Art Reflection

I was excited to start my day by going to the museum on Saturday morning. I had originally decided to visit the Broad Museum in Los Angeles; however, I decided to give my local museum a go. After all, the Bowers Museum was the last museum I had gone to. I regretted my decision. The Bowers Museum does hold several exhibitions, but I found it lacking in actual drawings and paintings. It seems as if they prioritize artifacts over print media. The museum is big and it’s easy to lose yourself in its long hallways. It’s disappointing to see much valuable space, in my opinion, go to waste. In conclusion, I was expecting to see hallways covered in art like I’ve seen in galleries, rooms filled with rarities and beauty, but unfortunately that was not the

Through this film I can relate quite a few experiences, and feelings that I’ve felt as a creator in my own life. Throughout my life I feel that there have been a multiple times where.As an artist and a person, I felt like my ideas and valued haven’t been supported. Just like the artists and creatures in the film. While this is never a good thing, I think it’s important. Not only because it makes you stronger, but because it makes people want to support and respect your ideas more. The only way to gain recognition is through endurance and persistence. You have to take and accept criticism, but you have to also stick to your original idea and it’s influences while doing it. Having endurance was something that I felt the films went over well that I could relate to on a personal level.

Chris McCandless, the subject of Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild, was not insensible or ill-equipped, but rather he was going out into the wild to locate the genuine importance of life and to perceive what it resembled to live out in the wild all alone. Chris was an incredible good example for children the whole way across the nation; since he was attempting to experience his fantasy and do what he believed was appropriate in the wild and would not tune in to what anybody instructed him to do. Chris McCandless was an adoring and minding individual who esteemed for all creation and needed to make tracks in an opposite direction from the general public and live allowed to locate the significance of life.

During Parent’s Weekend at Marquette, my family and I went to the Haggerty Art Museum. While I pleaded with my family to not go, as I am not a huge art fan, my Mom’s opinion overruled mine. From the outside, Haggerty looked like it would be small, but in reality, was quite large. When walking in, I immediately assumed that the art would not make any sense to me like at most art museums. However, I was quickly proven wrong as a lot of the art we saw was what I would consider impressive. They were not the drawings of a line or pieces that look like a child made them that you see at most museums, but what I call “real art”.

This past Friday, I attended an art exhibition at the Memphis College of Art where I saw great paintings from Meghann Riepenhoff, along with Tim Andrews. The show consisted of both their paintings in separate sections, they were the only two artist. Personally, I’d say the show combined did not have a theme, but as separate it did. When I first stepped in the building, I was welcomed by greeters, the event coordinator and Riepenhoff’s paintings. Her painting’s made me think the overall event theme was about the beach and waves, but that was not the case. While I continued walking and observing the painting’s I was greeted into Mr. Andrews’s exhibit, which consisted of self-portraits. Both artist having paintings placed in the same space didn’t take away from one another’s paintings.

Look at that!” Absolutely stunning and breathtaking artwork from artists then and now. It was nice to see the different styles and techniques that’s each person used, none of which were exactly the same. Going to the MoMa was like going through history and through the lives, lifestyle of a variety of people from all over. That is what I took away, I saw the individuality of everything. They were able to take risks and break boundaries, try new things take what they knew about art and make it completely what they felt it should

The outing opened my mind to how different people view the world. I went with my best friend, and it also made me relive the days when we first met. We studied abroad in France, and our group went to several art museums in Paris for that first week. It was refreshing to discuss our interpretations about the different works, which was an important bonding experience for the development of our friendship. Additionally, it was eye opening to see works from local artists.

I looked at the lobby display both before and after the performance. I was intrigued by the pictures the lobby display presented. The pictures of the costumes, especially made me excited to see the show. I did not really know anything about the show beforehand other than it was a musical about biblical events. In all honesty until I saw the lobby display I thought this show was going to be horrendously boring. I sincerely thought I would hate it. After seeing the concept designs presented in the lobby display I felt enticed by the vibrant costumes and pictures of the stage. I went back after the show and I appreciated the lobby display even more. I love looking at concept designs after I've seen the finished product because you see the progression of an idea.

The Fountain, directed by Darren Aronofsky, is a dramatic sci-fi esque film centered around the main character, Tommy. The film begins in the past setting with the line, “Let’s finish this”. These three words capture the film’s entire conflict, death. Every living thing dies, however it takes the span of the movie for Tommy to realize this. In the beginning, he is weary of death, believing that it is a disease. Present Tommy is obsessed on saving his wife Izzi from her fatal brain tumor, while Future Tommy is taking a tree, presumably Izzi, to Shibalba to be healed. He is unable to accept the death of someone that he loves, and therefore puts all his time and efforts into “curing” death. Even in the past, Queen Isabella of Spain asks Tommy to find eternal life to save Spain, leading him in a mindless quest for the tree of life and a brutal death when he does find his goal. All the while, present day Izzi has come to accept her own death. She is content in her life. Tommy does not recognize this, putting his wife second to her illness. We can see this when she asks him to take a walk with her, to which he denies. This scene replays throughout the movie, highlighting Tommy’s mistake of choosing his work over her. In doing this, he losses his wedding ring because he is no longer worthy of wearing it.

I chose to visit The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. Succeeding as a designer in the fashion industry has become more competitive than ever. Especially, with television shows like Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model glamorizing the industry. Its clear cut, you have to stand out from the rest of the competition to succeed. You have to show the world why you’re the next best designer. Standing out requires a lot of creativity and imagination. To me , contemporary art helps me think outside of the box, it inspires me the most. I love wearable Avant-garde clothing. The definition of avant-garde as listed on Dictionary.com is; the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary,

My experience to the Dallas Museum of Art was a bit different from the last time I had attended the museum. I was curious to see what pieces of art there would be and if it would be the same as the previous visit which was long ago, but to me all the pieces of art were so different and very interesting. It may have been because I saw all the pieces in a new perspective since learning about the different types of paintings there can be and knowing how and where sculptures come from. Even though I do not know much of art I really gave it a try into seeing what the artist may have wanted us to get out of his work. By reading a view of the chapters made me aware of art, I wouldn’t call myself an expert, but it was actually nice knowing that a

This event seemed like a pretty good reflection of the art communities I’d encountered or heard of before: lots of young artists, pop culture, immigrants using and selling crafts/talents they’d learned in places other than America or from cultures other than white/American (like the women selling henna, or the man selling sugar skull

When you go to an art show do you understand the symbolic interpretation of the pieces? Don’t feel bad, most people don’t. What’s so upsetting about that is that you really miss out on the experience. When I think about interpretation of art I think of Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol’s use of iconography changed not only the art world but the people who came into contact with his art. Once you understand his life and art, you will understand his art as a symbolic representation.

As a photography major, it was never clear to me on why I had to take a drawing class. I dreaded each class because of the known fact that I didn’t possess the skills to be a good drawer. When speaking to friends and family, I would always complain to them saying, “I’m going to fail this class. I have no idea why I have to take these drawing classes.” As the quarter went on and the more I learned about the different drawing techniques such as the use of lighting to create interesting shadows or the use of color to create a sense mood and emotion, I began to realize the parallels that drawing and photography have.

After getting over my initial reluctance, I got butterflies in my stomach. This was only the 2nd time I’d been to an art museum, so I wanted to make the most of it. When we first arrived, we looked around at some paintings. I visited an exclusive temporary exhibit of Edvard Munch which included a surprising amount of paintings of naked women. Nothing caught my eye in the first few galleries, but then I stumbled on an exhibit called “In Character” by Nam June Paik. As soon as I walked in, I got embarrassingly excited. I constantly had to stop myself from running around the museum like a madman. All the TV sculptures and simple, childlike drawings had been just so incredible to me. The piece that I really enjoyed the most was a sculpture called “Self-Portrait.”