Installation art

The Dallas Museum of Art was the complete opposite of what I imagined it to be like. Before attending the museum, I had very low expectations. When I thought of “art museum” I imagined dusty walls lined with undiverse and outdated art. I imagined a place old couples went to because they had nothing better to do with their time. A place where the past lingered and grew old as civilization quickly moved on and forgot about it. Fortunately, upon entering the Dallas Museum of Art on October 11,…

article Beyond Public Artopia: Public art as perceived by its publics, discusses public art and how the people who pass by it interact with it. This type of art can serve as a way to reinvigorate urban development, and Zebracki examines the perception of the public with reference to several specific public art installments. Public art integrates the location into the art and allows the piece to become a part of the city. Barcelona is a city where public art has become an integral part of the…

Comparing with traditional museum such as the BMA, Glenstone Foundation is a private collected gallery that shows single-artist installations and long-term exhibitions. It reflects from Foster’s explained how Charles Wright transformed Dia from the old traditions after he took over the Dia. Geographically, the gallery is far from the city and neighborhood, located in the founder's private land which is not easy to connect with the general audience and probably not really accessible for a…

paper will be describing and critiquing the Japanese art galleries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Beginning their collection in the 1880s, the Met now carries an extensive compilation of the Japanese arts. With over 200 works of various compositions including folding screens, ceramics, scrolls, and clothing, this ten-room exhibit explores ancient Japan to the 21st century. Housed in the Eastern Asian section of the Met, the Japanese installation is nestled in a very long but smaller gallery,…

Janine Antoni: Gender and Art In 1993 Janine Antoni, a Bahaman born artist, created the piece Butterfly Kisses. Antoni began by coating her eyelashes with Cover Girl Thick Lash mascara. She used her eyelashes as a paint brushes and butterfly kissed or blinked on a pieces of paper with her right and left 1,245 times creating a diptych. In a lot of Janine works, she takes parts of everyday beauty routines and creates a new perspective in a performance piece. According to Janine Antoni MATRIX…

stern art. This new knowledge had spread among many artists throughout the years, and to this day it remains a key component in art. From his…

in the art world by being individuals. I find their works to be intriguing which is why I chose to compare them in this essay. Do Ho Suh is most commonly known for his intricate sculptures that defy scale in public spaces. On the other hand, Shirin Neshat, is best known for translating Iranian political unrest through the artistic lens. Do Ho Suh, born in Korea, believes in living internationally (Robertson and McDaniel 64). He changes his location every so often to create new works of art.…

scrutinizing of finished work before it is displayed or performed. Many works of art throughout history have been wrongfully ruined and destroyed due to masking and concealing the original art because of differences in beliefs. No artwork should be destroyed or altered due to someone’s beliefs.…

Looking over the list of art galleries, one uniquely caught my eye; The Elmhurst Art Museum located in Elmhurst IL. Wandering through the museum's website, I stumbled upon an article that stated that David Wallace Haskins, a Chicago-based artist of the Skycube would be making an appearance on Sunday, November 29th. I thought that was interesting, so I decided to check it out. When I arrived, I was greeted by a thin older woman who smiled at me warmly. Right away, she asked me if I was a…

I believe that the public’s rejection of Serra’s sculpture was justified. The public rejected the sculpture because they thought it was ugly and disrupted the plaza. The sculpture was funded by government money and was installed in a public area. It was owned and commissioned by a government agency, the General Services Administration (GSA). The public had the right to voice its dissent and the GSA had the right to remove the sculpture. The public thought that the Tilted Arc disrupted the plaza…