Museums of American art

For this museum project I decided to take a visit to the Perez Art Museum Miami. During my trip to the museum I really connected emotionally with what I viewed, furthermore comprehending my perspectives in comparison to the intent of each art piece. Symbolically the most beautiful piece was a painting of a man, who in my opinion represented modern power. The painting is titled, "Morthyn Brito III," by the artist is Kehinde Wiley, who was born in the United States of America. Wiley finished and…

Massachusetts, Harlem Renaissance famous writer, Lois Mailou Jones was born not knowing the artistic, knowledgeable, and well-known lady she would become. Lois was an African American women who was a successful artist and teacher. She taught at Howard University, was the First African American to exhibit art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and received countless acknowledgements through her life and after she deceased. Despite the challenges Lois may have faced because of her race, Jones’…

Mark Bradford is very humorous and funny, almost comedian-like. Bradford takes posters from the ghetto, décollage & collages them, then sands them down. Some examples of posters he picks say, "Immigration in papers in thirty days" and "Indian Hair Weave". He uses repetition. In one of his projects he uses "perm end papers" because he used to work in his mother's hair salon and uses "musical fragments". In another map-like project he made up stories using his imagination about who lived at an…

times. During a trip to New Mexico, Georgia receive word that her husband had a stroke and rushed to be with him in New York. After his death which was shortly after her arrival, O’Keeffe inherited Stieglitz art collection.…

forest fire. As I thought deeper I saw was a man who was african american who escaped the plantation running through a nearby forest. All of a sudden it hit me like a bat hit a baseball, of how powerful this painting is. “Eden is the tract home suburban life, indicated by the repetitive birdhouses, white picket fence, and the painting’s title, which references the national real estate agency.”…

The word art has different meanings to different people. It can be used as a resource for instruction, documentation, and self-expression. When canvas and printed materials became predictable, creative types look for new inspiration to exhibit their work upon. Self-recognized and professional artists have started displaying their work on urban backdrops of concrete, drywall, and brick by means of spray paint and wheat paste. Modern street artists such as Keith Haring, and Banksy consistently…

Art Paper During my visit to the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, two unique and fascinating artworks by Judith Lowry caught my attention. The first artwork is called Welgatim’s song. Welgatim’s song is an acrylic on canvas painting that was created in 2001. The second painting by Lowry is called Marine Phoenix. Like Welgatim’s song, this painting is also an acrylic on canvas, but it was created in the year of 1999. Both paintings include the Native American heritage, but what separates them…

I have taken several trips to the Philbrook since attending Rogers State University, however this is the first time I really looked closely at the grandeur of the museum. The impeccable architecture and the art that fills the museum. There has been one painting inpaticular that I always revisit every time I go. I could stare at for days. The splendor of the old Philips home is magnificent. You can tell how much Waite Philips loved architecture not only in his wonderful home he built for him…

an independent artist who began his career in the field of art in the early 1930’s and also continued into the late 1950’s. 2. Cornell worked with in several different types of works. He first began building his collage boxes; he built three dimensional sculptures, and he also painted murals using fresco styles of paints. 3. 4. He had four different styles, he used abstraction, he was a modernist, a surrealist and also he used the pop-art style in some of his works. The media that he used in…

Then head over to Cheekwood, the home of 11 different gardens and a woodland sculpture trail, as well as an art museum. American and British decorative arts, contemporary art, and outdoor sculptures make up the main focus of the art found at Cheekwood. The gardens and art museum are located on the estate of the Cheek family, one of the early entrepreneurial families of Nashville. The estate opened to the public in 1960, and visitors can expect…