Museum/Gallery Paper
I went and visited the Wichita Art Museum for this assignment. Going into this assignment I was apprehensive as it had been well over a decade since the last time I have ever been to a museum. From what i did recall I remember finding myself seeing pieces of art and not understanding how that is even considered art. I was, however, looking forward to seeing how my perspective had changed since becoming an adult and after reading the first several chapters of course now having a more of an understanding. I visited the second floor to view their Storytelling Collection. I walked through it several times and each time the same pieces grabbed my attention. The first piece that I stopped each time, mainly because i …show more content…
There is so much going on in this acrylic on canvas piece yet it all works together. There is a figure of a boy sitting on a stool guarding a pile of linen in front of him and snow top mountains on the wall. The lines, muted color hues, texturing and shadowing of the boy has been given the appearance of being a cardboard cut out. Below him bright, vibrant colorful pieces of linen. Looking incredibly realistic due to the depth, texture, shape and shadows he created. Coming up out of the fabric is a yard stick, casting its shadow on the wall. It detailing in the yard is spot on. All the lines and markings you’d see on a real life yard stick. The last element in this piece is the one that i had trouble understanding. You see a grassy field with a snow capped mountain in the distance. The outside image is outlined in masking tape. I had trouble deciphering if the masking tape was to be more of a window or a painting with in the painting. Each element within this piece could be its own artwork but together it creates such a beautiful collage and works so well together. The proportions, the color harmonies, it all just blends together so well. I was unsure as to why someone would be guarding linens. After pondering on it some more the only conclusion i could come up with was that he wanted to protect what was his. It is hard to say if i would …show more content…
Allan D’Arcangelo Landscape. It is such a simple looking painting but this one spoke the most to me. An almost all back painting with a white strip down the center that narrows the closer it gets to the tops. The very top a thin blue sky with continued black silhouetted tree line. The bold lines and contrasting colors give such life to this painting. This painting drew me in more than any other due to what i drew from it. For me, it represented a long road ahead. I too feel as though i have a very long road a head of me that often seems never ending. I often feel that i will be in school forever and that road is never ending. The long 6 hour drive i make every other Friday and Sunday to drop off and the get my children again from their fathers. The longest, never ending road that i have been traveling would be the one i am currently on since my divorce. I thought i was finally out of such an awful situation only to be still dealing with the controlling nature of my ex husband. The constant court dates and hearings. The daily dealings with my children who have been so hurt by it all and continue to be hurt by their father. The regular and costly phone calls and emails to my attorney on how to handle the next hearing. You often wonder if there is ever truly an end to all the stress in life. This road, so long with no end in sight, is my life. Im ready to get off this darkened road and find
I went and visited the Wichita Art Museum for this assignment. Going into this assignment I was apprehensive as it had been well over a decade since the last time I have ever been to a museum. From what i did recall I remember finding myself seeing pieces of art and not understanding how that is even considered art. I was, however, looking forward to seeing how my perspective had changed since becoming an adult and after reading the first several chapters of course now having a more of an understanding. I visited the second floor to view their Storytelling Collection. I walked through it several times and each time the same pieces grabbed my attention. The first piece that I stopped each time, mainly because i …show more content…
There is so much going on in this acrylic on canvas piece yet it all works together. There is a figure of a boy sitting on a stool guarding a pile of linen in front of him and snow top mountains on the wall. The lines, muted color hues, texturing and shadowing of the boy has been given the appearance of being a cardboard cut out. Below him bright, vibrant colorful pieces of linen. Looking incredibly realistic due to the depth, texture, shape and shadows he created. Coming up out of the fabric is a yard stick, casting its shadow on the wall. It detailing in the yard is spot on. All the lines and markings you’d see on a real life yard stick. The last element in this piece is the one that i had trouble understanding. You see a grassy field with a snow capped mountain in the distance. The outside image is outlined in masking tape. I had trouble deciphering if the masking tape was to be more of a window or a painting with in the painting. Each element within this piece could be its own artwork but together it creates such a beautiful collage and works so well together. The proportions, the color harmonies, it all just blends together so well. I was unsure as to why someone would be guarding linens. After pondering on it some more the only conclusion i could come up with was that he wanted to protect what was his. It is hard to say if i would …show more content…
Allan D’Arcangelo Landscape. It is such a simple looking painting but this one spoke the most to me. An almost all back painting with a white strip down the center that narrows the closer it gets to the tops. The very top a thin blue sky with continued black silhouetted tree line. The bold lines and contrasting colors give such life to this painting. This painting drew me in more than any other due to what i drew from it. For me, it represented a long road ahead. I too feel as though i have a very long road a head of me that often seems never ending. I often feel that i will be in school forever and that road is never ending. The long 6 hour drive i make every other Friday and Sunday to drop off and the get my children again from their fathers. The longest, never ending road that i have been traveling would be the one i am currently on since my divorce. I thought i was finally out of such an awful situation only to be still dealing with the controlling nature of my ex husband. The constant court dates and hearings. The daily dealings with my children who have been so hurt by it all and continue to be hurt by their father. The regular and costly phone calls and emails to my attorney on how to handle the next hearing. You often wonder if there is ever truly an end to all the stress in life. This road, so long with no end in sight, is my life. Im ready to get off this darkened road and find