Module 5 - Art Gallery visit # 1

After spending some time at the Gallery, ask yourself these
questions: 2 works for each question

A.) Which artworks make an impact or impression on me? Why?

This piece of artwork, by 'Arman', is a series of sliced violins mounted on wood. This piece had an impression on me because I have played the violin for about 20 years. It is one of the first pieces near the entrance, and I loved it right away. Although, I felt at first it was a waste of possibly good instruments, the art itself not only shows you what the structure of the inside of the instrument is, but it also makes you appreciate the hard work put into actually making them.

This sculpture by 'Erwin Wurm', made me laugh when I first saw it. The impact was definitely humor, because as a child, I remember my sister and I always got stuck in shirts, and our dad would pull them up over our head but leave them on the top of our head so it looked like we had long ears. The piece is obviously someone bending over totally stuck in this sweater going the wrong direction. A humorous look at someone's frustration.

B.) Which artworks do I feel a connection with? Why?

This artwork is a series of four, but 'Marika Mori'. They are photo paintings, that look like different things like bubbles. Since I love the ocean so much, and color, I really felt a connection with these pieces. Two of the four almost look like a view from the bottom of a body of water, looking up into the abyss towards the sunlight. The other two almost look like something you might see under a microscope. They were pretty simple, but I really enjoyed looking at them. They symbolized to me the peace and serenity I lack in my life right now.

I also felt a connection with this piece. It covers about half a wall of a huge room in the gallery. (Next to the enlarged folding chairs).  When I went up to it up close, it looks like fabric sewn together stuffed with something, mounted with wood pegs.  It looks again, like something that would be looked at under a microscope, like some sort of amoeba, or bacteria, stretching itself to multiply or travel through a liquid. It is something I would hang in my house one day. It is a very unique shape, that makes the viewer wonder why the artist would make such a thing. Obviously from looking at the description card, it is a 'Citoanima Demopylea", whether that is real or the artist made it up, there doesn't seem to be information on that other than the artwork.

C.) Which artworks would I like to know more about? Why?

I liked this piece, and thought right away that I wanted to know more about it. There is a boy in his underwear reaching down a drain. It makes you wonder what he is looking for? And it also makes you realize how gross the world can be underneath our perfect little bathrooms, etc. "An inexplicable narrative" is what the artist calls it, meaning he kind of wants you to want to know more about it, and it works.

'Garth Weiser's' piece made me want to know more about it immediately because it has the illusion when you first look at it, as if it could possibly be a really close up picture of a bigger thing. I thought it was a feather at first, probably from a peacock...I was wrong. It is a Tahitian Moon, which I still don't quite understand how that looks like a moon, but that's the beauty of art, is you don't need to understand it, just enjoy it. The challenge of this painting was what made me want to know more about it.