My Visit to the Orlando Museum of Art
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.
When I entered through the main gallery entrance, the first thing that I noticed was this colorful glass sculpture in the middle of the room. I was in awe at how beautiful the sculpture was and the way how the light was reflected on the sculpture really emphasized the
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At first glance, I was very confused about the art and I thought it was fairly boring because there wasn’t anything dynamic about it. I read the informational plaques for each piece of art so I could at least understand more about it. I started to get the gist of the abstract art and understood it more. My favorite piece of art from this exhibit was the Inner Lhamo Waterfall. When I first examined this piece of art, it looked like a mess because there were random paint streaks on the canvas; it looked almost like raindrops when they flow down a mirror. However, the artist had a reason as to why he made the artwork look like this. The artist describes the artwork as “a chance without limitations” because he let the paint flow in any direction without any interruptions or making any paint strokes. I liked this art because I liked the meaning of the art and I thought it was very
The white walls of the museum came to life by the art works on and surrounding them. As soon as I walked in, I was facing Sheila Hicks, Vivace, Vivace, (2014) which lit up the room with its vibrant colors, serving as the
The Tampa Museum of Art was not always the same museum that we see today. It went through multiple stages throughout the years. The works vary, creating a large spectrum from the old to the new. The social angles change with the exhibits in the museum, combining to create the diversity we see today. Visiting this museum in person helped me to appreciate it even more than I would have thought possible. Observing and analyzing the other visitors helped me to understand the museum’s impact on the community more than I would have been able to just by reading about it. This museum is much different from others than I have visited.
Many might have been working on Good Friday, but many others were enjoying The Frist Museum of Visual Arts. A museum visitor visited this exhibit on April 14, 2017 early in the morning. The time that was spent at the art museum was approximately two hours and a half. The first impression that one received was that this place was a place of peace and also a place to expand the viewer’s imagination to understand what artists were expressing to the viewers. The viewer was very interested in all the art that was seen ,but there is so much one can absorb. The lighting in the museum was very low and some of the lighting was by direction LED lights. The artwork was spaciously
An exhibit I found more interesting was The Mary and Michael Jaharis Gallery of Archaic and Classical Greek Art. The Greek Art is elaborate with many of the statues being large scale. Many of the statues have a deep meaning behind them. Like the statue of Aphrodite it is a full body with animation appearing to be graceful and seductive.
Art is a form of human expression. Art portrays various ideas, feelings such as love, happiness, boredom and sorrow. But sometimes, art is only considered as an extra elective within the school curriculum and just a waste of time. So here today at Palm Beach State college is an irritated professor, who also teaches at Palm Beach State college, Samantha Salzinger gave a speech on “The Importance of Art, ” presented on November 4, 2015, and she argues that art is an important subject and should deemed as a core class. Salzinger begins building her credibility with personal stories and reputable sources, convincing statistics and facts, and successfully engages the audiences
At the museum there were a lot of people even though it was raining and cloudy, which was surprising. In every museum everyone was quiet and were analyzing the different types of pieces. The people in the museum would communicate with one other to voice their opinion on the piece of art. It seemed that everyone in the museum were really intrigued with all the different sculptures and paintings. There were security in each building watching over all the people who entered the exhibit. The security were in each room and made sure nobody got too close or touched the sculptures or the art paintings.
As we reach the museum, the exterior was very beautiful. The first things I saw were the bronze statues in the front. We took a couple of pictures in front of them and in front of the Norton Simon. The entrance where the glass doors had sat was very unique and elegant. The glass walls that the glass doors were attached to, added to the elegance and beauty. When I had first walked in, I was very shy, timid, and unwilling to go on, this was due to the more mature audience that I had seen when I had first entered the museum. I was still unsure on how to act in a museum, being this my first time, so I was very calm, cool and reserved, but as time went on I saw college students my age probably doing the same thing I was doing. So I then I felt more at ease. Plus my girlfriend was with me so I was not alone.
There artists use of space to show the depth, shows the waterfall a short distance from the Indian encampment. Value adds a texture to the water cascading down the falls.
The first art that interested me was the art of Indonesia which in this exhibit depicted the culture, history and art of Indonesian people. For instance, Bali a small island in the Indonesia valued most of its art based on the rich resources they occupied such as most art was composed of gold, diamond and sapphires which people of Bali believed that it will resemble their higher standards in the society. Art of Bali amazed me the most when it came to their “King’s crown” and “Queen’s crown” which was completely “fashioned in pure gold with diamonds, rubies, and sapphires” (Bali). The king’s crown was much simpler compare to queen’s crown which contained many varied of gold decorative that looked like gold flowers, and all of its designs such as rubies or sapphires were perfectly horizontally lined to each other that sort of depicted as a shiny necklace. The Bali’s art that I observed was very interesting know about the society they lived in those centuries with representation of their upscale society (Bali).
When walking into a modern American museum, many of the artworks are from the white American perspective, only leaving a small space for artworks done from the perspective of people of colour. For African-American art, mainstream museums seem to either do one of these two things: 1) passively ignore them or 2) actively excluded them from exhibitions. However, over the past few decades, museums have sporadically added African-American artwork to their collection and made exhibitions that echoed the black perspective. Yet, only one major North American mainstream museum has a curatorial department dedicated to African-American art, The General Motors Center of African-American Art. The aim of this paper is to reflect on the lack of understanding
River/Grid Series has affected me because I feel inspired to go out and paint nature. I never painted in watercolor and after visiting his exhibit, motivated to paint again. I think that the painting caught my attention because it has abstract elements and the simplicity. Also, the presentation of the series grabbed my attention because the paintings are framed and the edges of the paper are curved. The paintings not only inspire me to paint, but inspire me to take picture of nature and write music. I can personally connect to the painting because Zayas painted a place he can lose himself. I felt like I lost myself in the exhibit when I was there. Nature, calms and inspires me. I have never been to the L.A. River, but when I saw these paintings it took me to my own world, which is campus. I like to talk walks around campus and embrace nature, even though I have walked through campus a hundred times, I still fascinated by the nature and beauty that surrounds it. In addition, the four paintings reminded me of the art project I did my first semester of college. I painted my housing building four times, at different times of the day. I was inspired by Claude Monet and his paintings Sunrise (Marine), oil on canvas (March or April 1873 CE) and Rouen Cathedral: The Portal (In Sun), 1894 because of the abstract factors, warm colors and artistic style. I believe that I really connected with Zayas work because of my past project, interest in abstract art and art that evokes emotion. In conclusion, I loved Victor Hugo Zayas artwork, especially the four L.A. River/Grid Series and I hope to visit more of his exhibitions in the
During my visit to the Pérez Art Museum Miami, I did more than just observing beautiful artworks. With the guidelines provided I could appreciate and study also the hidden meaning of some of the pieces I had in front of me. Some of them were easier than other ones, due to previous knowledge I had, but all of them made me examine them in a critic way that enriched my cultural heritage.
For our art history class, we got the opportunity to visit a museum to enhance our art knowledge or in a way test our knowledge on paintings. A couple of friends and I went to the De Young Museum in San Francisco. This museum had a lot of paintings from American artist, one of the few were the ones our professor talked about in class like Thomas Cole, John Singleton Copley, and Hiram Powers, to name a few. It was incredible to see the painting that were at museum were the ones known in class. It made me appreciate the class more, art was not just about looking at it but observing it and seeing what stories the artist was trying to portrait. For instance, William Michael Harnett who was the painter for ‘after the hunt’ showed
Art is a medium through which emotions and ideas can be conveyed. Art is appreciated for its aesthetic value, as well as its ability to evoke emotions and both of these functions can be seen in the art displayed in chapels and museums around the world. To create an emotional connection, art in chapels lacks labels so the focus is strictly on the story portrayed in the painting or sculpture. The opposite stands true for art in museums where the purpose is to understand the art therefore labels are placed, however art in museums lacks the emotional connection that is present in chapels. Art is in museums to be understood and to be appreciated for its aesthetic value, art is in chapels for the emotional connection it creates for its visitors.
My adventure started off with a google search of the The Ringling Museum to find directions and hours of the museum. I chose the Ringling Museum because it was the closest museum that I have not ventured. Before looking on the museum’s website for the details I thought it was just a circus museum but to my amazement the Ringling Museum was so much more. It has a Museum of Art, CA’D’ZAN (“House of John”), education center, FSU Center for performing arts and the Bayfront Gardens.With it being so much more than a circus museum I was excited to get this adventure underway.