Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Another scultpture

Another sculpture from the same sculpture garden I was in Martigny.   This is called Reclining Figure by Henry Moore.  It was quite large in person and got my attention because of the disproprtionate use of body parts and the lack of face.  Although it is not truly representative of the human figure, one can surely assume it is a female depiction.

Sculpture

I took a picture of this statue in Martigny, Switzerland in a sculpture garden I was visiting and I remeber loving it.  I don't remember who it is by, but I remember looking at from farway and being drawn to it.  Its a sad depiction of a woman, but its so calming and relatable at the same time. 

Carravagio

Since I read about Carravagio in Unit 7, I was interested to see his other works and if he uses the power of dispersed light to capture his scences.  As this painting shows entiltled The Denial of St. Peter, it does. There is light here but there isn't at the face time.  The light is used to reflect and draw attention to what he want you to focus on, the people, while mainting the background realitvely dark.

Photography

When I read the unit involving photography I was really excited since I love to see amazing photographs.  The picture here is from an exhibition called WEIRD BEAUTY : FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY NOW that was featured at the International Photography Center in NYC at 43rd street.  Although I was not able to take pictures of the works, I found the once I like the most.  I happen to like "weird" and expressive photos.  This is by  Steven Klein and it was amazing to see live.  The colors that were used and the postioning of the objects in the photo grabs your attention to the right places, from the bottom right of the photo leading to the top "exit" light down to the nurse in shades of blue.

Still Life

This painting is one of my faves at the Met. It is by Jacob Vasmaer, oil on wood.  Since still life depicts an image of arranged objects this to me seemed like a perfect example.  Not only the arrangement but I remember liking this because of the fact that the flowers are wilted and about to die (reminds me of still life).  I remember not understanding the concept of still life and only paintings that depicted some sort of inaction or death I found applicable to still life and thats why this painting stood out to me. 

Ephemeral Art

When I started to read about Ephemeral Arts and saw that you had mentioned Christo I immediatly thought of this second NYC poject Waterfalls.  To be fair this a searched image because the day I saw the waterfalls I didn't even have my camers.  Nonetheless, this art project made a big impression on me.  It was calming to hear and see the water escaping from underneath the bridge.  This was a great contrast to the hecticness of the city that surrounds it.  When I looked at this I felt as if I was transposed to another place.  Truly wonderful