1. The Marriner S Eccles by Paul Manship (American 1885-1966), Moods of Time: Morning 1938. It could be a simple interpretation of morning with the cock, trumpeter, and the throwing of the veil of night. For me though it was throwing away darkness which can be look at as just light or as darkness like fear. I would much rather be up in the light where birds are singing, there is music and happiness.
2. I was really interested with this next piece, first because I am always interested in other cultures and what they believe, second because of the workmanship. This is a smaller size piece like the size of my hand but the detail that is put into it is so amazing to me. It is Yamantaka Vajrabairava by Sino – Tibetan. This buffalo-headed Buddhist deity enslaves gods, demons, birds, and animals that stand for evil and suffering. The most impressive part of this piece to me is the 34 hands he has that represents different aspects of spiritual knowledge. Many are weapons that he uses to destroy …show more content…
The exhibit was so realistic that when I walked in I really did think it was a collection of books. It was only after I looked closer and slowed down that I realized it was wood to look like books. This is just part of the artist’s, Conrad Bakker, collection of his ongoing Untitled Project series. He is investigating the creation of value as well as relationships between humans and things in economic systems. While I was walking around I did see some books that I recognized, as many were huge parts of American pop culture like the lord of the flies, treasure island, To kill a mockingbird, as well as other genres of writing, encapsulating the human ideologies to learn, and be entertained. That was one of the purposes that I interpreted anyway, to represent different types of ideologies and desires of the world, through artwork that represents the novels and literary works that have had such an impact on world
2. I was really interested with this next piece, first because I am always interested in other cultures and what they believe, second because of the workmanship. This is a smaller size piece like the size of my hand but the detail that is put into it is so amazing to me. It is Yamantaka Vajrabairava by Sino – Tibetan. This buffalo-headed Buddhist deity enslaves gods, demons, birds, and animals that stand for evil and suffering. The most impressive part of this piece to me is the 34 hands he has that represents different aspects of spiritual knowledge. Many are weapons that he uses to destroy …show more content…
The exhibit was so realistic that when I walked in I really did think it was a collection of books. It was only after I looked closer and slowed down that I realized it was wood to look like books. This is just part of the artist’s, Conrad Bakker, collection of his ongoing Untitled Project series. He is investigating the creation of value as well as relationships between humans and things in economic systems. While I was walking around I did see some books that I recognized, as many were huge parts of American pop culture like the lord of the flies, treasure island, To kill a mockingbird, as well as other genres of writing, encapsulating the human ideologies to learn, and be entertained. That was one of the purposes that I interpreted anyway, to represent different types of ideologies and desires of the world, through artwork that represents the novels and literary works that have had such an impact on world