Art Critique 850 Words

(adapted from Paul Allen) Use the following document for our museum critique! Answers must "e entered "elow the questions# and all questions must appear in full on our final cop ! Pa careful attention to the required num"er of words for those questions that ha$e them (highlight sections to determine word count)! %ailure to follow the instructions will result in a su"stantiall lower grade! &inimal answers poorl written are a '(grade or less! )la"oration of points# e*cellent arguments and good writing garner higher grades! As alwa s remem"er that + want to see reflecti$e thin,ing on our part! -how me ou are aware of our e*periences# our limitations# our "iases# etc! -how me that ou are thin,ing a"out our own responses and wh ou respond the wa ou do! .ame/ Anida Pala$ra 0) Which museum did ou $isit1 chec,2bold one/ 3 U&%A (U of U) 4445eonardo 444U&6CA 7) 'escri"e at least one of the standard2permanent2general collections (a theme# period# geographic region# or topic within the museum)! (75+ words) One of the collections that I really liked in the musem was the Native American exhibit. It contained many pictures information and sculptures that really cau!ht my eye. "he exhibit had many hand made stuff from the past such as baskets and bowls. "hey also had totem poles made of wood. #hat i noticed in this musem was that they had very small sculpted people who I believe were from the $outh west. 8) 9i$e a "rief# one paragraph description of a special e*hi"it (as, the curator what these are! 5oo, in one of the first rooms)! (5%+ words) #ell I walked into a room which apparently called &'nder (ressure&. As I walked inside I noticed to my surprise there was really odd thin!s that was bein! presented there. I didn)t really like much of the art it didnt catch my eye. "he art in this room looked as if a child was playin! with paint. :) What ,ind of information is pro$ided a"out the wor,s1 'escri"e three places ou might find more detailed information that doesn;t include the we"! <int/ as, a curator for help with this question! (5%+ words) At the musem they had brochures that were bein! provided with many information

int it about the museum and special exibits inside. "hey had brochues bein! provided around the !alleries. Inside the brochures they had the title author date and also extra information abot the artist who created the work. 5) Choose several wor,s that particularl appealed to ou! )*plain wh ou were drawn to these wor,s! Comment on the su"=ect# st le# medium# time period# etc! Who were the artists1 >his question must "e answered in its entiret ! (5%%+ words) "hrou!h the museum there was several !reat pieces that I admired. One of the !reat piece that I felt was very powerful was the &#e #ill No *on!er +e $een and Not ,eard& by +arbara -ru!er. It pretty much shows . different photos of people not sayin! anythin! but bein! interpreted with their actions. /ou can tell that the artist really wanted to show that powerful interpretation throu!h the messa!es in the pictures. Another !reat piece was the &+ull (rofile $eries six prints& by 0oy *ichtenstein. "he way the artist shows the transformation of a cow into a more of a !eometric fi!ure print that you wouldn1t be able to tell it came from the initial print of the cow is 2ust creative. It also !oes from a not many color into a colorful drawin!. Another one of my favorite display of art from the exhibit which was labeled 34ontemporary prints& from the collection of 5ordan 6. $chnit7er. I was absolutely fascinated with this piece 2ust because of how it had 6r. 8artin *uther -in! 5r. 5ohn 9. -ennedy the first man on the moon an African American man "upac :shot and crawlin!; 8artin *uther -in! 5r. dead in a coffin some military officials and also some people in the back!round holdin! up the peace si!n. Another interestin! work of art at the museum was the <!yptian coffin that contained the mummy of (adiusir. "his coffin is from around ==>?5@5 +4<. I found it interestin! to know about how many different civili7ations throu!hout time have chan!ed. +elievin! that you !o to a type of heaven after death has been a belief that !oes way back in time. Another interestin! piece that cau!ht my eye was the &+ent to a $trai!ht and Narrow at a (oint of (assa!e& by *awrence #einer. It was basically a very lar!e brown room with those words written in blue and boldly across the walls. I liked it because it was simple yet very artistic. It kind of reminded me of the sayin! that !oes by &A picture is worth a thousand words& 2ust because there was many pictures around the walls. #hat)s also interestin! is that the way they had the li!htin! set up in this museum because the li!htin! in this exhibit was white with florescent white li!htin! that was oddly very bri!ht. I believe this white li!ht was used to push the attention toward the different kinds of pictures and not the thin!s that was around it. "he li!ht definitely did its 2ob. "here was a lot of people in this exhibit as I came to walk around I found everythin! else 2ust bland. One work of art that it1s meanin! surprised me was the &6iscarded 8emories& sculpture :A.5B; by 4hakai +ooker. "he sculpture was made out of strips of rubber tires and wood. I)m pretty sure it would capture anyone)s attention. 9rom far it looks like a really creative sculpture with all the turns the strips made but from closer one is able to see that it is made out of tires.

?) <ow did the artwor,s ou loo,ed at relate to material we ha$e discussed in class1 +t all relates in man wa s# ou =ust need to loo, for those relationships! (A%%+ words) As far as what we discussed in ,umanities such as identity reli!ion and love. I)ve come to notice that art is pretty much used to express how someone feels and looks at somethin! from their point of view. 5ust by lookin! throu!h many of the different pieces you can !et a look at someone)s identity how they feel when they did that piece and it also describes them in many ways. /ou can learn a lot about a person 2ust by how they write and make their art. @) What was our personal reaction to this e*perience1 Would ou en=o attending this t pe of e$ent again1 Wh or wh not1 (75+ words) Overeall I had a !ood time visitn! this musem. I would definitely come a!ain if I !et the chance to. It was a !reat learnin! experience to me I !ot to learn about many of the pieces of work they had there. Aside from the many museums that I have visited in the past I definintely en2oyed this one. It had many different types of art. I really liked the vibe that was there. On the side note I also really liked how they had a cafe there.