural designed to represent the three cultures of the southwest. In the first mural we see a Native American contribution such as making baskets, pottery and weaving. The Chicanos contribution is shown through agriculture and architecture. The Anglos are shown as the scientific contributors and the third shows the union of all three, with the men…
The American modernist are “American” because they choose to live and work in the United States. The American modernist were “modernist “because they struggled with the problem of modernism central to accepting the beginning of the 20th century. The America modernist are also significant for the late art that they influenced. (Spam, 2016) Subject and Styles Joseph Stella was an immigrant to America as an artist he had a figurative art…
One of the best parts of working on exhibitions drawn from the ZMA’s extensive permanent collection is the opportunity it provides for a look at some of the hidden gems at the museum. During the preparation of Sketching American Modernism, I discovered a painting that captured my interest. The work was the Portrait of Mrs. Helen McCoy Storer, c. 1910 by Charles Alden Gray (1857-1933). While arguably not by one of the most well-known artists in our collection, it was, at that moment, the most…
Fresno Art Museum: An Exceptional Experience Upon visiting the Fresno Art Museum, I was pleasantly greeted with several local as well as world renowned paintings, sculptures, pottery, and murals. There were numerous exhibits dedicated to art, Latin American pottery, and even one fully devoted to Gary Soto, a Fresno native, whose children’s books were displayed in the museum along with paintings from the illustrations of his several acclaimed books. The overall environment was filled with great…
people to realize racial and ethnic laws that seem to separate Americans and their culture; I would say his artwork is overall able to do just that. One piece of Guillermo’s artwork is The Cruci-fiction Project. For this project, Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Roberto Sifuentes crucified themselves in front of the Golden Gate Bridge, acting as if they were Dimas and Gestas-but with a Mexican stereotype. The main aim behind this work of art was to protest against the immigration politics that were put…
This essay will descried how art can be an important part of either the religious or political system of a society, Also I will provide examples of the visual, verbal, and musical arts. These forms of art do not only provide a passage for people to express their beliefs, but seeing the trends in arts during a historical time period can expose the overall experiences and beliefs of a society. Art can be a significant part of the religious systems of a society, and is defined as “the creative use…
Were Seven In Eight” This painting was created by Jackson Pollock during the year of 1943. “There Were Seven In Eight” is now located in New York, at the Museum Of Modern Art. ("Art/Museums: Abstract Expressionist New York at the Museum of Modern Art in New York Oct. 3, 2010 to April 25, 2011.") During the creation of this art Pollock would take month long breaks and would continue back making this a long project to finish. The project was finally finished in the spring of 1945, it took…
exhibits. The museum hosts a vast assortment of artifacts entailing the history of America, from its multitude of early Native American art to current day. I loved seeing the different forms of artwork housed at the museum. My favorite exhibit was over impressionism in California during the 20th century. The movement, while rooted in impressionism, changed shape with new American influences. For example, painters used new methods to show God and Nature as one, painting with a kind of…