Modesto Junior College Art Gallery Analysis

The Modesto Junior College Art Gallery, located on the East Campus features various works of art. The exhibit features many artists such as Brad Craw, Linda Salmon, Randy Crimmel, Randy Kirskey, Todd McClintock, Christian Hali, Tinna Savini, and Ben Jackson. The artists have their own different styles but their works of art feel like they are a team working together to give the viewers different perspectives. The basic layout of the exhibit shows the different styles of works of art in different sections of a large room. The works of art have labels next to them stating the artist's name, the title of the art, the medium, and the year it was made. The works of art with the same artist who made them were usually next to each other. Unlike the …show more content…
I personally liked the artworks “Mikhail,” and “Kamikaze” by Randy Kirskey. The paintings were a self portrait of Mikhail Baryshnikov and a Japanese kamikaze painted in oil on canvas. Both of their expressions of the figures were realistic. The background and the face of “Mikhail” was painted in teal while his body was painted in black to get the viewers focus on his face. The painting “Kamikaze” has a rising sun bandana on his forehead and a gun to tell the viewers that he is a Japanese kamikaze. The background in the top middle was painted in light blue while the sides were painted in red that makes him looked like he jumped and was falling down. The painting “Where to go? How to get there?” by Christian Hali is very abstract. The painting's title is perfect because it shows different dimensions. It left me asking questions because how it was painted, like how did he do that? Unfortunately, there was no information about the painting and I am an inexperienced art viewer so I could not really tell much about it. Ben Jackson's “Apple in a square,” made in archival inkjet print, showed apples and cans falling down. It looked like the reflection of a mirror