During our many outings’ around Charlotte I have learned a lot about Charlotte and what it has to offer. Going to the Mint Museum by far has been my favorite outing because I have never been to an art museum before and it was very interesting to learn about the artist featured there and their artwork. One painting stood out the most to me during our time at the Mint Museum. I believe this painting depicts my journey through life and how my mom has been the backbone for my family and me. It depicts the strength women can have in order to provide a better future for their children.
During our trip to the Mint Museum, there was a lot of compelling artwork that stood out, but there was one piece of artwork that caught my attention and spoke to me. The Upper Room by John Biggers. The artwork depicts two Southern women carrying on their wrapped heads a building, which looks like a house, school, and church alongside the women, are young boy and girl climbing a vine toward their future. A painting-representing mother wanting a better future for their children and having faith. This painting stood out to me because my mother is the backbone to my future. She made it possible for me because she kept a roof over my …show more content…
That traveled to seven art museums across the United States; including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Cincinnati Art Museum; Hampton University Museum; North Carolina Museum of Art; Wadsworth Athenaeum; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and The California Afro-American Museum. Which including 120 paintings, drawings, murals, and sculptors. Some of his work included was The Upper Room, Dying Solider, and Jubilee: Ghana Harvest Festival. Before his retirement in 1983, Biggers left a fifty-foot mural in the student center for Texas Southern University. The mural depicts the progression of birth, death, and the continuity of
During our trip to the Mint Museum, there was a lot of compelling artwork that stood out, but there was one piece of artwork that caught my attention and spoke to me. The Upper Room by John Biggers. The artwork depicts two Southern women carrying on their wrapped heads a building, which looks like a house, school, and church alongside the women, are young boy and girl climbing a vine toward their future. A painting-representing mother wanting a better future for their children and having faith. This painting stood out to me because my mother is the backbone to my future. She made it possible for me because she kept a roof over my …show more content…
That traveled to seven art museums across the United States; including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Cincinnati Art Museum; Hampton University Museum; North Carolina Museum of Art; Wadsworth Athenaeum; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and The California Afro-American Museum. Which including 120 paintings, drawings, murals, and sculptors. Some of his work included was The Upper Room, Dying Solider, and Jubilee: Ghana Harvest Festival. Before his retirement in 1983, Biggers left a fifty-foot mural in the student center for Texas Southern University. The mural depicts the progression of birth, death, and the continuity of