Art Gallery visit # 2

Step 1: The Exhibition

Questions about the exhibit:
1. What is the title of the exhibit?

100 Cans

Cinema

A Sphere lit from the top, four sides and all combinations

2. What is the theme of the exhibition?

100 Cans – Daily life, the here and now 

Cinema - Daily life, the here and now 

A Sphere lit from the top, four sides and all combinations – Art and Art

Step 2: The Gallery

Questions about the physical space:
1. What type of lighting is used?

100 Cans – Brilliant White (strand hanging)

Cinema – Brilliant White. Floor and ceiling lights.

A Sphere lit from the top, four sides and all combinations – this piece is surrounded by soft yellows. The piece itself is also created by manipulating lights and their positions relative to the sphere

2. What colors are used on the walls?

100 Cans - White

Cinema - White

A Sphere lit from the top, four sides and all combinations – White

3. What materials are used in the interior architecture of the space?

100 cans – oil and canvas

Cinema – Plaster, Illuminated Plexi-Glass and Metal

A Sphere lit from the top, four sides and all combinations – pigment print

4. How is the movement of the viewer through the gallery space?

I didn’t find that there was any movement throughout the space for any of the 3 works that I selected.

Step 3: The Artwork

 Questions about the artwork:
1. How are the artworks organized? – The artworks were organized by size, moving left to right
2. How are the artworks similar? – They are similar in that they all applied to the same theme
3. How are the artworks different? – The only differences that I noticed were in subject matter
4. How are the artworks framed? -  100Cans – is a plastic frame with glass, Cinema is not framed and sphere is a wood frame with plexi-glass.

5. How are the artworks identified and labeled?- There are tags next to each piece
6. What is the proximity of the artwork to each other? They are arranged  in a linear fashion at eye level for the average human adult.

Step 4: Art Criticism Exercise

Select three of the artworks from the show and use the Art Criticism worksheet to desribe, analyze, bracket and interpret the work using the 5-step Art Criticism Process described.
Take pictures of the images you are interpreting. If this is not allowed, make quick sketches of the pieces.

 Art Criticism: Describing, Analyzing, and Interpreting Artwork

Artist: ____Andy Warhol_______________________________________________________________

Title of work: _____100  Cans_______________________________________________________

Media:___Oil on Canvas___________________________________________________

Date:_____1962__________________________________________________________________

Size:______N/A________________________________________________________________________

Source of picture (URL):______________________________________________________________

1.   Be receptive - Keep an open mind.  Look for what is good.  No put-downs allowed.

2.   Description – Describe what you see.  (subject matter)?

I see a repetitive painting of a can of Campbells soup. There are 100 cans of the entire exact same flavor

3.   Formal analysis – (form)  What principles and elements were used and how are they used? I see repetition and Symmetrical Balance

4.  Bracketing - Is there anything in or about this work that reminds you of anything else? Do you see any symbols, metaphors, or allegories?  (iconography)

I did not notice any symbols or metaphors in this work

4.   Interpretation - (content)  What do you think the artist was trying to say?

I’m not sure exactly. I think he just likes the soup. Perhaps he is saying all the lables look the same on all the different varieties of soup

Art Criticism: Describing, Analyzing, and Interpreting Artwork

Artist: ____George Segal_____________________________________________________________

Title of work: ______Cinema_____________________________________________________________

Media:_____ __Plaster, Illuminated Plexi-glass and Metal______________________

Date:______1963_____ __________________________

Size:_____N/A_ ___________________________________________

Source of picture (URL):______________________________________________________________

3.   Be receptive - Keep an open mind.  Look for what is good.  No put-downs allowed.

4.   Description – Describe what you see.  (subject matter)?

I see a Plaster person who represents the person responsible for changing the sign at the theatre.

5.   Formal analysis – (form)  What principles and elements were used and how are they used? Color,Line Contour

4.  Bracketing - Is there anything in or about this work that reminds you of anything else? Do you see any symbols, metaphors, or allegories?  (iconography)

No

6.   Interpretation - (content)  What do you think the artist was trying to say?

I don’t think anything, just a representation of the person doing that job, perhaps faceless as if no one knows who that person is, but we should not forget they exist?

Art Criticism: Describing, Analyzing, and Interpreting Artwork

Artist: ______Deborah Ronnen__________________________________________________

Title of work: __A Sphere Lit from the Top, Four sides and all other combinations______________

Media:_______Pigment Print______________________________________

Date:______2004_ ________________________________________________

Size:_____ ____________________________________________________

Source of picture (URL):______________________________________________________________

5.   Be receptive - Keep an open mind.  Look for what is good.  No put-downs allowed.

6.   Description – Describe what you see.  (subject matter)?

I see multiple photos of the exact same ball taken with different light patterns.

7.   Formal analysis – (form)  What principles and elements were used and how are they used? Repitition and Asymmetrical Balance

4.  Bracketing - Is there anything in or about this work that reminds you of anything else? Do you see any symbols, metaphors, or allegories?  (iconography)

This actually reminds me of the Andy Warhol 100 cans painting,.

5.  Interpretation - (content)  What do you think the artist was trying to say? \

That as simple as some things seem, they just maybe need to be viewed a different way.

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4. Answer this question: What did you think of visiting the Gallery and purposefully looking at the exhibition from a different perspective - the physical space, the architecture, theme, etc.? I didn’t get too much out of this as there is not a huge difference in the arrangement of most pieces there.