Event 3: Hammer Museum
For my third event, I went to the Hammer Museum in Westwood. When I went, most exhibitions being renovated, therefore, I was limited to what exhibits I wanted to see. I choose to go to the Armand Hammer Collection. The Armand Hammer Collection features a selection of artworks from the most fascinating periods in Western art history. The period included the Renaissance Era in Europe to the early twentieth century in the United States. The works included French impressionists and urban scenes. My favorite Artist included Gustave Moreau and Eugene Boudin.
Gustave Moreau's painting called "Salome Dancing before Herod", is a painting of the New Testament story, that depicts Salome performing a dance for her stepfather, Herod, at the banquet celebrating for his birthday. Although Moreau borrowed decorative elements from numerous sources and cultures, including Indian Turkish, Persian, Egyptian, Moorish, Roman, Greek and Etruscan, his system of symbolism was personal and originated from his imagination.
Eugene Boudin, one of the most famous maritime painters in France drew inspiration from the coastal villages and seaport of his native Normandy and nearby Brittany. Boudin's interest in recording a fleet moment in time, an idea also of interest to the impressionists, depicts the port of a channel town with simple wooden houses that line the dockside. His painting illustrated elements of art and architecture through the symmetry of his painting and accurate display of choppy seas and heavy skies that had been customary in European seascapes for centuries. In this sense I believe that this exhibit is completely relevant to our course this quarter. Art has been influenced by changing aspects of history and the accurate architecture and dimensions within the paintings truly embody our course. However, as of now, I would not recommend attending the Hammer museum within the next few weeks because of the limited amount of exhibits open. I want to revisit the Hammer after they open up their new exhibits.
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Event 2: Getty Museum
For my second event, I decided to go to the Getty Museum. Even though I have seen the Getty Museum across the 405 Freeway for four years now, I have never had the chance to visit the Museum. I am so glad that this class requires to attend three different events because the Getty Museum is one of the most beautiful museums I have ever attended. My favorite exhibit was the Light and Paper Process- Reinventing Photography exhibit. This exhibit magnified photography and nature through the years and my favorite artists were Matthew Brandt and Lisa Oppenheim.
For my second event, I decided to go to the Getty Museum. Even though I have seen the Getty Museum across the 405 Freeway for four years now, I have never had the chance to visit the Museum. I am so glad that this class requires to attend three different events because the Getty Museum is one of the most beautiful museums I have ever attended. My favorite exhibit was the Light and Paper Process- Reinventing Photography exhibit. This exhibit magnified photography and nature through the years and my favorite artists were Matthew Brandt and Lisa Oppenheim.
Matthew Brandt, who is a Bruin Alumni is a experimental phographer who works with different processes and materials to create images that are at once beautiful, yet balanced with his artistic concept. The Getty museum provided us with an introduction film about Brandt that delved into his thought process of how he creates his art. He has been known to use everything from bodily fluids to food to develop photographs.
My favorite painting was Brandt's, "Rainbow Lakes" that embodied the essence of nature in the Midwest. However, he uses chromogenic prints while developing the film that gives his photographs an authentic appearance. The chromogenic prints allow for Brandt to soak up various chemicals and liquids to give a beautiful piece of art. Brandt's work allowed us to see his artistic ability and how he also interrelates science through the use of chemicals while developing film.
Lisa Oppenheim graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor's degree in Modern Culture and Media, Art and Semiotics. Her work plays with the process of creating photographs and film. Her exhibit was beautiful as it showed a series of photos of the moon and elements in outer space. It was truly a narrative of the evolution of space and art, which was not only beautiful, but completely related to our class. I would 100% recommend going to the Getty for not only experience the impeccable beauty of the grounds, but also pertains to our class. The exhibit lasts until September and would recommend everyone going!
Event 1: LACMA Museum
I decided to go to the LACMA museum for my first event. It was my first time going to LACMA and I was very excited to see the exhibits and their famous restored cast iron antique street lamps that everyone has seen in the movie No Strings Attached. As I entered the museum I was handed a brochure that informed me of all the exhibits and Art and Technology resonated most with Desma 9.
The Art and Technology exhibit at LACMA had an array of art illustrating a strong interconnection with technology. There were array of examples that varied from photography to more technical construction art. The artist that I was most intrigued by was Robert Whitman. Whitman was matched with Philco-Ford (the technology arm of Ford Motor Company), where he worked with optical engineer John Forkner of the company's Aeronutronics Division. Together, Whitman and Forkner designed an environment for Expo '70 in Osaka consisting of a wall of corner cube reflectors and floating reflective Mylar.
A version of this was recreated in LACMA and I was able to watch a video of his creations that is shown below. The film was amazing as it demonstrated the thought process of interrelating art and technology. There was also an exhibit on photography that magnified the ability of art telling a story through photography. Artist, Larry Sultan had an exhibit on a series of photos that told a story about his life. He documented his family over the course of a decade that documented the delicacy of life and the progression of life through an artistic lens.
I would recommend this exhibit because not only was it very interesting, but it also addresses many topics that we learned about it class. The exhibits delved into the idea of art and science and the understanding of dimension. Whitman and Sultan's exhibits were an excellent example of how art and technology are truly interrelated.
I decided to go to the LACMA museum for my first event. It was my first time going to LACMA and I was very excited to see the exhibits and their famous restored cast iron antique street lamps that everyone has seen in the movie No Strings Attached. As I entered the museum I was handed a brochure that informed me of all the exhibits and Art and Technology resonated most with Desma 9.
The Art and Technology exhibit at LACMA had an array of art illustrating a strong interconnection with technology. There were array of examples that varied from photography to more technical construction art. The artist that I was most intrigued by was Robert Whitman. Whitman was matched with Philco-Ford (the technology arm of Ford Motor Company), where he worked with optical engineer John Forkner of the company's Aeronutronics Division. Together, Whitman and Forkner designed an environment for Expo '70 in Osaka consisting of a wall of corner cube reflectors and floating reflective Mylar.
A version of this was recreated in LACMA and I was able to watch a video of his creations that is shown below. The film was amazing as it demonstrated the thought process of interrelating art and technology. There was also an exhibit on photography that magnified the ability of art telling a story through photography. Artist, Larry Sultan had an exhibit on a series of photos that told a story about his life. He documented his family over the course of a decade that documented the delicacy of life and the progression of life through an artistic lens.
I would recommend this exhibit because not only was it very interesting, but it also addresses many topics that we learned about it class. The exhibits delved into the idea of art and science and the understanding of dimension. Whitman and Sultan's exhibits were an excellent example of how art and technology are truly interrelated.
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