I think the Portland Art Museum is a great idea. We could ride the Max downtown some Friday after school. The museum is open until eight on Fridays. School group tours are free, we would just have to reserve a time.
http://www.portlandartmuseum.org/
Powell's Books. It may not directly relate to art, but I think it would be a fun place to go and relax. It's free, of course. We probably could do the same Max riding after school deal.
http://www.powells.com/
We should take a day trip and go check out the Picasso exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum. $18 per person to see the special exhibit, Picasso, and nine dollars for only general admission. We may be eligible for an educational discount. This just in, second Fridays are free for teens from five to nine p.m. with Picasso being discounted. We could easily pile on a bus after school on Friday and get up there well before five o'clock. We'd probably get back around midnight.
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/visitSAM.asp
Friday, October 22, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Art21: Identity
Bruce Nauman is a strange man who apparently spent time growing up in Wisconsin. His studio is a mess but he claims that his mind is efficient. His work that stood out to me most was the uneven staircase. Each step was a different height and was not perfectly flat. He wanted to make people think about something that they don't usually think about, such as a staircase.
The main theme of Kerry James Marshall's work is his black figure. The people he paints are actually black and not brown. His latest project is a comic strip that incorporates traditional african figures as the heroes. He seemed to me to be the least eccentric of the four artists.
Maya Lin is best known for creating the Vietnam Memorial. The project she was shown working on was her renovation of a park in urban Grand Rapids, Michigan. She created an ice rink that had lights beneath it, so that it looked like a starry sky from above.
All of the works that we saw by Louise Burgeois somehow incorporated disembodied hands. She cast her own hands by submerging them in plaster. She was the oldest of the artists.
I think for the most part people try to hide their identity from people. I know a lot of times I put up facades in order to present a certain image of myself to others. Maybe that is why people resonate so strongly with art. Because we have forgotten who we are. So then a self portrait would be any and all artwork that a person creates. It's interesting to think about.
The main theme of Kerry James Marshall's work is his black figure. The people he paints are actually black and not brown. His latest project is a comic strip that incorporates traditional african figures as the heroes. He seemed to me to be the least eccentric of the four artists.
Maya Lin is best known for creating the Vietnam Memorial. The project she was shown working on was her renovation of a park in urban Grand Rapids, Michigan. She created an ice rink that had lights beneath it, so that it looked like a starry sky from above.
All of the works that we saw by Louise Burgeois somehow incorporated disembodied hands. She cast her own hands by submerging them in plaster. She was the oldest of the artists.
I think for the most part people try to hide their identity from people. I know a lot of times I put up facades in order to present a certain image of myself to others. Maybe that is why people resonate so strongly with art. Because we have forgotten who we are. So then a self portrait would be any and all artwork that a person creates. It's interesting to think about.
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