Picture from the 3 galleries we visited and a mural. So we saw a lot of art and I really enjoyed the visits. I really liked the alumni show from the center for the arts exhibit. I enjoyed the different art styles and pieces of work. I also enjoyed the color used at the other exhibits and wish to explore color and its application.
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So... it was a great trip, I saw a lot of great stuff, it did not rain this year, but I got to the meeting point early and got hustled by a sweet old lady selling bracelets. Mr. Ritchie's sketchbooks were amazing and although I got a tour of the archives, I felt as if his sketchbooks were some of the most interesting things I saw throughout the trip. It was very interesting to see his planning and how rough sketches stand as their own. I also enjoyed the Richard Serra exhibition Rounds. Although they were just black circles, there was a depth to them that change from one round to the next. Some were simply a round an others were rounds with splatters surrounding them. It was interesting to see how one object can take on so many different shapes. The artist John Baldessari also had an amazing exhibition. The differently (geometric) shaped canvases gave the artwork a new look. His use of photography as well as painting and layering were nicely composed and I loved the look of it coupled with the shape of the canvas. Former VMFA director held a lunchtime lecture in the black box, in which he talked about his journey into the art world and what he has learned about life and art throughout his years. Although his family attempted to deter him from a life in art he eventually found that it was something that he loved and that if he truly wanted to he could make a life in the art world with the passion he had for it. He went through ups and downs, which everyone experiences, however, he got back on track and was able to support his family and raise two children and eventually have grandchildren all the while enforcing the same lessons he learned in life to them and to us as well.
I really enjoyed the sculptures and could not say anything bad about the exhibit. The works were very unique and I liked how Haley talking about enjoying the way his machines pressed an old washing machine and scrap metal into paper ball like shapes. It was nice to know that he loved the process in which his work is created. I also liked the hanging donut looking sculpture (and the drawing machine even though it was broken, which was kind of ironic.)
Although they were amazing, some sculptures were better than others. There were occasional sculptures were some of the skin tones varied from face to boy and they just looked fake and others it scared me to stand next to because they were so life like. Even though I have seen what I lengthy project it is to replicate a person from head to toe, I feel if you are going to go through all of that effort, you could have done better. Specifically on the Jennifer Lopez wax figure as it had her face, but that was not at all her body on that wax figure and the Kristen Stewart figures head was really, really small in comparison to the body.) However. all together the experience was amazing and if I get the chance I would like to actually go to the Hollywood Wax Museum in California.
On November 24, the art classes visited the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts which showed ancient Chinese Artifacts which were amazing. It was a one in a life time chance to see such beauties and I am happy to have seen such wonderful items from a foreign country in my own hometown. The artworks were beautiful and were unlike many sculptures and paintings I had sen before. the exhibit was also very informative and I learned of the European influences in the lives of the royalty Chinese at the time as well as the artwork. It was also very informative in describing the use of certain items and their significance to the rulers during the time period which it was set in.
During Lunch this past week a local artist spoke to us about his artwork and the art classes were also able to discuss the different types of art scenes in modern times. I enjoyed his loose painting style and the many colors that helped to create the images and I also liked his personality, but I felt that the lecture was more of a Q and A which is not bad because we were able to get a deeper understanding of his feeling on certain topics. It was different from past lectures that I have attended which I felt the artist talked more about there work rather than others in the past, present and future or even poked fun at musicians. However, when we returned to class we were able to have a good discussion on the topic of muralist and institutionalist which Mr. Auken raised a point on. Though muralist do create amazing art and institutionalist create very conceptional art that is mostly found in business settings we felt that he did not take into account the artist who fall in between these two different styles of art.
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