Reflection

If I could do one of the projects again it would be the collage, because I think I would do it better. Of all the artists we researched I think Sara Sze has the most interesting art, I did not do her for sculpture only because I could not find enough information about any of her works. Her work is very interesting because it is  so strange.

Sculpture

Title: Gridlock

Artist: Chakaia Booker

Country: USA

Time: 2008

My First Impressions: At a first look this apears to be a worm of some sort made of metal, but looking  for longer it could also be like the title suggests high traffic with every thing crammed in as close together as possible.

What I learned: After reading it does not say what it is but my second guess seems to be right, this is made of Tire and Metal, is one of 10 sculptures in an exhibit this exhibit is an entire city.

Works of Art I know

Title: Nude Descending a Staircase

By: Marcel Duchamp

Country: France

Time: 1912

My First Impressions: This looks like a painting of some sort of a robot walking down some invisible stairs. The figure seems metallic and lifeless. It looks like the golden figure is moving so fast that it is seen multiple times. The painting seems to be cubism.

What I have Learned: I have learned that Marcel made this painting from a picture of a naked woman descending a staircase. He made it with cubism, the title was so provacative that there were demands for him to either change the title or not submit it to a galery.

Portraits Blog

By: Vincent Van Gogh

Title: (Given title not sure about the actual one) Vincent Van Gogh's Self-Portrait

Country: Paris, France

My First Impressions: When I first looked at this I saw that he looks almost sad and happy, he also has a very perplexing look in his eyes something that I can't quite identify as anger or fear or happiness or anything. He seems almost confused, also I see that he is painted in thick brush strokes and light dainty ones but big thick heavy strokes stand out the most. The look in his eyes and face is something that is made partly with the colors and also with the shadowing. The shadowing makes it hard to see exactly what his face is doing because the shadows say on thing and the image itself say another.

What I learned: I learned that Van Gogh painted somewhere around 30 self portraits in a short span and that of them all this one has a unique color palette containing the entire scheme while others were mostly light and hot colors.