Sunday, December 20, 2009

The Walker Art Center

Benches and Binoculars had paintings that were next to each other on the sides, top, and bottom. The artworks covered the whole sides of two walls. It was neat to use a binocular and look at the paintings that were so far up towards the ceiling. Some paintings you can just look at it and know what it is and others you need a binocular to get a closer look. The binoculars can give you a view of the details in the art paintings. There were acrylic paintings, photography, and oil paintings. There are realistic and modern arts. Many colors were used. Some paintings were rainbow colors and others were darker colors. There were small and big sizes. I did enjoy the views of many types of paintings. It’s different in a good way to sit back and look at the many paintings on one side of the wall. Then turn around and view the rest. Usually, most museums have paintings that are lined up in rows and no benches to sit on. So, experiencing Benches and Binoculars was enjoyable.

The Event Horizon galleries had artworks from various artists. I found the two Egyptian lions with the head of a human interesting. It’s faces were covered with pillows with lamps tied around it. The lamp lights were turned on. There was a circled art piece called “Light I” by artist Jim Hodges. It had small pieces of mirrors in a circled pattern. It was an eye catching artwork. Another art piece was the “Whitefield” by Gunther Vecher. It was painted white nails that were nailed onto a white board and the nails were bent to look like grass fields blown in the wind. It caught my eye as well. It was neat that the nails can be created to like alive. There was a room with two opposing mirrors, two recording cameras with time delay, and two video monitors. When I stepped into the room, the cameras recorded me and I could see myself in the monitors like one minute before. It was neat because the mirrors reflect each other and it looks like an infinity.

One large room in the Haegue Yang: Integrity of the Insider was red. It had fans, red light, and blinds that hung from the ceilings. Behind it was a room with musical equipment and instruments. The next art pieces that caught my eye was the written letters that looked like they all got soaked in water. Some letters were written in black or blue ink and wrinkled. The letters were blurry and hard to read. I think that it was the intention of the letters by the artist. It was a unique exhibit and experience.

The Elemental exhibits were 3D shapes in squares and rectangles. The artists use strings to create a cube in corner of the walls. By using the wall and strings, the artists make their art piece. To me, I think is amazing, what things they use to make minimalism art. There were objects in the exhibit that were gray square cubes. One object was a blue rectangle but when you walk around it there is a tunnel that you can see right through it. I think Minimalism is simple to look at because when you look at it you can see it for what it is.

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