On November 18, 2016, I went to the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, where the motto is “The Secret to Life is in Art .” Prior to my visit to the museum, I was already familiar with it due to the fact that, two of my works of art from high school, was shown there. Even though this was true, I still had not actually looked through the museum. Prior to this course, I did not have much of an appreciation or care for art because of how “overrated” it seems today. But with the knowledge and understanding I’ve developed while taking this course, it has helped to open my eyes to just how amazing art is, and how fortunate Hagerstown is to possess such a facility. The museum is very beautiful, and the layout is very creative. I was most impressed
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The painting is composed using all of the elements of art, with special attention to line, color, and texture. Abstraction art is supposed to be about the act of painting itself, with a nonobjective, universal concept. However, the way that this painting is composed it resembles a human being, most specifically a skeleton. I can clearly see a skull, with a lines shaped like a brain, and a rib cage, that of a human form. This painting makes me think of death or dying not only because of the line and shape, but the colors used, such as red, black, green, and yellow, also can be associated with death. Besides the natural colors used to create the “skeleton”, the painting has a very gloomy, mysterious, and dark feel to it. The sand also can symbolize death because once dead, a person is buried in dirt, which has a similar texture to sand. The sand not only contributes to this theory but it also made the painting pop off of the canvas, sort of like how a zombie would pop up. This is one of the main reasons why this painting caught my …show more content…
I discovered that he has composed many painting and drawings that were compositions of the “walking dead” or sick looking figures. This may be due to the fact that during World War II, Kadish was recruited in the US Army 's Artist Unit, an elite branch funded by Congress to artistically document the war effort. Having to fulfill these duties, it is not a surprise that Kadish would be surrounded by much death and as a result his art showed it. This is what I think he is trying to communicate to the audience. This painting was created in 1948, just three years after the Second World War ended, but of course the war was still very much fresh in everyone’s minds. I think he wants to capture this moment without blatantly coming out and talking about the mass death and many casualties, instead he would rather convey this through art. He knew that the American people was aware that the war was taking place, but maybe they didn’t fully understand how that felt until they saw a work of art like this or similar to this. This painting is very effective in provoking the emotion of sadness and the feel of darkness (Nazi Germany). I also think that he was effective in creating an abstract expressionist work of art because even though it resembles a skeleton, even though abstract art should not resemble anything actual or imagined, you can also tell that he very passionate, which is conveyed more through action rather than
The painting is composed using all of the elements of art, with special attention to line, color, and texture. Abstraction art is supposed to be about the act of painting itself, with a nonobjective, universal concept. However, the way that this painting is composed it resembles a human being, most specifically a skeleton. I can clearly see a skull, with a lines shaped like a brain, and a rib cage, that of a human form. This painting makes me think of death or dying not only because of the line and shape, but the colors used, such as red, black, green, and yellow, also can be associated with death. Besides the natural colors used to create the “skeleton”, the painting has a very gloomy, mysterious, and dark feel to it. The sand also can symbolize death because once dead, a person is buried in dirt, which has a similar texture to sand. The sand not only contributes to this theory but it also made the painting pop off of the canvas, sort of like how a zombie would pop up. This is one of the main reasons why this painting caught my …show more content…
I discovered that he has composed many painting and drawings that were compositions of the “walking dead” or sick looking figures. This may be due to the fact that during World War II, Kadish was recruited in the US Army 's Artist Unit, an elite branch funded by Congress to artistically document the war effort. Having to fulfill these duties, it is not a surprise that Kadish would be surrounded by much death and as a result his art showed it. This is what I think he is trying to communicate to the audience. This painting was created in 1948, just three years after the Second World War ended, but of course the war was still very much fresh in everyone’s minds. I think he wants to capture this moment without blatantly coming out and talking about the mass death and many casualties, instead he would rather convey this through art. He knew that the American people was aware that the war was taking place, but maybe they didn’t fully understand how that felt until they saw a work of art like this or similar to this. This painting is very effective in provoking the emotion of sadness and the feel of darkness (Nazi Germany). I also think that he was effective in creating an abstract expressionist work of art because even though it resembles a skeleton, even though abstract art should not resemble anything actual or imagined, you can also tell that he very passionate, which is conveyed more through action rather than