Museums of American art

“In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes” this is a quote from the legendary pop artist Andy Warhol in a 1968 exhibition of his work at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden. Warhol was an American artist, director, and producer whose works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertising. His mediums included everything from painting, silk-screening, photography, film, and even sculpture. His studio, The Factory, became a well-known…

The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art consists of an abundant amount of unique and interesting pieces of art. While touring the museum, I found several pieces of art in which were rather amazing at how they were created; one could tell a lot of thought and hours of dedication were put into each piece. While there were so many pieces to choose from, I chose two pieces which stood out to me the most to discuss in my paper, one is The Jackleg Testament, Part One Jack and Eve: A Woodcut Motion…

Tim Nobel collects trash from the streets of London and refers to the trash piles as contemporary art. The Museum of Modern Art displays a folding lawn chair chosen by well-known artist Joseph Kosuth. Each of these representations of art provokes the debate discussing what is technically considered to be a piece of art work. Even though Kelly, Nobel, and Kosuth claimed to create different pieces of art, what separates their artistic trash from another person’s trash or Kosuth’s folding chair…

different museums, such as Whitney Museum of American Art or the Corcoran Gallery of Art. She received a honorary Doctor of the Fine Arts degree in 2006 from the Corcoran Gallery. Mann received an award at VCCA’s 40th anniversary event at the Virginia Museum that was presented by board member Alex Nyerges. Her famous book, Hold Still, was nominated for the National Book Award (NBA) for nonfiction. Her work has been displayed in quite a few places such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hirshhorn…

Since the beginning of time, art has always been an integral contributor toward recording the history, culture, and traditions of civilizations. Archaeologists have been interpreting the history of civilizations through art, especially sculptures. In ancient Iraq, Mesopotamia, the Sumerians represented their sophisticated relationships between the people and the gods through making clay sculptures (Carr, 2016). While in ancient Egypt, the old kingdom's art was mainly represented in limestone…

O’Sullivan Miss Berdick/Mr. Zacharia E336 13 January 2016 Chicago Home of the Hot Dog For my culture project I decided to look into the history of the place I call home, Chicago. The Chicago History Museum takes people through the journey and creation of the thriving city people know and love today. The museum starts with the early history of Chicago starting in 1780 when the first settler, Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable. As time progresses Chicago turned into a prosperous city in 1837 with a…

Kehinde Wiley Exhibition I attended the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to observe Kehinde Wiley’s show. Kehinde Wileys art exhibition the “A New Republic” was an outstanding collection where he recreated paintings in the 21st century emphasizing race, gender and the political stance of representation. He wanted to create a space for African Americans in history. In the exhibit included “The Economy of Grace” series from his earlier works featuring men and women with detailed backgrounds, stained…

painted an oil painting called “View of St. Louis”. The painting was done on canvas. The style of the art work was Midwest Regional Style or modern art. “View of St. Louis” is located in the American Art Collections at the St. Louis Art Museum. My goal in this paper is to recognize Joe Jones life in St. Louis during his adventures in art. People deserve to know more about a local legend in the art field. The “View of St. Louis” is a prime example of the growth of St. Louis in the 30s. Wells…

black power movement was at its height. This was a time for reform and a discussion on issues of racism, equality and justice raised by Black Americans and women. After many years of oppression, black people and women raised their voices in protest and marched in the streets of Washington D.C. to express their need for civil rights. The black feminist art movement came forth to address the issues of sexism and racism felt by most black women artists. And in doing so, this gave black women…

Congratulations! You finally explored the Virtual Arts Museum. This place is where unpredicted and astounding art is shown. I encountered something I have never experienced. That something was really examining and acknowledging work of art. I have been around fine art before and have taken a gander at ordinarily and I have delighted in it yet I have never truly sat down with workmanship to separate it and notification the little points of interest that make it so capable. Today I did visiting…