Saturday, September 29, 2012
Art Gallery Visit 1
A) Janine Antoni’s 2009 work ‘Inhabit’ which was a digital color print was definitely one that left an impression on me. I thought it was really cool how the artist was able to feature herself in the photograph. The message to me was clear yet unclear. It was simple, yet it was so simple it made me think there must have been another hidden meaning I was missing out on. Donald Judds ‘Untitled’ which was a 1969 work done with Iron and Plexiglas, was a really great work of art as well. When I first saw this work I thought the orange light was actually from a light but a closer glance revealed it was actually the way the natural lighting was reflecting off of the Plexiglas.
B) Wessily Kandinsky’s 1913 oil on canvas painting ‘Fragment 2 for composition VII’ made me feel some type of way. It screamed out turmoil and chaos and I almost couldn’t handle the connection I felt to this piece. It was so bold in color, so loud in form and it made me feel connected in the emotions that seemed to be present in the work. It was scary in a way and provoked raw terror and anger in me at the moment. While that piece had me emotionally wrecked for a few moments Jennifer Stankamp’s 1993 computer installation ‘Untitled’ had a very calming effect on me. I connected with the colors and the way in which the work was moving made me feel calmed and peaceful which I often look for when I am particularly stressed and or under pressures. I loved it and felt very satisfied with the work.
C) ‘The final veteran’ (1960, oil on canvas) by Larry Rivers was a work that left me questioning. I wanted to know why the artist created the work, and who inspired it and what it was created for. The painting was aggravatingly vague that in a way it left me dissatisfied. Another work that left me wondering was Ken Price’s ‘The Sea of Sin’ (1961, Tempera, terra cotta in wood and glass box). It was such a small work of art with such a powerful title that I felt wasn’t emphasized or explained enough. That title along with why the work was so meek has been having me pondering for days.
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I went to the Albright-Knox gallery as well & really loved the Untitled piece by Jennifer Steinkamp with the shifting lights. it was so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love the Jennifer Steinkamp with the shifting lights also, I saw them at the gallery. They are having a very similar light show outside on the building I think on October 13,2012. I also picked the painting Veteran, It is very American to me.
ReplyDeleteI also love the Jennifer Steinkamp Inhabit because like you I did not understand the exact meaning of the piece from when I first saw it. i t was definatly an eye catching pieece because it was a women just standing there almost being part of the wall. I was also amazed by you connectiont to the art work. The painting fragment 2 for Compesition Vll was very eye catching. However, what i really tock from your pasting was how connected you were to this specific piece. You said iy gave you all types of different emotions. Which, I believe is the reasin this artist painted the art work. To make others feel the emotions he or she was feeling at a certain moment. The way the artist uses color to emote feeling and moods is the way he was able to get to you.
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