Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Masonite painting located in the Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach, California. Altoon’s piece conveys a sense of art deco style with his use of bold contour line outlining geometric shapes along with his use of strong saturated colors. Altoon’s Jazz Players reflects Modernism by exemplifying cubism as well as Harlem Renaissance art through the use of angular, geometric shapes and the depiction of the “New Negro.” John Altoon was born in 1925 in Los Angeles and died in 1969 at the of age 43

Of all the pieces of art that I have seen in Los Angeles County Museum of Art, “La Havre, Bateaux de Peche Sortant du Port by Claude Monet, was the one I liked the most. It is a 2 dimensional oil on canvas painting made in 1874. The thing that drove me to the work was how peaceful and soothing it looked. Knowing that Monet was a very important artist and one of the leaders of impressionism were some other factors that made me interested in the painting. The first thing that I noticed about the painting

experience. From a young age, I was fortunate to be exposed to art; my parents would constantly take my brother and me to museums and galleries and at home, my grandmother would teach me skills such as crocheting, needlepoint and how to replicate food out of playdough. In both elementary school and middle school I drew and created little things such as bookmarks and stuffed animals, but I was never known as the “art kid”. I loved art and I understood that there was so much potential to create something

positively by creating a safe work environment, providing the necessary tools and resources and involving employees in decision-making processes (Maslow, 1943, 1954). Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory has particularly created a “glass ceiling” in art museum curating by hindering individuals personal achievements,

still get impressed by it, either way he’s still an amazing artist. Both writers, Moyer and Schjeldahl, both enjoy Burden’s work Shoot, but for different reasons. Moyer liked it because he was impressed that Burden wanted to get shot in the arm for art. Who wouldn’t get impressed by this? Schjeldahl enjoys Shoot because it’s a beautiful performance and that the meaning values of power. Not a lot of artist can do this in one performance but Burden somehow makes it work together. Moyer and Schjeldahl

Ugolino and his sons, by Jean Baptiste Carpeaux Jean Carpeaux who was an astounding sculpture breaks away from tradition and other historical subjects to come up with a unique way of expressing his feelings and ideas. In the sculpture of Ugolino and his sons, Carpeaux incorporates his sculpture with a past unseen liberty and immediacy. Jean-Baptiste brings to the public a lively individuality with his sculptures to distinguish him from the rest. The Ugolino and sons sculpture was inspired by

artist, illustrator and founder of the OBEY Clothing company. In 1988 he graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy in Palm Springs, California. Fairey realized his interest in art while working at a skateboard shop where he proceeded to post his homemade stickers. From there, he moved into the street art culture and graffiti movement where he became interested in stencils. While receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISDI), Fairey became known for his “Andre the Giant Has

The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame is a work of art done by Georges De La Tour. It was completed in the year 1640 using oil paint on canvas in France, and it is now located at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. This painting is of a woman, possibly pregnant, sitting leaning on a table her head rested on one hand. She also has a skull on her lap and the other hand placed on it. In the back ground there is a small stack of books and candlelight. More than anything on this painting, it is focused

Legacy of the Parthian Rhyton The artwork that I selected is The Parthian Rhyton. It was created in Iran between the years 150 BC – AD 225, according to “The Parthian Rhyton” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), its medium is silver with mercury gilding. The Parthian Rhyton’s body structure is half rampant goat and a half drinking horn. In the artwork, there is a separation mark between the goat and the drinking horn. The goat is lying down on its stomach. The rampant goat has two front

processes into “Blue Period”, “Red Rose Period”, “Black Period”, “Cubism Period”, “Classical Period”, “Surreal Period”, and “Abstract Period”. As I travel around the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, I saw several artworks belong to Picasso, and they reveal different period art styles of Picasso. This gallery has a wide collection of modern art, such as painting, drawing, and ceramic, and most of them located on the 2nd floor of the Ahmanson building. The gallery has the significant masterpiece of Picasso