On the 14th of March, my partner, Jasmine Lusk and I went to the Collin College Spring Creek campus Art Gallery. We viewed several pieces of art and chose five of them to review and share our opinions of the works with each other. I am glad that I got this experience and I feel that it has truly broadened my perspective of art and has helped me examine pieces and situations in a different way. Before going to the gallery, I expected to see a bunch of paintings of nature scenes and maybe a couple of portraits. This is a misconception about art in our society today. A lot of people nowadays think that art still conforms to the Classical or Renaissance style, but in reality there are many forward thinking artists that are unconventional and are not afraid to make a bold expression in their art. My partner and I saw art that really made you think about what was going through the artist 's head while creating the piece, something that you do not necessarily think about while viewing conventional art, such as a painting of a forest or portrait. All of the artwork that …show more content…
The piece was created in 2016 by Alex “Al” Johnson, and is called Supper Time. This was by far my favorite artwork we saw and I felt that it represented how valuable water is to some people, especially clean, drinkable water. The first thing that came to mind is some third-world countries, where clean water is almost a precious as gold. You may also recall an event that is happening right now, the Flint Water Crisis, where residents of Flint, Michigan do not have clean drinking water coming out of their faucets at home, and in some cases, getting drinkable water is as hard to find as gold. Also, I feel that it attacks people who value gold as if it is a resource that you cannot live without. My partner thought it represented a gold bar of soap that showed how unique it is to be pure and
For my museum selection I decided to attend Texas State University’s Wittliff Collection. When I arrived, there was no one else there besides me and the librarian. To be honest, I probably would have never gone to an art museum if my teacher didn’t require me to. This was my first time attending the Wittliff Collection, thus I asked the librarian, “Is there any other artwork besides Southwestern and Mexican photography?” She answered, “No, the Wittliff is known only for Southwestern and Mexican photography.” I smiled with a sense of embarrassment and continued to view the different photos. As I walked through Wittliff, I became overwhelmed with all of the different types of photography. There were so many amazing pieces that it became difficult to select which one to write about. However, I finally managed to choose three unique photography pieces by Alinka Echeverria, Geoff Winningham, and Keith Carter.
I believe the gallery presented the works in the best possible way. They are in the room on the first floor. T...
I never go anywhere alone. After a depressive Saturday morning I finally crawled out of bed and went to the Cummer Museum. Art is one thing that I don’t understand. How people can find deeper meanings from paint on a canvas is Japanese to me. When I look at a painting I see exactly what is being shown and nothing more. There is no deeper meaning evident. Being at this museum cranky and solo trying to find a picture I felt connected to was almost impossible. It took me about ten minutes to go through the whole museum. But in one of the last sections I went in there was finally something that my eyes were drawn to. An image that made me want to find the deeper meaning. Thomas Hart Benton’s June Morning.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) had three different artists work on display. It was split up into three different rooms the first room was Design 99 To Much of a Good Thing and in the next room is Latoya Ruby Frazier Mother May I and in the last room was Jef Geys Woodward Avenue. The art that was on display was not traditional art work. All of the artist’s work displayed in the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit was out of the box thinking. The flow in each exhibit made it easy to move from one piece of art work to another piece of work.
For the first cultural event, I decided to visit the Orlando Museum of Art. Personally, I had never been to an art museum until now so I wasn’t sure what the art would like. I never had an interest to go to an art museum or an interest for art in general because it is very uninteresting in my opinion. I felt like I didn’t belong in the art world. I felt like art was meant for intelligent individuals who understood complex art and the intentions behind a piece of art. Even if I tried to understand art, I was always very critical of it because I never understood what makes art “art” and why it is so important to others. By touring the Orlando Museum of Art, I was hoping to gain a deeper appreciation and understanding for art.
In the context of this essay power shall be defined as control over others, more specifically as represented in the chosen pieces of art, control over animals. In these three pieces, Bull Jumping, Late Minoan Period (5-5), Good Shepherd, Oratory of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy (7-12), and The Unicorn is Found, The Hunt of the Unicorn tapestry series (12-9), the power shown may be power over animals, but actually represents power over most facets of life.
In his book Art for God’s Sake, Philip Ryken breaks away from “… a negative view of the arts” (11) which he perceives in the church and argues for the evangelistic and philosophical value of art. He attempts to defend the arts and outline how they ought to be used within the church, but his vision falls short. Art for God’s Sake contains important ideas, but it is poorly researched and fails to develop a complete vision of what it looks like for art to glorify God.
While wandering around the MOMA, I came across, this painting. It immediately consumed me. This piece is gigantic. I remember walking in and going blank. The only word that managed to slip out of my mouth was “Woah”. I kid you not, I probably just stood there dumbfounded. I was put in some trance, This painting has to be seen in person, Or else its essential value will not be appreciated.
Last Saturday I had a chance to visit one more time the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. It was a nice and pleasant time enjoyed with my dear English teacher Mr. Hamby, his lovely wife, and some of the fellow students from Lee College. It was a very nice sunny morning, enhancing this appreciation of art day.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an iconic place to see and learn some of the greatest art forms collected throughout history. From Modern Art to Renaissance Art, I was able to learn a lot from every single piece of art on display. Not all of the art consisted of paintings and portraits; there were moreover many meticulously crafted statues, pots and pans, and even canoes. It is important to note that art is never limited to one single form an element. Art is a piece of creativity expressed by brilliant minds to portray some form of story, emotion, or way of life. Thus, I have chosen four pieces of art: Asmat Spirit Canoe, Rush Hour, The Pardon in Brittany, and Woman in an Armchair. I chose these art forms, because they looked unique, creative,
After taking this course, this has been a struggling journey. I did not find fun in this class due to the grade I have now as a result. My writing skills did not improve from high school, losing confidence in myself to create well-written, interesting papers. However, this class has given me ideas about new styles of writing. Having done these papers helped me to discern the qualifications to write a rhetorical analysis essay from a visual critique paper. Here is how my experience in College Writing went.
American abract work has became more acceptable for some artists who all had something in common. It gave artist their own emotional them of how he or she feel. Most of the Abstract Expressinism matured in the early 1900s and it came to be more personal to them. By the 1940s most artist has left their styles behind and also learned much from their early work. It also encouraged them create something new that he or she has never done before. It also made it easier for them blend more colors and add more colors to their work to creat a new theme or colors all away around. Most European modernists began to come to New York in the 1930s and 40s to escape a upheaval and war. New York was a things for artists to become famous and show their artwork.
The art piece I chose was a pottery that I found very interesting, not only the art itself but the story behind it. This was a red-figure archaic type of pottery; the name of the pottery is called a Terracotta hydria, which is also known as a water jar. This specific pot was made in Greece and South Italy, around 340-330BC. It was also found at Canosa before the year 1878. According to the MET museum “This pot was created by a group of BM F 308, the specific artist is unknown. However, the potter and art was produced in Greek, South Italy, and Apulia.”
Walking into the gallery filled with ceramic pieces reminded me of the ceramics class I took my senior year in high school. Out of all the gallery openings that I have been to so far, my favorite pieces were in this one. The ceramic pieces created by Chanda Droske were placed on one side of the gallery and the work of Mike Kern on the other. While the pieces of the two have some similarities, I feel like the arrangement of the gallery highlighted the differences between them.
Spirituality is definitely a part of the art world, just as it is for any other creative aspect of life. Spirituality is about a connection to something greater than your conscious self – your human spirit. The creative side of us demands that we connect with a part of our essence which allows us to transfer an image or thought to a form in which the senses can absorb the intended message. For me, Spirituality is about connecting with that which is not already encompassed within the five senses of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell. It is a knowledge or energy that comes from something greater than we are as individuals.