Art Critique

For this weeks artist, we were asked to summarise the information provided to us based on the artist, Tracey Moffatt, and research other information to include in the summary. We then had to gather four images of her artworks and write comments on them including, our thoughts, opinions and other general statements about the image. Another requirement of the two week task, was writing about what we personally thought our chosen series produced by Moffatt was about, and also including a short 200 word paragraph on what image we would add to the series and why. The last task was to create an artwork based on Tracey Moffatt’s style of art.

This Summer, I had the opportunity to spend my entire break attending conferences and interning at a lab at UCSD so I thought to myself I would never have the time to visit any art museum or do my summer assignments for that matter. That was until I realized I was living at a campus who had an art piece practically on every corner of their six colleges. I then began my journey, on scooter, to discover the hidden and the not so hidden gems The Stuart Collection at UCSD had to offer. It was then that I fell in love with 2 specific art pieces throughout the campus, those being Do Ho Suh’s Fallen Star, which depicts an immigrant’s transition into American culture, and Kiki Smith’s Standing, which depicts a seemingly tortured woman.

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On September 28th, I attend the “Artful Conversation: ‘Bridge and Tugs’” event at the Georgia Museum of Art. At the event, the curator, Carissa DiCindio facilitated an in-depth conversation about Jonas Lee’s painting, “Bridge and Tugs.” We began by looking at the painting and discussing what we saw with the others and then after a while we were instructed to find a new seat. After finding a new seat we received a pencil and a small sheet of paper and Ms. DiCindio asked us to sketch the painting to the best of our abilities. Afterwards, she asked us again what we noticed about the painting. Many people noted they had noticed new details within the painting while sketching, and others stated that simply changing their position in the room had

As I explored the James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, I came across two paintings that really stood out to me because of their relevance to what we have been learning in class. In muted tones of blue and yellow, Harry Oosahwee’s (Cherokee) One Fall Morning depicts a Cherokee family in a barren rural landscape; animals and plants dot the landscape, and a small wooden house sits on the far right of the painting accompanied by a father, mother, and child to the left.

When I was walking around looking at the different artworks, and determining which work of art I was going to write about, I stumbled upon The Watermill with the Great Red Roof. At first glance, it really pulled me in and made me think about what this painting meant. My thoughts about this painting were that it made me feel calm and relaxed like a Sunday afternoon. The colors were muted greens, browns, oranges, and yellows, and this painting looked like it was rural landscape, which had very full and dramatic trees. It rather reminded me of the Disney movie, The Sleeping Beauty, this painting reminded me of the house Aurora lived in, they both look similar to me. This art piece pulled me in and made me want to visit the place Meindert Hobbema painted. The first word that popped in my head looking at this was, beautiful. It was so simple, yet complex. Moreover, it was like nothing I have ever seen before.

It must have been 13 years or so since I have been to the art museum, back in elementary school, on a one of a kind field trip. 13 years is way too long to have been away from the art museum, as my experience this year reminded me that. It was a beautiful, sunny October day, although it felt like July, and it was an even better day to talk a walk through the vast, mesmerizing pieces of art that the museum has to offer. The North Carolina Museum of Art provides an abundance of artwork from various time periods, cultures, and one can find art anywhere from Egyptian, to classical, to modern and contemporary art. The artwork that the museum provides not only displays an abundance of artwork, but

I stopped at a painting titled “House and Farm on the Allegheny River” by William C. Wall from 1863. The two boys on the wooden rowboat where the first objects to strike my eye, and slowly my eyes moved towards the livestock wading in the river, and next to the mountains in the background. Above the rolling hills, there is a gorgeous sky that included colorful clouds with the sun’s rays shining through intermittently.

The idea of this piece is to show the connection between mother and daughter being painted. It shows the time and the classic style of the

It is also important to note that both people that Junko sees as the greatest threats to her plans are male. Junko notes to Makuro that the only person smart enough, stupid enough, and lucky enough to figure out her plans and then work to oppose her is Nagito Komeada, a man that she cannot manipulate with her intellect or charm with her outward appearance. Additionally, later on Junko notes that she is only going to let Makoto Naegi live, due to the fact that the greatest despair in her life would come from being defeated by a person like him, a man and a pacifist (Danganropa: The End of Hope’s Peak Academy – Despair Side). Junko sees two young men as her ultimate competition, one because she has no hope of completely controlling him and

When we enter the Spencer Museum, we were brought to different locations in museum to review five pieces of art works. After much consideration, I personally chose “Haunted by the Ghost of Our Own Making” by Hollis Sigler as the central theme of my essay. Like many other abstract canvas in the museum, “Haunted by the Ghost of Our Own Making” is not necessary the most powerful in conveying its message to the audience without artwork description provided by the museum or a narrator, as compare to other pieces like Above Ground Movement by the Young Female Activists who captured photographs with meaningful and relatable events.

As James Baldwin put it, “The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers,” and this painting is an expression of love and leisure, of compassion and a genuine appreciation for nature and humanity. We are a people who enjoy relaxation in the outdoors, social creatures who relish in the company of others, who have a deep love for our families, animals, and the environment. On these themes, we can

If you have some free time and have always wanted to visit an art gallery, a start is the Art Sacré exposition. Just do not expect high quality art. Running from October twenty-third to December eight-teenth at Les Salles de Gesù, the exposition features four artists depicting spirituality and inner self.

Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South and Madonna Enthroned are very similar images that were produced by very different cultures. Both images were produced during the 13th Century. The image of Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South was produced in Tibet during an interesting period of the country’s religious history. The branch of Tibetan Buddhism is led by a religious and sometimes political leader called the Dalai Lama. It was during the 13th Century during the reign of Kublai Khan, around the time of the production of this painting, that Tibet experienced the first incarnation of the Dalai Lama. One has to wonder if this painting is somehow related to that occurrence. According to

The art piece that I chose to critique is the sculpture of a figure kneeling down and getting shocked. It is located on campus near the Morris University Center(muc). When I first saw this sculpture it caught my attention immediately, because of how gruesome the piece was. I feel like I don’t have a good understanding of what the sculpture represents, but it seems like it would raise plenty of controversy, due to its erotic features. It seems like the artist was venting his emotions when he created his idea. The sculpture is fairly large in size, which makes it noticeable, among the other art pieces on campus. The sculpture media consist of wood and concrete, and metal mostly. The individual is keeling down toward the west and is supported