Trip to the Museum
Thursday I went to the Kinbell Art Museum in Fort Worth for a class field trip. I was so glad that one of my favorite pictures was on display. Check it out:
http://www.kimbellart.org/database/index.cfm?detail=yes&ID=AP%201981.20
The first time I saw this image from a distance, I thought it was a picture of little kids playing dress up, but obviously I was mistaken. The painting, by James Ensor, is called Skeleton's Warming Themselves, which in itself is an ironic title because skeleton's cannot feel heat.
I have to write an image analysis for my class, but I haven't decided whether I will use this image or another one I like just as well. I really need to decide soon though so that I can get started on that paper. Our rough draft is due this week.
If you have never been to the museum, I highly recommend you go soon. I never realized how many well known pieces the small, local museum actually owns. There were several pieces on display that I have seen in my art history books. As an added bonus, the permanent collection exibits do not cost, so take an afternoon and check it out.
The one thing that gets me is the fact that the Kimbell often has a large number of ancient artifacts on display. I've always had difficulty viewing such items as art when the original creators created the pieces for very practical purposes. Why should a simple bowl be viewed as exceptional artwork? This always makes me wonder what people in the future will choose to display as "art" that we used everyday. Do you think they will walk into a museum and see a computer or better yet a textbook and think "wow now that's artistic"?
http://www.kimbellart.org/database/index.cfm?detail=yes&ID=AP%201981.20
The first time I saw this image from a distance, I thought it was a picture of little kids playing dress up, but obviously I was mistaken. The painting, by James Ensor, is called Skeleton's Warming Themselves, which in itself is an ironic title because skeleton's cannot feel heat.
I have to write an image analysis for my class, but I haven't decided whether I will use this image or another one I like just as well. I really need to decide soon though so that I can get started on that paper. Our rough draft is due this week.
If you have never been to the museum, I highly recommend you go soon. I never realized how many well known pieces the small, local museum actually owns. There were several pieces on display that I have seen in my art history books. As an added bonus, the permanent collection exibits do not cost, so take an afternoon and check it out.
The one thing that gets me is the fact that the Kimbell often has a large number of ancient artifacts on display. I've always had difficulty viewing such items as art when the original creators created the pieces for very practical purposes. Why should a simple bowl be viewed as exceptional artwork? This always makes me wonder what people in the future will choose to display as "art" that we used everyday. Do you think they will walk into a museum and see a computer or better yet a textbook and think "wow now that's artistic"?
posted by britabeth at 8:05 PM
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WOW, Brittany that is definitely neat artwork. IT is ironic isn't it. That piece or art specifically appeals to me because I love skeletons. I love Jack on the Nightmare before Christmas and I especially love to celebrate El Dia de Los Muertos. It is a wonderful holiday in Mexico where we pay homage and respect to our loved ones who are deceased. We ge to celebrate it with candle vigils and food right by their gravesites. I still celebrate this and it is such a memorable holiday because I get to stick close to my Hispanic heritage and I also get to pay tribute to a wonderful person such as my mom. She died when I was 14 years old and to me the skeletons reminded me of this whole tradition in how we still pay tribute to her. I know it seems weird but I think it is beautiful. In Mexico we don't ever forget about the deceased, we feel like they are always with us and that their spirit is born a new and in Paradise. Here in the U.S. i hate the fact that people bury the dead at cementaries and tend to forget them. Crazy stuff, huh?
ART issue: The only thing that I guess I can say about the art thing, is yes even though the pottery stuff is such a common everyday object to use it is still art because someone had a creative imagination to even make it. It may be a tool, but it was created and invented therefore it is art. That is what makes art unique, individual and beautiful.
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