Art Inquiry

Project 5 Pablo Picasso  Guernica 1937 Oil on canvas 349 x 776 cm Source   1. This painting depicts a horse, bull, and six human figures who seem to be in agony or dying. The overlapping and lack of space between each figure in this tiny room creates frantic movement. The left side depicts a screaming woman grieving the death of the baby in her arms. The head of a large white bull, the only calm figure in the painting, floats above the woman's head. Directly below this, a man lays on the ground with a mutated arm. A contrasting white light bulb bursts with light on the ceiling to the right of the bull. The light shines on a horse screaming in pain.  The right side of the painting has the most action and movement due to the contrasting grays of the light shining down. The light shines on three more figures. One holds their head up to the stark light bulb, one leans through a window, and the last one screams ...

Self Portrait  Inspo From MoMa's Collection  Andy Warhol  Self-Portrait  1966 Silkscreen ink on polymer paint on nine canvases  Each canvas 57.2 x 57.2 cm, overall 171.7 x 171.7 cm Source Robert Mapplethorpe  Triptych: Self-Portrait  1972 Screenprint  Composition 86.1 x 59.4 cm; sheet 89.4 x 69.8 cm Source Stephen Shore   Self-Portrait, New York, New York, March 20, 1976 1976 Chromogenic color print, printed 2013 43.2 x 55.2 cm Source

Art Curation Exhibition Process What's a Girl to Do? The title of my art exhibition is What's a Girl to Do?. I love the the art pop era and the work that was made during that time. I wanted my exhibition to focus mainly around that period. At first glance my exhibition depicts surreal cinematic images of women. However, upon closer investigation their beauty counteracts the ugly reality in which they face.  This exhibition aggressively confronts a darker theme of American pop culture's portrayal of women. I started with artworks by Miles Aldridge. I love his work, it relates to my theme and it was a good branching off point. I then looked into other pop artists such as Andy Warhol, Richard Hamilton, and Rosalyn Drexler. I had a fun time looking for artworks to use for this project. My main goal was to include modern day pieces, which I did. The hardest part of this project was initially coming up with my theme. I had an idea o...

Video Reviews  Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan Museum of Art  Art curators help explain works of art and place them in a specific context of time and place. Philippe de Montebello was the art director of The MET for 31 years until 2008. The museum opened with 174 European paintings. However, under his leadership the museum's collection grew to represent all cultures and eras over the years.  Q&A with MoMA Curator Anne Umland  MoMA was founded in 1929 on the belief that the art of the present is just as worthy of the attention of famous works of the past. I learned multiple aspects of art curation in this video such as: A monographic, or retrospective, exhibition solely contain works from a single individual. They are often used today to highlight the career of a deceased artist Major historical exhibitions generally take 2-3 years to open to the public  A core group of 20 people are usually involved in developing an exhibition...

Video Reviews  Jacob Lawrence  The Harlem Renaissance was essentially an intellectual and artistic explosion during the 1920's. It had such a positive impact on people that left great legacies for black communities worldwide. Lawrence goes into detail about how important community involvement was.  Faith Ringgold   Grew up during the Great Depression in Harlem. She developed a new art form, story quilts. Her first one revolved around the story of Aunt Jemima. She then went and got involved with women's issues. Ringgold would paint eggs black and write "50" on them to symbolize a desire for an equal split of men and women to be included in prestigious art awards during protests. She also informs that there's no time to sit around and wait for someone else to say who you are. One must do it for that's where the art comes from. Romare Bearden  Bearden was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and later went on to tell the story of what was happening ...

MASP MASP - Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand São Paulo, Brazil I've never heard of this museum before. Its photo on Google Art Project intrigued me since I've never seen a gallery set up like this before. You can find their website here . The Gallery  I took a virtual tour of their "Picture Gallery in Transformation" exhibition. The space seems to be light by track lighting mounted on the ceiling. The space is quite long with multiple rows of this lighting. Floor to ceiling windows make up the walls of the entire gallery. All of the windows have shades that are down, but light still filters in. The only color from the space itself comes from the floor, which consists of black square tiles, and the ceiling which is just painted a bright white. The viewer is meant to start from one end of the gallery and make their way to the far end. Works of art are scattered on easels throughout the floor.   The Artwork  Artworks are arran...