I decided to go to the High Art Museum in Atlanta, GA on Easter Sunday after church to enjoy a day to myself. I wanted to visit the art museum as a personal experience and just to see the set up and feel the aura in the museum. It was a great learning and relaxing experience and I can definitely see myself visiting more museums in the future, my goal is to visit the Bob Marley Museum in Jamaica next year.
This is one of the first pieces of work that I was able to see when I got to the museum. This sculpture was created in the 1950’s by an Igbo Artist in Nigeria, the artist’s name is unknown. This work was created in dedication to Mami Wata, who is a female water spirit who has multiple powers and is celebrated in Africa for her aquatic spirits. In the photo to the right on the bottom photo, you can see the original work from which this piece was created.
This piece of art was one of my favorite works that I was able to view at the High Museum. The artist of this work, Flora, is Chauncey Bradley Ives and was created in 1852. I feel like this one stood out the most to me because it is a nude female subject and I’ve learned, since being in this class, that nude art is my favorite type of art. I love how the artist associated the flowers around the bottom and the floral halo band was a great feminine touch that also helped me to be intrigued by this piece.
This piece of work was also created by Chauncey Bradley Ives that caught my attention. This work is one of is more famous pieces that he’s created. This work is a sculpture of a medieval legend, Undine, who is a soulless sea spirit that is popular in European history. Ives created this vengeful creature in a more victimized sculpture rising from the water to seek revenge of her unfaithful husband. This is a very beautiful piece of work to me and after reading the background behind the sculpture made me more interested.
This is also one of my favorite works that I was able to view while at the museum. Diana is a roman goddess of the hunt. In my opinion, she looks like a beautiful strong stallion who is in control of everything. In this piece the subject is holding a bow in her left hand and restraining her hunting dog in her right had. This piece just seems so strong and independent to me and I feel like it some what relates to me in a way.
I loved this bicycle piece of work, it was so colorful and intriguing to me.This is actually like two different pieces of art in one. The artist created this piece after deciding to retire the tools he used to repair his bicycle. He molded the tools in Paradise Garden and the bike lingered above it as a reminder for the trade he practiced before being called to make “sacred art”. This piece has been described as the perfect vehicle for carrying the Word. This piece seems to be very powerful spiritually and I’m happy I was able to be able to see this beautiful art. This piece also made me want to ride a bike again.
This piece of work was one of my favorites as well during my visit at the museum. This was a oil painting and just how it stood out on the white background caught my attention. This would be considered pop art, which we learned about earlier this semester. It’s a very beautiful painting to me, it seems like a happy, confident and fun smile. I love it.
See a mirror, take a picture lol. Of course this one stood out to me because I could see myself. This work was created out of hard-coated tempered glass with wooden beams. while looking at myself in the mirror, it seem like it was a depth to the reflection or like it’s three or more layers to the mirror. I feel like the artist created this piece for viewers to analyze and view the world through the mirror or to truly see themselves.
I really enjoyed my time at the art museum to myself, it was a great experience and I probably would’ve never went if I didn’t have to take this class but I’m happy I did. I loved all of the art work I was able to view and the history and meaning behind each of the pieces.