Chelsea Gallery Reaction

The Chelsea Galleries unlike the museums and their non-profit art spaces that we visited throughout the semester majority of these galleries are commercial spaces.

 I visit the Yossi Milo Gallery one art work that i found interesting at this gallery was Untitled #168 by Simen Johan it was a rhino that was sitting in the middle of nowhere. Usually when you see a rhino you don't see it in this element it showed a softer side to the animal. Another gallery that I visit was Marlborough Gallery the artist focus on the world of hip hop, even though I am not into hip hop it was cool seeing how people view it. One of his pieces that caught my eye was Rashaad Newsome: Herald I didn't get what he was trying to portray in this artwork, I don't think it represented his view well. however one piece of work that I enjoyed was Black and Yellow it showed the flashy side of hip hop with all the jewelry. 

The Freight and Volume Gallery was also interesting it was full of color an artwork that I enjoyed was Kristen Schieli: Beyond the Rocks they was full of bright color, these pieces can brighten up your day with all the beautiful colors.

 Kristen Schiele

Uptown Girls Can Drink, 2011

Kristen Schiele

Over the Edge, 2011

Rashaad Newsome

Black and Yellow, 2011

Rashaad Newsome

Bo$$ed Up, 2011

Untitled # 168

Simen Johan, 2011

A Journey Through Africa Project #5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest art museum in the world. It has been New York's historical art museum since 1870s. It has a collection that showcases 5,000 years of art from different cultures around the world. I was given the opportunity to present an online exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum.

As the curator for this exhibition I decided that my theme should generalize the continent of Africa ranging from the people, societies, civilization and the many unique cultures. African culture is incredibly interesting because it’s very diverse. I decided to go with this theme because I found the history of Africa very interesting the way it is portrayed through art. With over 47 countries every African country has a mix of tribes with their unique language and culture.  

I want my views to get an inside look of Africa from slavery, childbirth, beauty, art and music. The “Seated Female Figure” (1965) is part of a group sculpture where are seated in a position showing their physical power of a woman. I want my views to see the different ways African express themselves through baskets and how they served as useful containers in everyday Zulu life that were usually decorated with very simple designs or left completely devoid of ornament the photo of “Lidded Basket” (2000) shows a form of expression from South Africa. “Casspirs Full of Love” (1989-2000) refers to an episode of South African. In 1974, the military dictatorship in Portugal was toppled.

Casspirs Full of Love

William Kentridge (South African, born Johannesburg, 1955)

Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art 

Seated Female Figure
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1965
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas 

Male Figure Holding Animal Horn

The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979

Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas 

Headdress: Female Bust (D'mba)
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the America

Prestige Stool: Female Caryatid

Buli Master, possibly Ngongo ya Chintu (Hemba, ca. 1810-1870)

Arts of Africa, Oceania and the America

Crucifix

Gift of Ernst Anspach, 1999

Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas 

 Couple
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Daniel and Marian Malcolm, and James J. Ross Gifts, 2001
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas 

Marble head of a man

Rogers Fund, 1921

Greek and Roman Art 

Drum

Gift of Raymond E. Britt, Sr., 1977

Musical Instruments  

Jitterbugs V

William Henry Johnson (American, 1901–1970)

Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art

Portrait Mask (Gba gba)

Bequest of Adrienne Minassian, 1997

Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas 

 Terracotta vase in the form of a black African youth's head
Greek and Roman Art 

 Lidded Basket
Rogers Fund, 2000
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas

Glass cup in the form of the head of an African

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881

Greek and Roman Art 

A Black Man in Three-quarter Profile

Frans Crabbe van Espleghem (Netherlandish, ca. 1480–1552)

Drawings and Prints 

Illustrate A Story

Retired NYPD officer Joseph Lutrario was an officer who turned a hero in September 11. He represented the many people that sacrifice their life for others on that tragic day. I illustrated this day right after the towers were hit. The background is the towers in smoke and fire, my images represent the pain that was felt that day and the people affected.

Good Art, Bad Art

What is good art and bad art? I don't think there is no such thing as bad art and good art because people view things differently. Art is something that reflects a story the way the view wants it to be told. For someone a leaf on the ground can represents good art while to another person they don't see the beauty in it. The following artwork can be view vey different by two different people. I believe that good art or bad art should be determined by the person who is viewing the art.

Beets

Elad Lassry (Israeli, born 1977)

Les Moeurs des feuilles (The Habit of Leaves) fromHistoire Naturelle

Max Ernst (French, born Germany. 1891-1976)

Narrative Digital Collage

My collage represents everything that I ever dreamt of from getting married, the cake, the rings, the dress and even the way I want my centerpieces to look and my life after the wedding from getting a house and having a child. It represents happiness and love but most of all it represents me.

Brooklyn Museum Reaction

Even-though this wasn't my first time visiting The Brooklyn Museum it was a pleasant experience. Compare to the Sculpture Center which was much smaller with less exhibits, The Brooklyn Museum is much bigger with many different exhibits from around the world. While there we visited three special exhibitions."Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties", "Sanford Biggers: Sweet Funk-An Introspective" and " Timothy Greenfield Sanders: The Latino List" each dealt with the issue of identity.

"Sanford Biggers: Sweet Funk-An Introspective" was the first exhibit that we visit. One of Sanford Biggers work that stood out to me was Blossom it was a tall tree that had a piano in it. For me the music that the piano was playing represent the struggle that African American during the time of lynching. The second exhibit was "Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties". This exhibit represented the change after the Great War. One piece of work that stood out to me was Amazon it showed when women really portrayed glamours. I think this exhibit can relate to almost every woman today because this is what most women strive for everyday."The Latino List" exhibits shows the importance of Latin American figure, and how they came along way. In the portrait of Jose Moreno Hernandez who was a former NASA that represents that young Latinos man/woman can become anything they want.

I really enjoyed these exhibits because I felt that I can relate to all three exhibition. I would consider going back to see these exhibits again.

Sanford Biggers
" Blossom" 2007

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
" Jose Moreno Hernandez" 2011

Joseph Stella
"The Amazon" 1925-26

“Design in Our Lives Reaction”

  Design is a central element in the economy. It influences our lives on a daily basis from the food we eat, clothes, and even our homes whether or not we consider it. “Talk to Me” is an exhibit at MoMA that shows how artists enhance different types of communication between people and things through both functional and non-functional designs. It shows how different communication designs are transforming the way we live. Design is a central element in the economy. It influences our lives on a daily basis from the food we eat, clothes, and even our homes whether or not we consider it. “Talk to Me” is an exhibit at MoMA that shows how artists enhance different types of communication between people and things through both functional and non-functional designs. It shows how different communication designs are transforming the way we live. Through out the exhibit it showed both high and low function designs.

Two high function designs that stood out to me was the "MTA vending machine" that actually works, it's the standard machine that you see in every train station. it allows you to choose between 4 different languages and allows you to choose between a new metro card or refilling a metro card. This machines is a functional design because its fast and easy and save many New Yorker time especially during rush hour. Another high function design was "MY Block NYC" it is a touch screen GPS/map that allow people to look up their neighborhood, it can also help people find their way in a neighborhood that they might never been in before. I think this design is functional because it can help in traveling and it can let you know exactly where you are going.

There are some designs that are low functions like the "Menstruation Machine" it is supposed to be worn by a man to feel the pains of a women menstrual. This design is low function because it really can't work. Another low function design was the "Communication Prosthesis Portrait Series" it was design to give a voice to people with low self-esteem by allowing them to smile using a big red lip to expose their teeth to give them confidence this often happens with timid people, it replace aggressiveness

Design are very important in everyone life, we might not all pick the same design but it still affect our everyday life. "Talk to Me" showed the same idea in their many different design.

"MyBlockNYC.com" Alex Kalman, Alex Richard, Igal Nussia

"MetroCard Vending Machine" MTA New York City Transit 1999

"Menstruation Machine"Takashi's Take -Sputniko Royal College of Art 2010

""Communication Prosthesis Portrait Series (Cyclist, Actress, Chef, Craftsman, Midwife, Politican, Model)" Sascha Nordmeyer 2009

Sculpture Center Reaction

The Sculpture Center is a non profit art institution that is dedicated to innovated development in contemporary sculpture. When I first walked in "Joia D Orixa" by Sanford Bigger immediately caught my attention. It is an oversize red doll that was dressed in a red and white glitter stripped skirt. It was placed in a clear box that had the same stripes just like a regular size barbie. At this point I was wondering what was the purpose of this doll and what does it represents. As I walked to the lower level I heard a young lady voices talking about her tattoos and what they mean to her in a video called" Dame of the World". I found this to be interesting because this is something that many people do. The Sculpture Center space is an unfinished product that has people wondering why, I think each piece fit into the architecture/space of the center because it left me with a lot of question about the exhbit. I would definitely visit the center again.


Rona Yefman "Teenager in Love" 2011
Sanford Bigger "A Joia Do Orixa" 2011

Art and World Events Reactions

Tragedies are very hurtful. Its a time that society mourns for the events that had just taken people lives. On September 11, 2001 tragedy made history. I remember being in class when parents started to pick up their children but I was unsure why. About twenty minutes later it was announced that one of the twin towers was hit a fewer minutes later we found out that the second tower was hit. The first person that I thought of was my cousin Christopher who had worked there was on his way to work when he founded out what had happen.

"Untitled (Questions)" was one of the art works that stood out to me at the MoMA PS 1. This art work caught my attention by the colors. It has a bunch of questions that even 10 years later many people are still asking questions like why? What could we have done differently? How will we move on from this? A second art work that I felt a connection to was "Silent Callinal" by JM by looking at the black plastic bags to me it represents the amount of bodies that were never found. It also represents the emptiness that each of the victims family felt.

"The Forty Part Motet" by Janet Cardiff was a group of 40 different people. I thought it was amazing because with 40 different voices together they sound as one voice. To me it represented the unity of America on that day. Listening to each voice you hear their struggle of coming to terms with what happen.

September 11, 2001 is a day that America will never forget. The people that lost their lives on this day will never be forgotten. 10 years later we are still being affected by it i.e. financial crisis in 2008, the war in Iraq, Health Now for the helpers of Sept. 11 and even the way we travel.