Art Gallery Visit 1

A.) Which artworks make an impact or impression on me? Why?
Carbon/Solid, by Liza Lou was really impactful for me. At first when I saw this big black canvas I thought "What's the deal with this? it's just a solid canvas?" So I got closer to it... at which point I realized that it was actually composed of thousands and thousands of tiny black beads woven together. It really struck me. What a beautiful dedication the artist must have had to this piece. 

This is not a Fountain, Subodh Gupta impacted me because I heard it before I saw it. There's something special about a piece that uses other senses. It sounds like a stream running in nature which is a direct contrast to its actual form. It was composed of old silverware, pots and pans! What a neat idea. The artist collected old pots and pans from families in India. The piece symbolizes the rapid industrial change in India.

B.) Which artworks do I feel a connection with? Why?
Then of course, I loved seeing the van Gogh's that are up right now. La Maison de la Crau (The Old Mill), is a favorite of mine. I'm not sure that I've actually ever seen a van Gogh in person? They really struck me because of their texture. He laid the paint on so thick and there's this beautiful quality of movement in his brush strokes. I think one of the reasons it impacted me is because this style is very much how I paint too. It was inspiring to see this old master painting in person.

I must not have jotted the name of this piece down... I stood and looked at it for a while though. It felt like home. When I was growing up there was a big field just beyond the woods behind my house. The field would always sprout wild flowers, queen ann's lace, daisies, and buttercups. I can remember just laying in the field as a kid and feeling the wild blow through the plants all around me. This painting brought me right back to this place. The texture of the paint made me want to reach my hand out and touch it. It seemed to capture the feelings of wind and nature in such a pure way. 

C.) Which artworks would I like to know more about? Why?
Cycle, this piece was just so massive. I'd like to know how the artist went about constructing it. What sort of feelings inspired its shape and what it meant to them to work with the material of bamboo. 

The Devil's Bridge, which is a series of three photographs was interesting to see. I would like to hear the photographer talk a bit about the bridge's more and why they chose to capture them.