The traffic going into Chicago. I was really excited after a long buss ride to finally get there. I took this picture through the front window of the bus as we were driving down Lake Shore Drive. There was so much activity and we weren't even in the heart of downtown Chicago. This picture captures my excitement with the cars trying to get down the street, but because we weren't there yet, the red street light signifies waiting.
These sculpture heads were part of the first exhibit I went to that featured artifacts from Asia. These heads are the heads of Buddha, Bodhisattva, and a female deity. The heads were daunting, in a way because they were once full bodied sculptures, but all that is left are the heads.
A man riding a goose… what could be better? This piece was very interesting to me because I have no knowledge about the culture of 12th Century Korea, so I viewed this piece within the context of my own culture. The label for this piece gave no information about the importance of this piece, or how it played a role in Korea, but it did say that liquid could be poured out of the bird's beak.
Still Life with Many Objects, 1923Charles-Edouard Jeanneret
This piece really stood out to me. It is a pastel drawing with shapes that are flat, yet have three dimensional qualities to them caused by the shading and perspective.
Untitled, Late July - early October 1929Joan Miro
This piece reminded me of a flying saucer soaring through space as space junk drifts alongside. The cone-like shape in the middle throws off the organic nature of this drawing, which, according to the name label, was a reoccurring feature in this series of Miro's drawings.
Untitled c.1915Vasily Kandinsky
This watercolor is vibrant and alive. It is abstract and painted on a piece of paper about the size of a greeting card. I chose to take this picture, and research this artist, because it was the most colorful and happy piece in the room. The name tag's description of the painting says that the sun is "exploding with light" while the painting exists "in an unstable realm between abstraction and representation".
Four Figures, July 1946Jean Dubuffet
Personally, this picture rubs me the wrong way (Get it? Because it's drawn on sandpaper! Hah!) with its creepy one dimensional smiling children, who may actually be adults because one is wearing a bow tie. It reminds me of the Little Rascals... all it needs is a dog and the people in this drawing can go attempt some elaborately planned shenanigan.
American Gothic, 1930Grant Wood
To see this famous painting was an honor (even though anyone in the museum could see it). I felt a special bond with this painting because, only having seen it on posters or in books, the impact of the colors and details are so much more prominent in real life. What I really focused on were the polka dots in the woman's dress and the wrinkles in the man's undershirt. These features fall flat on posters, but in reality, the oil paint makes the painting have volume from a side view.
I took this picture while on my way to Millennium Park. The buildings in Chicago are so tall that from this angle, they almost look like they're ready to tip back and topple over. I took this picture because the morning sky was so blue, and with the sun shining off the buildings, the city looked so happy. Mornings like this energize me, and make the day a little bit easier to start.
This dinosaur has "Made in China" on it's belly. It was part of an installation in Millennium Park with was made up of large scale statues of toys that were made in China. To me, this installment addresses the issues of importation and outsourcing and how something as simple as a child's toy can come travel thousands of miles before it even reaches its consumer base.
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