special edition blog 2 - Modern museum

Hi, this is Jade and I'm reporting on the second half of my museum journey: the Modern Museum. Before I begin, I have a photo of myself examining the piece of artwork that greeted me at the beginning of the Modern museum and our professor in the middle of discussing what we will be seeing in the Modern museum:

Moving right along to what I thought were examples of craft, composition, and concept:

Craft-

 This piece is particularly interesting, craft-wise, specifically because of the medium used. The mixture of paint and sand created a rough surface on the canvas. By adding the sand in the paint, the artist was able to convey a clear depiction of the woman in the desert.

Composition-

 In this painting, there are many things going on that influence the composition. First is the distinct diagonal triangle that controls the viewers' eye mostly on the space between the left-bottom corner and the right-top corner. Second, the colors and amount of saturation concentrated along the strip between those two corners makes the viewer concentrate more on the areas that are brighter. Third is the number of figures that are condensed on one side of the painting whereas the other half is mostly flat with almost no figures that stand out, keeping the viewer more interested in the condensed side. Lastly, the use of large to small figures affects the depth of the painting and controls the viewers' eye to move from the large images of the people in one corner all the way to the burning giraffe in the opposite corner. Also, with the close up of the woman and man, both point fingers towards the giraffe which encourages the viewer to look where the fingers are pointing towards.

Concept-

This piece is a nice example of a conceptual piece because of the phrase that is under the image of the pipe. In French, it says, "This is not a pipe" with a picture of a pipe hovering over the phrase. The artist was being clever in showing how concrete or abstract words can be in which there may be an image of a pipe but the image cannot be used like a real pipe. The artist also demonstrates how other artists can create illusions through their talents in paint but no matter how realistic an object may look like, the object is still on the canvas.