Lakeland Art Museum Examples

The Lakeland art Museum is the focal point of my report, where I enjoyed many paintings, photographs, and sculptures of many artists both renowned and local. Examples of such would be Pablo Picasso, Francisco De Goya, Hung Liu, and many more. Although the first to catch my eye was that of Liu’s work Working Woman: Millstone 1999, an etching with soft colors, varnish, as well as paint. It depicts two work-worn older Chinese woman operating a millstone the image also depicted red kanji, fruit, and a bird. Furthermore, while absorbing the impact of the piece I came to realize that one woman was much older than the other and overseeing the younger ones work; they were wearing similar clothes and seemed to be in an outdoor setting. Concluding that …show more content…
Also I enjoyed the use of conflicting images of innocence of the children and the flaming building I believe the contradiction creates a big impact on the viewer. Following the path along the hallway, I entered a section of the exhibit with works from local student artists. Examples of such artists would include Shawn Eck and Logan Hart, Eck’s piece Eck De Triomphe is a cardboard sculpture of two intersecting arches of tactfully stacked cardboard boxes. Suspended by a string at the convergence of the two arches is a cardboard sphere of interconnecting triangles, creating balance between all these components. Through this I believe the artist created a balanced structure using architecture techniques, but he created it from cardboard an easily erodible material. The aim of this structure I believe is to create a beautiful temporary structure, difficult to plan and create but can be destroyed in an …show more content…
Overall I admired most of the exhibit, I believe the professional works were very well done and thoughtfully. Conversely, compared to the younger student artists I found it difficult to find much meaning to their art, seeming random and juvenile, lacking depth or a pull on emotions. Personally I myself paint and create art, I believe it should be created to show deep emotions and meanings that words cannot convey. However this is simply my opinion and my experience when enjoying art, I believe it should be shared by all so different people may derive various meanings of a depiction themselves. Moreover, this is why I would not like to own any of these pieces so they may keep being displayed to inspire others, for example, someone else may find meaning in Hart’s Crash where I could not. Displaying the beauty of difference in opinion and feeling gives art solidarity in human hearts which is why it is survived indefinitely and served as a bridge between languages for billions of human