Art Gallery Visit #2
Step 1: The title of the exhibit was Abstract Artwork as the theme included abstract art by all different artists.
Step 2: I went to the Albright Knox to view this exhibition. There is bright lighting throughout the gallery, while is some other exhibitions they are completely pitch black with no lighting to show animated videos. The colors of the walls of the exhibition were an off white which gave the shade of white in artworks to stand out more. Materials that are used in the architecture of the space are concrete walls, glass to cover some artwork, wooden stands, and pliable walls easy to change the structure of the gallery. The movement of the viewer through the gallery space is aesthetically pleasing. The artwork is balanced and equally spaced out to give an uncluttered feel.
Step 3: The artworks were organized by mounting them on the wall about 6 feet away from each other. Similarities of the artwork include that they are all abstract and are ironic. The three artworks were very different in the colors used in each of the artworks. One was black and white, the other was focused on mostly orange and the third was based on blue and white. Another difference is one artwork went beyond the wall space and had wires hanging from the art. The artworks are framed all differently. One does not include a frame and is just mounted, the other has a brown wooden small frame and the other has a painted white wooden frame. The artwork’s information was placed to the left of each piece mounted on the wall.
Step 4: Art Critisism
The first piece of art was from Casey Cook. It is called “Mashing up the Clouds” and is Cel-vinyl, acrylic-pencil on canvas. It was created in 2010. This piece attracted my attention because of its bright orange dominant color in this painting. It was about four feet wide by 6 feet tall. The painting contained shapes of all sizes such as circles, rectangles and unfamiliar shapes. Most of the artwork was composed of drawings of human body parts as well as figures of humans. There are many overlapping shapes and figures that could be the reason of the title included mashing. The colors in the painting are orange, blue, white, yellow, a little red, and a little green. The orange background fades as it moves from the left upper corner to the right bottom corner of the art. Movement, emphasis, shape, and line are taking place in this art. I feel as if the painting is showing humans and human limbs perform everyday tasks in their life. This almost reminds me of Picasso’s way of throwing shapes together and being abstract. I think the artist was trying to emphasize the human body and get the viewer to look closely at the picture to recognize that the figures were humans.
The second piece is from Miguel Angel Vidal. He calls his work “Focos de luz” which means the focus of light. This work is Acrylic on Canvas and was made in 1969. This painting is about 5 feet wide and 6 feet tall. The background is painted a solid blue color. The focus and center of the painting is an octagon made out of lines. The lines are diagonal and are going in every direction to form a symmetrical balance for the painting. The focal point which is the center of the octagon is the focus of the light. Bright white lines create the look of light coming from four corners of the octagon. Many shapes are made from the lines within the octagon. The constant lines also create different tones of color throughout the octagon. Symmetry, lines, emphasis, and Unity are dominant in this artwork. The color and lines simply create the abstract image in which it looks as if it’s reflecting light. I think of a kaleidoscope while looking at this art because I remember turning the kaleidoscope and it would make three dimensional abstract objects. The emotional reaction I think the artist would like the viewer to have would be astonishment because of the simplicity yet complexity of the art.
The third artwork from the exhibit is another abstract painting called “Wood-Iron Rods”. This was created in 1964 by Jesus Rafeal Soto and he used painted Masonite and wire to create this masterpiece. The artwork is about 7 feet wide and three feet tall mounted on the wall. The artwork extends from the wall with hanging wires in front of the painting. The painting is extremely abstract and caught my eye immediately. The wood piece mounted to the wall is constant white and black vertical lines that are symmetrical throughout the piece. However, it is the hanging in space wire rods in front of the piece that make it abstract. Wire rods are hanging by clear string and give the painting a different feel. The wires made the painting look three dimensional and where the wires are hanging, it makes the lines in the background broken up and darker in some spots. The wires also cast a shadow below the painting creating shapes from the lighting fixture above. The artist wanted the viewer to be confused and take a closer look at this artwork to see how he created dimension in such a unique way. The artwork is focusing on lines and shape to create the image portrayed. This art reminds me of the childhood books where you needed to cross your eyes to view an image among abstract colors and shapes.
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