Choosing three art pieces for the project was an interesting process. I logged onto the google art project and just started browsing. When I came across one that I was drawn to I saved it. And after a while I looked through the images and picked out three.…
Looking at sculptures and paintings in person or in a museum rather than looking at them on a flat screen can drastically change the way you take in the artwork in many different ways. One good example is the Ladder for Booker T. Washington by Martin Puryear, which, in person, was vastly larger than I expected. When looking at an artwork in the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, you get to observe details and witness different focal points that you would most likely miss looking at a computer. In Mart Puryear’s artwork, size, focal point, and surroundings can be wildly miscommunicated through a photograph. Size is a very important aspect in Ladder for Booker T. Washington, which is why I was astonished on how large the artwork was in person, compared to images that I’ve seen online.…
Every day, from the moment we wake up to the time we go to sleep, our eyes are loaded with images we come across by; different people, an abandoned car by the side of the road, construction sites, and much more. As we go through our days we often get caught up in our busy schedules and miss out on the beauty of everyday sights that we have all too much have come accustomed to. Sometimes it takes artists to help us remember that there is beauty in the simple things and one such artist is Michael Stasinos. Michael Stasinos work captures the beauty of a variety of landscapes and people. Stasinos’ Wintonia Hotel, which he painted in 2003, is a piece that captures the resemblance of the hotel to those who view it through different elements and principles.…
Jeffery smart, 26 July 1921, Adelaide, Jeffery smart painted the art piece known as the ‘Cahill Expressway’ which was painted in 1969, he was inspired to paint this by a motorway in inner Sydney. Peter Booth born 2 November 1940, Sheffield, United Kingdom, comparing art piece called ‘painting’ made in 1977, he was inspired by his life, Booth is influenced by the world around him, he turns what he has experienced and seen into art, beautiful art. Jeffery smart’s art work has warm colours, it shows a Morden landscape of Sydney’s inner motorway. It is a quite painting you don’t see much but a road, building and a person in a blue suit just standing under a lamp post, this man also seems to be looking straight at you if you look closely.…
q1. Plate 2, Yasumasa Morimura's "Daughter of Art History (1990)" appropriates a typical scene of 19th century life from Plate 1, “Manet's bar at the Folies-Bergere”, 1882. As acknowledged in the extract this artwork achieves its main meaning through male, Japanese artist Morimura impersonating the main subject of the painting, a young white woman. This combined with the detailed copying of many existing aspects of the original painting and a complex synthesis of new ideas and symbols with the old, creates a new mixed meaning that challenges the viewer to reconsider their ideas on gender, race and the history of art. Additionally, Morimura's playful, nude parody of Manet’s original is further heightened by his rendering of the artwork in…
On Sunday November 26th, I attended the Dina Mitrani art gallery located in Wynwood. I looked around and took many pictures during my visit. Overall, it was filled with beautiful artworks and it was a very positive experience for me. It was exactly what I expected it to be. During my visit, I came across an artwork that completely blew me away.…
I don’t think Louise Bourgeois’ abstractions are more powerful than straightforward depictions of the male and female body, but I felt Constantine Brancusi’s abstraction succeed in the task. I feel this way because I found the sculpture representation of the human genitals to be very minimal, although I found the meaning of the works to be thought provoking. For example, in the abstract sculpture,Cumul I by Louise Bourgeois, an individual can see mounds and oval/sphere shapes emerging out of the cloth. These spherical figures are supposed to represent breasts and penisis, but I found myself having various interpretation such as the figures could be bubbles or eyeball trying to break away from the fabric. I believe the artwork has more impact…
To begin, African American artist Kristine Mays creates life-sized sculptures of women’s garments. Reminiscent of a seamstress’ wire dress form, Mays creates sculptures from hundreds of pieces of metal wire that allow the viewer to see through the structure from all sides. However, the artist’s sculptures do not depict the traditional form of a static human shape but instead forms the contours of a garment and as well depicts folds and wrinkles that would be created if worn by a human body. Exhibiting her work primarily in California, Mays claims to “create the outer shell, the exterior of a human being, but provoke you to see what's within.”…
I love how involved, free, and undefined sculpture can be. Before this class I felt a well done piece of sculpture was clearcut, realistic, and perfect. I’m glad that throughout this class my view has morphed into something much extensive. Life is not perfect so why do people try so hard to hide from the truth.…
The Awakening by Kate Chopin displays the struggle a woman goes through in order to break her current situations. In this novel, Edna Pontellier releases herself to her deepest yearnings, plunging into a relationship that rekindles her long sexual desires, enflames her heart, and eventually takes over and Enda can see nothing else. As she goes through many changes Edna gets involved in many activities. One of these activities are painting; painting becomes one of her favorite pastimes and her artwork often depicts an important person in her life. Edna’s emotions dictated when and what she wants to paint, this is why the readers get a sense of strong passion when Edna paints.…
Both books “Seven Days In The Art World” by Sarah Thornton and “The Supermodel and the Brillo Box" by Don Thompson, focused on each aspect that make up the art world, but they each came to this thought different perspectives. The world of art is big and being on the outside you don’t see everything, there are different roles in the art world the curator, dealers, artists collectors, etc. Each of theses roles have a relation with one another and view art in their own way, so an artist would have a different look on art compared to a collector, this may be clear to anyone, but even in one specific role there are varying opinions. One collector may look at art as an investment while another looks at it as a way to enrich their life.…
! Woman Art Revolution is a 2012 film directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson that explores the secret history of the woman’s art movement that was born from the 1960’s and the second wave of feminism which was sweeping a nation grappling with civil rights and equality. Hersman Leeson guides the viewer through their discovery of the woman’s arts movement with the use of interviews she had taken over many years with close personal friends, and comparing them with recent interviews she had taken of the individual. She also includes archival footage such as footage from C-SPAN and photographs to illustrate the narrative of her documentary. The intent of !…
Kimberley Lawrence ART1000 Introduction to the Visual Arts The Arts Institute 9th July 2017 Milestone 1 Task 1: Untitled, Jean-Michel Basquiat Selection 1 Introduction The first piece of art presented to The Apollo collection for consideration is “Untitled.” It is an acrylic and mixed media piece on canvas painted and created by Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1981. The work is a part of the Broad Collection in Los Angeles.…
With all the museums and galleries to choose from, I chose, The Art Gallery of Ontario and the Museum of Modern Art. They have totally different designs in the way of navigation. The Art Gallery of Ontario has a navigation bar at the top which is quite standard these days for website design. The museum of Modern Art has a unique way of designing their website homepage as it has a navigation at the bottom of the website. With that said, The Art Gallery of Ontario has their main navigation easy to use with big bold words and with their choice of words it helps you understand where they lead quickly without having to think too much, which is a good thing.…
The Seine at Chatou Analyzed The Seine at Chatou is an oil on canvas painting by French impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. This work is currently housed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and its museum access number is 19.771. The subject matter is a landscape scene of the Seine to the west of Paris. The painting is 73.3 x 92.4 cm in size.…