During my visit to the Perez Art Museum, I became inspired by the talents, visions, and dreams of many artists. I came across sculptures, paintings, and objects that have revolutionized contemporary art. I saw my artistic side spewed out of me while looking at the myriads of cultivated work. I began to partake this journey by seeking for my imaginative and creative outlook. I was amazed by my eagerness to see each piece from not only through my lenses but the lens of the artist, and the public as well that way I can be able to understand the pieces holistically.
I was infatuated with the sculpture The Sin Razon, Sin Aliento y Sin Nada which is translated for no reason, no hope, nothing. The artist Gabriel Cisneros was born in Cuba. He designed a sculpture that is an unparalleled form of art. The sculpture depicts a young man who has a hopeless facial expression. The objective of Cisneros sculpture was to generate a challenge amongst his peers, and himself. His goal was to initiate a conversation about how artists can better reflect on contemporary art. I
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Julio Galan was born in Mexico. His work the China Poblana is a vibrant painting of a woman whose face was disregarded, she is wearing a voluminous dress that is full of bright colors. The colors of the dress highlight the Mexican identity of costumes and festivity. This painting I believe is a representation of the artist himself. Since Julio struggled with being open about his homosexuality this painting I say served as a therapy and confession of his identity. I find this painting fascinating because it combats a current issue-- the acceptance of the LGBT community. The colorful dress is full and captivating, it has a distinct correlation to the symbol of LGBT community. Therefore, the artist may have used this painting to reveal his identity while portraying admiration for his
The narratives in the work speak to the racial and social inequalities in America in the nineties. This deep concern with the coloured experience and the struggle for civil rights is seen in the images and sculptures she creates. Especially of women, as she lived through a time of widespread segregation, so her work was created from the place she knew most intimately.
Spending time looking at art is a way of trying to get into an artists’ mind and understand what he is trying to tell you through his work. The feeling is rewarding in two distinctive ways; one notices the differences in the style of painting and the common features that dominate the art world. When comparing the two paintings, The Kneeling Woman by Fernand Leger and Two Women on a Wharf by Willem de Kooning, one can see the similarities and differences in the subjects of the paintings, the use of colors, and the layout
Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous and well-documented artists of the twentieth century. Picasso, unlike most painters, is even more special because he did not confine himself to canvas, but also produced sculpture, poetry, and ceramics in profusion. Although much is known about this genius, there is still a lust after more knowledge concerning Picasso, his life and the creative forces that motivated him. This information can be obtained only through a careful study of the events that played out during his lifetime and the ways in which they manifested themselves in his creations (Penrose).
Oswaldo Guayasamin was born in Quito, Ecuador on the 6th of July, 1919. His father was a native of Quechua ascendency and his mother was a mestiza. Jose Miguel, his father, worked as a carpenter, truck and taxi driver; his mother, Dolores Calero, owned a small shop and died at a young age, an event that would later inspire a series from the artist. The family was always poor even by Ecuadorian standards, as his father had difficulty holding a steady job. He was the oldest of ten children and from an early age showed flashes of his artistic capabilities, drawing caricatures of his friends and teachers since he was eight years old. When he was about ten, his father brought some pre-Hispanic vases he had found while working at a construction site in Latacunga, Ecuador, this would spark h...
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Richard Serra, a known American sculptor, created an artwork called the “Tilted Arc” in the middle of Federal Plaza, in a downtown New York City business district. This curving wall of steel or CorTen steel was measured 120 feet long and 12 feet high made in 1981. Serra was commissioned to create this artwork for the Federal Plaza space; however, the public was against his art and was a target for criticism. Although the “Tilted Arc” was seemed as worthless and the “ugliest work of outdoor art”, people who opposed needed to understand that the point of art is not the “traditional” beauty, but the true meaning and the purpose of it. Many are narrowed minded when it comes to viewing and perceiving art, when it should be viewed by trying to understand
My friends, after traveling through the Asian continent and Japan, I continued on to the Americas. The art in the Americas has three regions, North America, Central America, and South America. Each region has a very distinct aspect to their forms of art. All cultures have some kind of art. Being curious about art, I have collected samples from five different areas. The following works of art are very different from European art, but there are still some similarities. The similarities of the human spirit are evident in the following images.
The St. Louis Art Museum is one of the United States most renowned art museums that is located in our very own St. Louis. It has over 30,000 pieces of exquisite art that I had the privilege to witness. While there, I mainly examined the art pieces that were modern art, since that is of what I have a good working knowledge. There is a wide range of art that I also got to witness including the sculptures and the museum itself. In the past year, they have recently installed a new sector of their establishment that has done nothing less than enhance the entire museum’s overall beauty. The St. Louis Art Museum, there are many beautiful works, but there were three special projects that caught my eye while I was there. The Contemporary art periods, Modern art periods, the American art periods, and the museum itself.
The curve of a line can convey energy; soft, shallow curves recall the curves of the human body and often have a pleasing, sensual quality, and a softening effect on the composition. Sharply curved or twisted lines can convey commotion, confusion, and even violence. In this sculpture, the lines of the contorting bodies help convey the intensity. Art sculpture is most fixed subjective connecting with the piece most often than not in profound personal matter, but personal reactions do not make anything better or anything worse. The joining of one form to another may be accomplished in different ...
Salvador Dali was a modern master of art. He unleashed a tidal wave of surrealistic inspiration, affecting not only fellow painters, but also designers of jewelry, fashion, architecture, Walt Disney, directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, performers like Lady Gaga, and Madison Street advertisers. Filled with antics of the absurd, Dali fashioned a world for himself, a world which we are cordially invited to experience his eccentricity, his passions, and his eternal questioning nature. Dali’s surreal paintings transport us to fantastic realms of dream, food, sex, and religion. Born on May 11, 1904, Dali was encouraged by his mother to explore, to taste, to smell, to experience life with all of its sensuality. As a boy, Dali often visited the Spanish coastal town of Cadaqués with his family. It was here that he found inspiration from the landscape, the sea, the rock formations, the bustling harbor, with ships transporting barrels of olives and troves of exotic spices. Dali was impressed by the Catholic churches, and their altars with the portrayal of Christ and of the angels and saints gracefully flying overhead, yet frozen in time and marble. It was in Cadaqués that Dali declared “I have been made in these rocks. Here have I shaped my personality. I cannot separate myself from this sky, this sea and these rocks.” It was in
Diego Rivera was deemed the finest Mexican painter of the twentieth century; he had a huge influence in art worldwide. Rivera wanted to form his own painting fashion. Although he encountered the works of great masters like Gauguin, Renoir, and Matisse, he was still in search of a new form of painting to call his own (Tibol, 1983). His desire was to be capable of reaching a wide audience and express the difficulties of his generation at the same time, and that is exactly what h...
Bright colors jumping at you asking for attention, images so real viewers can not tell the difference. These are the thoughts that came to my head as I gazed at two works of art by two Mexican artists at MoLAA museum of art . I visited two museums, Bowers Museum of cultural Art in the heart of Southern California and the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach for my report unfortunately I only liked the works in MoLAA and will talk about it through out my paper. I will talk about two Mexican artists Rafael Cauduro and David Alfaro Siqueros that caught my eye, and made me want to learn more of them and their approach to art. Siqueiros caught my eye and interest because according to his biography “no individual associated with the arts with the possible exception of André Malraux, had been involved in direct political action more than David Alfaro Siqueiros” (Siqueiros Biography online). Personally that to me said a lot and that got me intrigued, and made me want to know more about him and his work. Cauduro on the other hand got me intrigued through his illusionistic approach to art and interpretation of his view of things. Eve thought they seem like different approach to art they are both similar in different ways.
The Pérez Art Museum Miami, abbreviated PAMM, is a contemporary art museum located in Downtown Miami, in the state of Florida. It was founded in 1984 as the Center for Fine Arts, and in 1996 it changed to Miami Art Museum. It was not until 2013 that the museum changed to its current name and location, moving from East Flagler Street to Downtown Miami. The current name derives from a donation of Jorge M. Pérez, the biggest among private donors. Besides, Mr. Pérez is a well-known and respected trustee and collector of Latin American art.
For the first cultural event, I decided to visit the Orlando Museum of Art. Personally, I had never been to an art museum until now so I wasn’t sure what the art would like. I never had an interest to go to an art museum or an interest for art in general because it is very uninteresting in my opinion. I felt like I didn’t belong in the art world. I felt like art was meant for intelligent individuals who understood complex art and the intentions behind a piece of art. Even if I tried to understand art, I was always very critical of it because I never understood what makes art “art” and why it is so important to others. By touring the Orlando Museum of Art, I was hoping to gain a deeper appreciation and understanding for art.
“In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. Moreover, unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.” This quote by Ernst Fischer, a German composer, means that truth in art exposes the parts of society, and of life, that no one wants to see. In order for art to change society, it must first reflect the fears and failures of its people. The artist can change how people think of themselves and the world by using less conventional methods of creating art. The artist, in doing this, introduces new ideas of human placement in time and space, new frontiers of thought, that are furthered by the disciplines of science and philosophy. The artist works to introduces unique- and sometimes offensive- ideas so that society will be exposed to new ways of thinking and understanding the world. The artist does this through experimentation with color, style, and form. Therefore, the purpose of the artist should be to challenge how individuals perceive themselves and the offensive aspects of society reflected in art to bring about innovations in the greater society.