Exhibition

What was thought to be a family myth was confirmed by a Lincoln exhibition which uncovered the story of a historical exchange of letters between 11 year old Grace Bedell, and Abraham Lincoln, addressed on October 15, 1860. At the time of Lincoln’s running for office, young Grace Bedell thought it upon herself to advise Lincoln that he would have much more voter appeal if he grew a beard. She supported this cause by suggesting that, “All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their…

The Group of Seven was a group of Canadian landscape painters, from 1920-1933. The Group of Seven was a group of painters known for their paintings of the Canadian landscape which rejected realism and incorporated bold strokes and heavy paint. The Canadian Group of Painters' policy was "to encourage and foster the growth of art in Canada which has a national character." And I believe this is a motto, that has truly aided with the Great Depression, because encouraging art, to me, is just like…

The Afro American Newspaper framed three ladies standing with nooses around their neck in protest against lynching in Georgia on January 1st, 1946. Lynching refers to death by hanging by the white mob. I chose women in protest as opposed to a violent, voyeuristic lynch mob scene because it demonstrates taking an individual stance against racial segregation and atavism. The women depicted in the picture stand outside a forest. Note the trees are blurred as the camera lens primarily focuses on the…

collecting candy wrappers, cutting paper, and reading line drawings. She also liked the hero and heroines’ figures from the posters. Those figures also showed in her first painting, which was created at age 13, and exhibited in a children artwork exhibition. After Leah grown up, she insisted to go to art school, even though her parents did not agree. To enter the art school, she needed to go through a tough exam. First of all, she need to submit 10 to 12 original artworks for interview. After…

Sigmar Polke, ‘The Illusionist’, is an art form. A good piece of art has tension that speaks to both the good and the bad, the easy and the difficult in life. Art should give meaning to viewers and allows them to gain something valuable at the end. At first glance, it looks like a happy art with the bright hue, angels and magician, making viewers feel mystical. However, when you view the artwork in a different angle, you will start to notice that there are blood red demons near the blindfolded…

This film would be an independent film, because based on the plot and the message that this film is trying to send out. It would not need a huge budget to get its point across. This film would focus more on the dialogue, over action scenes like Hollywood blockbusters do. This film would instead, try to entertain the audience through a psychological standpoint, and focus on character development in the film. The best way to get this film out to the people, and to show it to a lot of people, would…

Meret Oppenheim’s Object Paris remain such great passion on fur. At a Paris Café with her follow friends/ Artist Pablo Picasso and Dora Maar, they notice the fur of polished metal bracelet. They even noticed she had and was wearing everything with fur on it. She came up with the idea when she went to a department store and bought a white teacup, saucer, spoon wrapped them in the speckled tan fur of a Chinese gazelle and called it object. Object Paris give examples of the poet and founder of…

May Gibbs was one of Australia’s most treasured illustrator, artist and children’s author of all time. Her most well-known work is “The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.” May Gibbs’ stories of bush fantasy have captured Australia for over a century. Location May Gibbs settled in Neutral Bay, Sydney in 1913. Soon after, she had a studio on Bridge Street where she did most of her work. In 1924, she purchased some land and built a house upon it called Nutcote. May Gibbs and her…

conditions that are often invisible in Western art. In the Artifact Piece Luna challenged the way contemporary American cultures art present Native American culture as extinct and invisible. The piece was empowering because he placed himself in an exhibition case in the museum in a section on the Kumeyaay Indians, who once lived in San Diego County. There were other mannequins and props showing Kumeyaay’s way of life and culture which were portrayed as lost and extinct (Schlesier, n.d.). In…

High School Baseball and Major League Baseball I love baseball, my experience with baseball has been around all of my life. I have grown up understanding the basic fundamentals and rules. I am going to inform you on how High School Baseball, and Major League Baseball are different. There are an extended amount of differences in Major League Baseball to High School Baseball. More people understand Major League Baseball more than High School Baseball. In Major League Baseball each game last…