Art Gallery Visit

I had a nice time visiting the art gallery today. I used the automated tour guide and really got a lot out of my visit. There were a couple piece of art work that had an impact on me. The Quiet of Dissolution, Firestorm 2008 by Sonja Braas was very vivid. The image depicts a natural or man-made disaster. If you were to look closely you can see headlights from cars trying to leave the city. This piece of work was made by taking a photograph of a strategically lit marquette. She later destroyed it. (there is a little bit of a reflection from another artwork)


Another piece of work that has had an impact on me was Taaffe, Locust Auratus by Philip Taaffe. This piece of work is about creating equality throughout the work. He used actual 24ct gold strips as the stripes in the painting. If you looked closely you can see that the pattern at the top of the painting is different from the bottom.

Seeing the wall drawing up close knowing what I know about it, It made seeing it up close very exciting. I brought my boyfriend with me and he didn't even realize that it was thousands and thousands of scribbles. That drawing Scribbles: Staircase 2006 (installed 2010) by Sol Lewitt, really gives me sort of a connection because you can't tell what it is until you look closely. This relates to life because looking at the big picture, you don't get as much out of things but when you focus on the little things or details it can create so much more opportunities. Another artwork I feel a connection with is James Rosenquist's Nomad, 1963. This painting shows how the artist focuses on images in our everyday lives. There were everyday objects in this painting such as laundry detergent, a picnic table, things to do for fun like ballet and a microphone. The "new" located in the painting was referring to the times and the wallet to the importance of money in society. That really is how things are now, everything has a cost and you need the money to pay for it. 

While looking around I noticed greek Funerary Ritual objects. I found this very interesting and I think this would be fun to learn about. The ancient greeks believed when a person died his or her spirit left the body and went to the underworld, which was rules by Hades. A coin was put under the person who passed as payment to Charon, the ferryman of the dead. 

Another piece of work I would like to learn more about is Mona Hatoum's + and - 2004-2006. This is very interesting because when you stand next to it, it is very calming. Like culture and history the circle keeps going and so does time.