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. …show more content…
Viewing the paintings, it seem to me very realistic, as if I were actually standing in front of an incoming wave. I stepped closer to the paintings and I could see the very small details that gave them the realistic effect, despite the use of the cyanotype chemicals working with nature combined. Each work of art presented by her was processed and completed in Bainbridge Island, Washington area. Although I deeply enjoyed all of her unique art, my favorite cyanotype piece is “Littoral Drift #275”. What I most loved about this particular piece was the fact that it was a more so closer, deeper view into the wave. The sides of the landscape were both dark whereas toward the center it was all type of blue shades coming together and the splat of white making it one great wave cyanotype. As I finished viewing her section of art work, the meaning I took from it work is simple, nature especially the beach is beautiful with great force. In terms of symbolism, I strongly believe Andrews’s painting had a lot of
This Summer, I had the opportunity to spend my entire break attending conferences and interning at a lab at UCSD so I thought to myself I would never have the time to visit any art museum or do my summer assignments for that matter. That was until I realized I was living at a campus who had an art piece practically on every corner of their six colleges. I then began my journey, on scooter, to discover the hidden and the not so hidden gems The Stuart Collection at UCSD had to offer. It was then that I fell in love with 2 specific art pieces throughout the campus, those being Do Ho Suh’s Fallen Star, which depicts an immigrant’s transition into American culture, and Kiki Smith’s Standing, which depicts a seemingly tortured woman.
The story of Erika Riemann is a rather upsetting one to say the least. Erika Riemann was a political prisoner of war. She was to be imprisoned for 10 years as a teenager, 18 months of which was spent in Sachsenhausen. Riemann was only a young girl, 14 years old, when the soviets believed her to be an anti-communist and thus the majority of Riemann’s life was spent in concentration camps. Her crime? That she drew a bow on a picture of Josef Stalin’s moustache.
The entire show was wonderful, the title, “The Story Continues”, was a perfect fit. Both artists distributed their eye for art, making each of their art works appealing to the eye, having to reach out and send a message. Every painting feed off one another with meaning. The theme seemed to be earth, nature, and how everything played a part in the circle of life. Comparing to each other. The exhibit includes oil canvases, acrylic, mixed media, found objects, frames, pigmented papers, and steel frame.
The most successful piece in the exhibit is the painting called "Scattered Hopes with Dreams I" by Kevin Cole. It was a painting of neckties being intertwined with his creative art work. The art was in vibrant colors with neckties going in different directions causing a beautiful detailed symbolic art piece. The name of the exhibit was called "If colors could speak. “In this Exhibit it has a collage of three paintings. The name of the three paintings were "Scattered Hopes with Dreams," "Dancing with Boogaloo Beats III," and "Scattered Hopes with Dreams II” by Kevin Cole. The theme was “The Color of Music.” The paintings are neckties intertwined with each other almost similar to dancing with each other.
On Saturday, November 4th, I visited the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. The piece of art I decided to write about is called “A Mountain Symphony (Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado)” This two-dimensional oil on canvas painting was completed in America in 1927 by Sven Birger Sandzén. This painting has not been on public view since 1927 and is located in the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. It was a “Free Day” at the museum, so I decided to attend by myself. I was unable to get a picture of myself in front of the work of art I decided to write about, but I did get several pictures of the artwork and a picture of myself with the “Free Day” sticker. I decided to write about this work of art because it was the only piece in the museum that really stood out to me and really caught my attention. A Mountain Symphony is a lively, beautiful landscape painting with a vibrant pallet filled with luminosity and broad brushstrokes. The sculptural quality of the paint surface reflect the influence of turn-of-the century modernist techniques. The balance of color and light brings happiness and joy to the viewer.
It must have been 13 years or so since I have been to the art museum, back in elementary school, on a one of a kind field trip. 13 years is way too long to have been away from the art museum, as my experience this year reminded me that. It was a beautiful, sunny October day, although it felt like July, and it was an even better day to talk a walk through the vast, mesmerizing pieces of art that the museum has to offer. The North Carolina Museum of Art provides an abundance of artwork from various time periods, cultures, and one can find art anywhere from Egyptian, to classical, to modern and contemporary art. The artwork that the museum provides not only displays an abundance of artwork, but
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.
Meghan Markle is known for her role in the popular TV series Suits but she is also a humanitarian and a former lifestyle blogger. The 36-year-old actress also partakes in significant social activities and is a global ambassador for World Vision Canada. Markle promotes gender equality and empowers women through her advocacies for the United Nations.
The two works of art that I have chosen to analyze are 1) Jordan Casteel. Miles and JoJo. 2014. Oil on canvas, 54” x 72” and 2) Aaron Fowler. He Was. 2015. Mixed media, 134” x 165” x 108”. The themes that these works of art represent in regards to the exhibit are love, family, and pain. However, they also fall into other thematic categories. The main theme that seems to apply to both “Miles and JoJo” and “He Was” is Human Experience. Additionally, these arts differ in some ways.
The first of the three studios we visit was the studio of our teaching assistant Mills. Mills’ work is primarily collage based with photographs and clippings from magazines. Mills is now trying to experiment with some instillation techniques as well. One collection of Mills’ work uses photographs of her home and meaningful places in her life, in the piece everything is symmetrical and reflects itself, but forms one shape. Mills uses photographs frequently in all her work, but it is not the only element of her art she also incorporates other materials such as yarn and wood into some of her newer installations. I found all her work very interesting as they combine images and made them into a new story other than the original ones they told. I
Visiting the Menil Collection and Contemporary Art Museum in Houston for the first time was eye opening. I never thought art was such a big thing. I knew art was to be creative but other than that I never would have thought art would have meaning. From reading, “Ways of Looking” by Ossian Ward, art comes in many forms: entertainment, confrontation, event, message, etc. however, having to pick two art works and compare and contrast them was difficult since there were many to pick from. I chose “La lunette d’appproche” and “Suck My Tits,” even though there completely different. They both share a hidden message that need recognition.
One pleasant afternoon, my classmates and I decided to visit the Houston Museum of Fine Arts to begin on our museum assignment in world literature class. According to Houston Museum of Fine Art’s staff, MFAH considers as one of the largest museums in the nation and it contains many variety forms of art with more than several thousand years of unique history. Also, I have never been in a museum in a very long time especially as big as MFAH, and my experience about the museum was unique and pleasant. Although I have observed many great types and forms of art in the museum, there were few that interested me the most.
In art, there are qualities that speak louder than words. It expresses many different messages and emotions and each person has an experience different from the next. In this paper, I will be discussing two artworks I encountered. The piece is a good example of how people can encounter different experiences in one piece. I attended the Orlando Museum of Art a while back with family and overall enjoyed my experience. On my visit, I found the museum quite impressive and felt a deep connection with specific pieces.
One of the most inspiring exhibition that I’ve never visited, but it’s one of my biggest dream to see in real life is the exhibition by Marina Abramovic ”The Artist is Present”. I found out about this exhibition in my performance class in jazz class. We watched the entire movie about this exhibition, and Marina Abramovic’s life. I was really inspired by the unique concept of this exhibition. Her work explores the relationship between performer and the audience, and the possibilities of mind. Marina Abramovic was sitting in a chair, and each individual from the audience was allowed to come to take the chair across from her. There was no talking allowed, just sitting in silence. A lot of people reacted very emotionally to this silent moment
On October 6th, I went to The Corner Gallery, it was one of the many galleries open to the public on First Friday. Their featured artist was Mannie Rubio. He is a local artist, born January 17th, 1984 in Stockton, California. He is an Army veteran that served from 2003-2004. His preferred method of art is non-representational abstract art, surrealism, figure, and still-life. I noticed that he uses oil paints majorly. There were several detailed pieces of art as I entered the room. The white walls held up the vibrantly colored paintings. The gallery had a white noise of conversations all over the room. There were other artists in the room and their names were, Chris Wagemann and Alexander Huerta. All of the pieces were intriguing, but I chose three pieces by Mannie Rubio that stood out to me most. I chose the artwork, Embrace, Untitled 1, and Untitled 2 because they screamed out to me with emotion and color.