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Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Gallery Visit-Liliana Merida
Woodland Poem III, IV, V by Jean Allemeier Boot
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Gallery Visit
I went to the Lafontsee Gallery located
on Lake Drive. I really liked that gallery and I would have never found out
about it if it wasn’t for this assignment, so I’m glad I went. There were so
many cool things there so it was kind of hard to pick from all of them. The one I decided to use
for this assignment was a set of three drawings by the artist Jean Allemeier
Boot. The name of the pieces of art is Woodland Poem III, IV, and V.
The first one is of a tree with no leaves.
It is position on the right side of the paper. It looks like the top of the
tree is cut off as well as the bottom of the tree, which gives the impression
that the tree is very tall. Different sizes of branches are coming off of the
wide trunk. The art piece is in black and white and it looks sort of fading.
The second drawing is of two trees close
to each other. They are almost position towards the center of the paper. The
second tree is slightly bending. The trees have some leaves. Again the drawing
is in black and white with a little bit darker spots than the first one. The
third drawing is of several trees. These trees have more leaves and appears
that the viewer is standing a little bit further away from them to be able to
see the trees from top to bottom. There is more contrast in this drawing giving
it more definition. The technique used by the artist was etching. I think the
artist wanted to show the transition from winter to spring as having one tree
first with no leaves at all and then adding more details in the other two
drawings. These drawings appear to be simple but I feel like having them in
black and white allows the viewer to focus more on the shape and form of the
trees. This is why I picked these drawings because I love how the trees are
able to stand out against the background. I used this as an inspiration to take
pictures of trees that were well defined and visible against the sky.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Gallery Project - Madalyn Southards
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I went to the Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts. This museum is full of very abstract and unique art, so coming across three, simple white frames evenly spaced stood out. In the middle of each white frame is a different dull green succulent. The simplicity is striking. As you keep looking, you then notice the background of each piece. It reminds you of watercolor - a mixture of blue and pinkish orange. Each background is a different mixture of this blue and pink background, but in each one, the white background of the canvas shows is revealed, especially in the middle one where a large portion of the white canvas is shown. Also in the middle one, you notice there is a lot more pink paint than there is blue.
I think the artist is interested in plants and succulents and wanted to find a way to capture his/her interest in a simple, yet complex way. The three images look very simple next to each other but the simplicity makes the interpreter wonder and become curious as to why the artist chose to capture this subject in the way he/she did. I think that's what the artist wanted us to think. I think the colors in the background were very intentional. I think the artist used the warm pink/orange color to represent heat and the sunshine that occurs where succulents grow. I think the artist used the blue paint in the background to represent the clear blue skies of the desert.
I thought the gallery photos (first picture) were very interesting, very so simple. As you can see, there are three pictures, each photo of a different succulent. They are very simple and distant images. I thought it would be cool to take the same subject and to embrace it. To get close and personal with the subject, revealing detail that is not visible through the gallery images.
Amanda Ismail - Museum
Amanda Ismail:
Art inspired Photo
Went to Calvin College Fine Art Center and found this piece.
My Photo:
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"I chose this art piece because it many parts in it, but all in a certain theme this gave me different ideas to do. It's also in black and white, taking photos in black and white is something that I just don't usually do. I thought I would challenge myself and try something new, particularly with this art piece. I liked the tree stump aspect in it most, I noticed it first, but that is probably because I like nature and elements included about nature. In my photo I tried to take something incorporated the lines, tree stump, and silhouette affect, plus the curves in art piece. This was also a "live" drawing on the campus when it was put up, I tried to incorporate the "live" or liveliness in taking the photo downtown where it is very active, in the photo its portrayed by the buildings pictured." - Amanda Ismail
Creative Editing Extra Credit - Madalyn Southards
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I boosted the vibrancy and contrast so the detail of the leaves stood out better. I also made the edges dark so the brightness of the sunlight reflecting on the rain drops on the leaf stood out better.
Amanda Ismail - Extra Credit Editing
Amanda Ismail:
Extra Credit - Editing
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I chose to edit this photo because I loved the angle of the photo. I adjusted the lighting to make it a bit more bright to really show the vibrance of the color, and I cropped the image to make the angle more dramatic.
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In both of these photos my goal was to have the photo be dramatic on here hare because I liked the color and the style, particularly the curl flow in it.
Gallery Visit -Isabelle Smit
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Joey Frass - Muesum Visit
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For my museum
assignment, I chose to critique a painting from Friedel Dzubas called Sentenial. At first glance, I hated this painting. It appeared to be a bunch of colors on a
canvas, with no true meaning behind it.
I was walking the Grand Rapids Art Musesum, stopped, and said, “How is
this art?” Elizabeth then questioned me
and asks me to explain why I didn’t like it.
As I was explaining why I didn’t like it, I realized how it was actually
a very unique piece.
My assessment
of the image was that it told a story.
The story is that a mother is exhausted from a long hard day. She pours herself a glass of wine and sits
down to relax for the evening. Her sons
are playing with theirs in another room, and being quite loud. After a couple minutes, she goes into the
room to ask them to settle down. She
walks in, and gets hit with a ball, and spills her wine all over the toys.
In my
photo, I tried to duplicate the assessment of what I saw in the picture. I used some Legos as the kids’ toys, and used
wine on a towel to signify the carpet that the wine spilled on.
Lauren Peters - Gallery Visit
I visited Kendal College of Art and design.
The picture I choose has 3 parts.
The first one is a head shot however in only shows from the bottom of the nose
to the shoulders. The girl in the picture is wearing a white shirt and there is
a white background. The only color is the girl’s skin and her bright red lips.
The second part of the picture is a photo of a simple white closet. It is empty
besides 3 brightly colored shirts hanging on the right side. The first shirt is
blue, then the second is yellow, and finely the third is red. The last part of
the project is a picture of a dreary white day with a bright blue umbrella in
the bottom right corner.
I enjoyed
this group of 3 pictures because of the use of color that the artist
chose. The pictures brought me back to
memories or when I was younger. As a little kid I loved painting and creating
art with anything I could get my hands on.
I loved adding life to my artwork with bright pops of color and that is
exactly what the artist did here.
The artist used negative space in
the composition to draw the viewers eye to the color. The contrast between
white and color also helped give the picture visual weight. The artist
purposefully used white and boring things in the pictures to make the bright
colors pop more.
I think the artist was using this
piece to show that the world without color would be boring. The pictures
without the color would be less pleasing to the eye and looking boring and
flat.
I really
like these pictures and the way the artist used color. I think it is very
pleasing to the eye. I especially liked the one of the girl’s lips and the pop
of red as well as the blue umbrella picture.
I was inspired to take a picture of the clock because I really liked the pop of pink that it had. I liked how the pink really stood out off of the white wall and the white background of the clock.
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Elizabeth Otten - Museum Visit
Elizabeth Otten
Photography
Phrene
Museum Visit
For my museum visit I decided to go to the Grand Rapids Art Museum. There was a lot of beautiful pieces throughout the whole exhibit that I enjoyed viewing. One that I especially enjoy was a piece done by Childe Hassam, called Summer Sea. This was an oil on canvas painting of the Isles of Shoals, which was Hassam’s favorite summer retreat. Hassam’s painting won the Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal at the Pennsylvania Academy of FIne Arts 105th Annual Exhibition in 1910, and because of this his work traveled to museums across the country.
To describe this painting, all you need to do is close your eyes and view an ocean with a path of rocks leading down to it. Picture yourself right near the edge of the path where you can see the rocks but then you can see nothing but water straight ahead. You see nothing but openness and it is relaxing. When it comes to the dynamic of the painting I really enjoyed the colors meshed together in it. There are so many different neutral colors put together to add great detail to the photo. I also enjoy it because you can tell that it is an escape spot. Before I read the information about the painting, I thought to myself that it looked like the perfect place to get away to. With that being said, for my photo I went to my favorite summer spot and took a photo. Grand Haven has always been my go to area and so when I went there I wanted to try to get a photo that capture a lot of its beauty, which is why I took the photo so far back from the water. Grand Haven has plenty of escape spots that I can go to and just relax in my own thoughts. I wanted my photo to look like a place that you want to visit just like Hassam’s painting makes me want to visit the Isles of Shoals.
Elizabeth Gaus Museum Visit
I was inspired by Jess T. Dugan’s work, found in the Grand Rapids Art Museum, entitled “Self Portrait with Mom(Mirror).” The piece features two nearly identical images, side by side. The first image depicts an older woman, with grey, cropped hair and a pale purple top staring into a bathroom mirror, with her left arm rested against the wall, beside the mirror and her right hand rested on the vanity underneath the mirror. The woman is staring intently at her self, seeming to look deep into her own eyes almost as if they are the eyes of another, as if she is searching for something that she can not find. The second image depicts a younger person, presumably her child, standing in exactly the same manner, one hand rested on the wall, the other leaning on the counter, mirrored, so that the mother’s arm rested on the wall frames the left side of the exhibit, and the child’s left arm is mirrored to frame the right side of the exhibit. The second person has several tattoos and is shirtless, evoking some sort of vulnerability that you do not find in the mother.
Both images convey a sense of searching and reflection, as if each individual is reflecting upon years of life lived. The images are both very light and soft in tone, yet very dark at the same time. The images are photographed in an even, cool soft light, but the vignette used around the edges and the story told by the subjects faces creates a darker, heavier mood, despite the relatively soft, airy lighting.
I enjoy the use of both light and dark qualities in this image to create a very dynamic story. One just doesn’t quite know how to feel when viewing this piece. There is a sense of clarity and focus, but as you continue to stare into the eyes of the subjects, you realize there is much more to the image than you first see. I enjoy the sense of deep searching the image gives me, i want to know more about the subjects and why I see the things I do in them.
I think that this series of images is a very well put together combination that create a dynamic range of emotions for the viewer, I think they were created with a story, and they cause me to want to know the story, making them very good pieces.
I was inspired by these images to create a similar image, depicting Anna looking through her wardrobe mirror at her room. My goal was to create a mood of reflection, to depict her reflecting on a year lived in this room, a year of laughter, tears, growth and learning.
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