Museums of American art

Last week, I visited the illustrious, well known, museum in San Fransisco. I wasn 't planning to go, but all of my family convinced me into going, so I did. This museum is called the de Young Museum, where fine arts from all over the world including Canada are there. One of the things I loved about the museum was that architecture of the building and the small structures around the main building. It made me feel like I was going back in time and experiencing history right then and there.…

She felt black women were being overlooked because of the Guerilla Girls were screaming at the museums to let them in. “That we would have a venue and if no one gave us a venue we pulled our money together, we made a venue, we rented a venue, and we stole a venue so we could show our art, and our art…

answer is that during this time period, Castle was experimenting with a type of illusion called trompe l’oeil. Translated into English, trompe l’oeil means to deceive the eye, which Castle did excellently with his piece Ghost Clock. Although the art style of trompe l’oeil has been used since the early 1800s, it became very popular during the 20th century, especially during the 1980s, which was the decade that Ghost Clock was created, specifically the year…

Barnes Foundation museum was enjoyable and informative. On my trip, as we moved through the galleria I was astounded by how the rooms in the galleria were arranged. It was not like your average museum, with one or two paintings on the walls with a description of it underneath. Instead, there were rooms with paints all over the walls, along with iron work that correlated with the pieces. Our tour guide elaborated on how he did not wish for there to be a description under the pieces of art stating…

I was quite shocked that I actually enjoyed my visit to the Japanese American National Museum in little Toyko. In other words, I was honestly not interested in learning the particular history of Japanese Americans because I believed there was not much to learn but I was certainly wrong which is why I certainly do not regret the fact that I decided to visit this museum especially with a few of my classmates. It was quite nice, it not only had nice paintings that were perfect backgrounds for…

African American Quilt exhibit from the Cargo Collection, the Cargo collection is just a collection bought by Dr. Robert Cargo. Robert Cargo, is a owner of the Folk Art Gallery in Tuscaloosa Alabama. The Cargo collection of African Americans is 156 quilts made by African Americans women from Alabama. More than 32 different quilts made by very different ladies, make up this collection here in Lincoln. On November 20, I went down to the International Quilt Study Center & Museum. The Museum is…

African American people and creates work to show her political and culture beliefs. Ringgold’s future artwork was greatly affected by the people and culture she was exposed to in her childhood, as well as the racism, sexism, and segregation she dealt with in her everyday life. She continued to be active in expressing her culture to others and participated in a lot of Women and Black Feminist organizations. She was one of the first women to organize and fight to get the works of…

by Hank Willis Thomas, and “Tightrope 9” by Elias Sime, are located in the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina. Thomas’ piece was donated to this museum by the North Carolina Museum of Art Contemporaries in 2012. Hank Willis Thomas’ piece was from his series Strange Fruit, and he notes that it is a “visual and conceptual explanation of the black body as spectacle and souvenir in the American popular culture.” Contrastly, Sime’s artwork was purchased with the funds of Mr. and…

is to the viewer. 4. Why is this picture on display outside? Why do you think is it important to the museum and community? It is my sincere guess that this piece as well as many other great works have been strategically placed outside in an effort to expand the boundaries of the museum and bring the art to the community. Also, I think that it is the intention of the Detroit Institute of Arts to remind its neighboring communities and society at large of the great substance and personal…

of seeming to be steeped in the arts, but is this really the case? Do all the Italians care about the Fine Arts? After having lived with and among them for three weeks, it would be safe to say that there are those who do in fact revel in the arts and fully enjoy being surrounded by them, while there are those who do not give it a second thought, a thought that they might be living in one of the most art enriched area. So how should I, as a Christian and an American, interpret this culture and…