Constructing American Identity Exhibit at the Montclair Museum
The Montclair Art Museum was a fun experience, even though I went alone, I did not feel alone as the art pieces were speaking out to me as if there were people being presented with their art piece. Transitioning, the reading, "Social Psychology of Identities by Judith Howard, identity can mean multiple ways as presented in the reading, although one of the ways that we can identify ourselves is through the artwork we make and sharing the final piece to live on in your legacy.
The very first picture that I took at the art museum is the spiderman painting since I'm pretty much a marvel's fan. This photograph was named Bernabe Mendez (Spiderman), 2007. It is a picture of a Mexican worker cleaning windows from tall buildings dressed up as Spiderman. This caught my eye since I thought the idea was very clever and unique. Also probably the fact that my culture is part of Mexico. In the description, it states that both the photographer and the subject had to climb up a tall building in order to get the shot. I find this really bold and courageous for both people. The fact they would go this far to create an authentic shot reveals how serious they are about their passion. Life is a fragile occurrence and to throw it out like that to catch a shot to prove something to the world means a lot. Even behind this picture, in the text, it says that the person who was cleaning the windows was a professional window cleaner that had a family in Mexico and would send 500 dollars to his family. This struck me a lot since I know this is a common thing that people do when they're immigrants and to help their family from the other side.
In this picture, It's called, "Rock. Well: Radiant, Pop, Champ, 2010. I found this painting interesting since it portrays a sense of self-identity. You can already tell from the painting that he created it could catch people's eyes and make them try to find symbolism from it. As for the text on the side, it explains, "The idea of being that by challenging the artworks, and juxtaposing my own ideas within the context of the dialogue of the original source artists and create a brand new dialogue." When reading this, it just gives me a tone of how he uses other famous people to motivate this artist to work. Honestly, this is relatable since a lot of people do it especially producers use other people's work to inspire themselves and for one I can relate to this.
Klaude Decastro Grade 12, Age 18. This picture does not really have a text with it, but I took this picture because I like the style of it. Even though it does not have a text there is so much meaning behind his picture. The art style reminds of an RPG game and fantasy world. Resting at a campfire with defined details such as the dragon and slime. It just blows off as a fantasy world and this is my type of jam. The person sitting would probably be the artist himself and how he sees himself in this fiction world. The facial expression on this character represents that this artist has a peaceful mind with a pacifist mentality since the dragon and slimes are usually the monsters you would have to slay but they are there just relaxing as the night swings by. This art can be interpreted in many ways and the fact it does not have any text behind it makes it more mysterious. I for one am a fan of this person's piece.
(I forgot to take the picture for this)
This next photograph is a workplace that has blue leaves blowing all around the room. This was created by, Sandy Skoglund (b. 1946). This caught my eyes because of the leaves that were vibrant and the realistic view. The caption that was taken here was "A breeze at Work was commissioned by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis... A Breeze at Work is 'about making the invisible visible' through 'artificially constructed references about movement". I found this eye-opening because when they explain how work can sometimes be a breeze it is usually not shown. The fact it reveals the tone of the workplace it represents blue leaves. This has much symbolic meaning behind it, the leaves were blue to contrast the workplace and how it was breezing through like fall it be concluded that it was a "chill" environment. Even though it may not seem that way from a third perspective view, this photograph reveals the true nature behind it.
(I forgot to take a picture of this)
This painting was nothing really special. I'm just into really old timey wimey type of stuff. This is a picture of a man wearing a wig, Benjamin West (1738-1820). Even though it may be just a picture of a man from the early 1700s, the text behind reveals how much effort he made it into the big leagues. This is the representation of the "Follow your dreams". It states, "West was one of the first Americans to travel abroad for artistic opportunities, which were unavailable in the Colonies. A charter member and president of the Royal Academy in London. West attracted manAmericanan artists to his studio". You can tell that he had to go through rough times to be where he was since there was no opportunity as where he was. He even established a studio where he was known. As this man seems to look serious, he is, for the right reasons. He had to go through depths that most people couldn't.
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