Albright Art Gallery Visit
1.) Which artworks make an impact or impressions on me? Why?
Artist: Giacomo Balla
Title: Dinamismo di un Cane al Guinzaglio
(Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash)
Media: Oil on Canvas
Year: 1912
This piece by Balla caught my attention by how cool the feet of the dog and women looked. I never really saw such a great way to show that a person or thing was running or movement in a picture. First thing I thought when I saw this was it looked like a scene from the Titanic movie when the people are running while the ship is loading and during the time boat was sinking. I thought this was a fascinating way to show an action or movement in a piece of work.
Artist: Lawrence Weiner
Title: A wall stripped of plaster or wallboard
Media: Language and Material
Year: 1969
Lawrence's piece A wall stripped of plaster or wallboard impacts me a lot. I first saw this and thought of the time when I was in the Tom Sawyer play at my school. This definitely looks like the fencing that was painted, obviously this isn't a wall. This totally grabbed my attention and I thought hey I can relate to this so much.
2.) Which artworks do I feel a connection with? Why?
Artist: Jan Dibbets
Title: Big Comet - Land/Sky/Land
Media: Chromogenic color prints mounted on wood
Year: 1973 (Reprinted 2007)
I felt a connection with this piece. It reminded me of a scene from a movie I like to watch called The Truman Show. The image I saw when seeing this work of art, I thought it looked like stairs that would lead to heaven or just above the clouds in the sky. I really liked the detail in the block, at first before I looked at the art description I thought they were pieces of glass with the way they looked. This was one of my favorite works of art that I took when visiting.
Artist: Unknown
Title: Maquette
Media: Photographic enlargement
Year: May 1957
This was my favorite piece that I found at the gallery. I love to do activities that are hands on especially building things. I connected with this picture, like I said I love to build things and this one he's building a house model. I also felt connected to this because it's engineering and I am going to get my degree in Mechanical Engineering.
3.) Which artworks would I like to know more about? Why?
Artist: Amedo Modigliani
Title: La jeune bonne (The Servant Girl)
Media: Oil on Canvas
Year: 1918
I would like to know more about this piece of work of The Servant Girl. To me this girl reminded me of one of the characters in American Horror Story, but I know that's not what it is. I would like to know more about what the meaning was behind this art work. I really liked the detail and thought put into this one.
Artist: Phillip Clarkson Elliot
Title: Shelcota, Pa
Media: Oil on Canvas
Year: 1943
The detail in this picture is pretty cool. I love the colors used, when I saw this I thought right away of a part of "downtown" North Tonawanda, NY. Once I saw this I thought of a canal going underneath the bridge and the area I thought of was the bridge over the canal on Webster St. I would really like to know more history and background information with this one. Also I would love to see this in person in Pennsylvania to see how well the true image and the art work here are matched together.
I think you chose some really great pieces of art and I like reading your interpretations of them. When I initially saw your pictures my thoughts were often very different that when I read your comments which was very interesting! Contrary to that, with Phillip Clarkson Elliot's painting, I saw your photo of that and thought, 'wow that reminds me of the canal.' So I enjoyed reading your comment on that as well and agree with you in regards to wanting to visit this place and see what it's really like.
ReplyDeleteI liked the pieces you chose to reflect on. The dogs feet in (Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash) referring to titanic when the boat was sinking. They were all scrambling and feet looking like they were going fast.
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