Les Reaction Field Trip #4

Visiting the Chelsea galleries and then visiting the Lower East Side galleries i realized that it shared many differences as well as similarities. I personally liked the Chelsea galleries much better. The gallery in the Lower East that left most of an impression was the one titled "untitled". It struck me as not being completely finished and under construction because of its appearance. I am sure many of my classmates can relate and would strongly agree. Most galleries are very clean and kept. The floors seemed unpolished and things were placed sort of in the middle instead of each piece having a place. The Chelsea galleries were more clean and well put together. The one I liked the most was the Lyon Weir Gallery. This is where i found the piece " Sovereign" -Aaron Nagel.This piece was very clean and looked much like a photography than a painting. I do not believe many of the curators from this gallery would approve or agree with those of the Lower East Side galleries. You can tell they have very different perspectives when it comes to art. The Chelsea galleries were in a more private kind of area but still looked as though it was apart of the city. I noticed that people traveled more in groups but in the Lower East people seemed to walk more alone and were rushing.  I also noticed that the galleries in the Lower East Side, paintings as well as art were much smaller than those in Chelsea. Besides my view of differences above they each had many interesting artworks and still showed what art meant to the artist. To conclude this reaction i would say that the Chelsea galleries are more interesting and fit my personal interest and taste as it would do so for many curators who may visit.

Chelsea Gallery Reaction Field trip #5

*When visiting the Chelsea galleries I found  that not each gallery was the same. The assignment this week was to choose two works of art , one that we would buy as an art collector and one we would not. I decided to choice a work of art from the Lyon Weir Gallery . If I were an art collector, my work of choice would be "Sovereign" -Aaron Nagel. When viewed with a closed mind this art Is shown with just a naked woman sitting on a chair  posing, To one with an open mind it is so much more. I would choose this because I believe that the beauty of a woman should and can be expressed in many ways. Woman are sometimes afraid to express themselves in many ways, this painting shows a woman with courage and confidence to say "this is me , this is who I am". I found out that "Sovereign " expresses Nagels admiration for oil paintings , it's medium,and traditions which helped him to create the female form.     

"The nude does not simply represent the body, but relates it, by analogy, to all structures that have become part of our imaginative experience." (Kenneth Clark, The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form)

Aaron Nagel: Triumph, 2012

Oil on canvas, 38 x 62 inches

_*Being an art collector also means being able to depict which works would be more profitable if shown and which aren't. one work that is an example of such is one shown in the Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery. The exhibition is called "BUILDING" in which it contains a variety of large bricks  that I found had no significance. It just made me feel that something is incomplete. I do not believe that the artist makes much of a good investment but then again some could never really tell. I for one would not show such in my gallery if I actually had one. If that was the case I could just take some leaved and twigs from outside and create my own exhibition.

 

Barney Kulok, Untitled (Cobble Constellation), 2011, gelatin silver print, 29 × 40 inches, 73.7 × 101.6 centimeters, Edition of 6

Desgin in our life . Field trip #2

_*For the second field trip we went to the MoMA again,this time for a different assignment. We were assigned the task of find four works of art, two we found to be highly functional and two we found non-functional. I started my search for my works on the sixth floor first because it was something new to me, children growing by design. In the middle of my search I realized that I had no clue what exactly I was looking for. I decided to start my search on the third floor instead, there I found a better understanding as well as my four works

_* Most of the art shown was geared towards household designs so I found it all to be functional in some way.What stood out to me most had to have been the giant helicopter hanging down in the air. I found the Bell-47DI helicopter to be highly functional because even though airplanes are more popular and convenient, helicopters still served and serve some purpose. They are even still used as a mode of transportation in some areas of the world. Helicopters were used for traffic servalliance, delivery of mail, and crop spraying as well as pest control. Police offers and rescue crews even use helicopters to search for and rescue those in need.it would be quite ridiculous to try to do such in an airplane.

_*Another work on display I found to be highly functional is "truck:Utility14 ton 4x4(M38AI) jeep. I find this highly functional because much like the helicopter it is another important mode of transportation. This jeep was designed for use by the United States Army during World War II . I realized that the jeep has no doors or roof. I soon found out the nonexistence of the doors made it easier to jump in and out of the jeep during combat. In tht time and still today , jeeps are highly functional and of good use.

_*The work I found to be nonfunctional is the "Three-legged side chair ". To me it had no greater value or meaning than any other chair that Watson display. There were much fancier and well designed pieces of furniture there that made this one look so ordinary. The only difference and significance would be that it had three legs instead of the normal four. Still very nonfunctional in my opinion.

_*the last piece I find nonfunctional is "fork,1950". I say this because yes,they are forks,but they can not be of much use if each of the three forks are bent in ways most unusable. What is the port of a fork if it cannot be used to its original purpose? I can't say they aren't interesting to look at but highly functional they are not. It does on the bright side ,make me wonder what the artist attempted to eat three times that caused this sort of deformity. Perhaps they two,were bent out of shape.

Bell-47D1 Helicopter

Arthur Young (American, 1905–1995)

Truck: Utility 1/4 Ton 4 x 4 (M38A1) Jeep

Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., Toledo, Ohio (American, established 1909)

Three-Legged Side Chair

Charles Eames (American, 1907–1978) and Ray Eames(American, 1912–1988)

Fork

Bruno Munari (Italian, 1907–1998)