ARCHITECTURE

     I feel so electrified when I see beautiful architectures. As we all know, architecture helps beautiful

the environment in which we live. It makes a place well organized and planned. My uncle made me

love architecture because he was an architect. I have a lot of experience in life and architecture is

part. My uncle always take me along with him when he gets a contract with a company. I watch him

and his employers whenever they are working on the site. I always wonder how architect makes

architecture and unfortunately, I found out that architecture is made. Moreover architecture became

part of me. Firstly, before we begin architecture, we sketch the plan of the building on paper to know

how the building will look like before we begin to build. I noticed why some buildings get destroyed

and the reason is that, there isn't enough cement when they make concrete for the building. in my

country, we use cement, sand nd wood in architecture. It really takes more time before an architecture

can be constructed. I have been to some famous building in my country which are very nice.

The first time I saw the Flag Staff House which is a place where the Ghana President lives, I felt so

arouse

because the building is so extraor

dinary.

I promised myself that I will build a similar house such as that. In addition, I have been to the

National Theatre in Ghana which is in a triangular form. It is really a beautiful building and it was

built in 1992. 

I felt like I am in heaven when I entered inside the building. The place was more than home, and I

really liked the place.

     What I have learnt in chapter 13 is that, architecture is beautiful and it is n different form and

structure.

PUBLIC ART

CLOUD GATE

     Finally, on the April 26th, I went to the cloud gate by the artist called Anish Kapoor in 2004 with Jenel. There were a lot of people at the cloud gate. I was so excited to see the artwork because it was fun there. The artwork looks like an egg and it was made with stainless steel.

PUBLIC ART

AGORA

     In addition, on my way home, I saw the Agora by Magdalena Abakonwicz in the 2006, that is eleven years ago. It is located at Michigan Ave at Roosevelt Rd. The artwork is a sculpture, and it is a very tall and huge. I got scared and shocked when I got closer to the artwork. The artwork shows different direction of walking. I thought the artwork was made with wood. but it was like iron.

PUBLIC ART

FLAMINGO

     Thirdly, I was going to my mom's place, on my way going, I saw the Flamingo which is also located at Dearborn and Adams street by the artist called Alexander Calder in the year 1914. This artwork is an abstract and a sculpture. It is also red in color which marks for danger. I stood there quietly watching this artwork because I didn't know what it is, so I was trying to figure what the artwork is.

 

Picasso

Secondly, I went to the Picasso which is also located at 50W. Washington st. at Dearborn and Washington by an artist called Pablo Picasso. It was awesome seeing the artwork because I always have some kind of inner joy whenever I see public art. The artwork is in a form of sculpture work, and it's very tall and huge.

Public Art Reflection

Art is beautiful, I love public art because is so much fun especially when we're in a group or with someone. Firstly, I went to the monument with standing beast by an artist called Jean Dubuffet with my mom and my sister. It is located at 100W. Randolph st, Clark and Randolph. I got attracted by the artwork by its color and shape when I was far from it. I was happy to see the artwork, but unfortunately, I didn't like it again when I entered inside the artwork because the smell there was really terrible.

    The shadow      

ART 21

     Theaster Gates refers art as the ability to see people and potential inside to help imagine that the would we're living is just today's consideration. He likes clay because is something that nobody thinks about. He grew up in Chicago. He didn't know he had skills and talent until he stated using materials. When he started using clay, the contemporary art became interested in his work. He's interested in what sound track is, and loves gospel song. He also worked in UIC in 2006 and bought a new house at the same time at Dorchester. He rebuilt an empty house that was next to his house, and he bought his third building for album collection in 2009. He says when art is present, we should do it well for to have show to be creative. His vision for art work is a vision that really does not have boundaries.

MCA

     MCA, this is the museum of contemporary art. I have been to about five to six museums, and among all, MCA is the museum I loved most. Most of the artworks are representational and realistic as well. The artwork expresses emotion and it also talks about the social and cultural aspect of life, especially the artwork about the youth. Fountain of youth states that youth is not just an age group but a state of mind, and is really true. It portraits recreational sex and drug use amongst teens and sense of light heartedness.

     In addition, I loved the artwork by George Brecht which is a chair event. The chair event means a tool for sharpening our perception of everyday visual experiences. It needs a kind of attention that every artwork has. The colors of the button leg of the chair have a meaning to get attention from people. The colors have primary and secondary colors.

Moreover, I loved Rei Kawakubo Costumes. The consumes are unique with bright and attractive colors.

     Also, I was surprised when I saw a potato that is moving because I have never seen one before.

     I felt so excited when I saw a cute lovely door with a room inside.

     I felt like I was home when I was at the museum because the contemporary arts are unique and extraordinary.

REFLECTION STUDENT ART EXHIBIT

     We went to student art exhibit and it is a very small and spacious place. I loved all the artwork but the artwork that stood up to me most is Hai Mink and Eric's Engagement. This type of work is a stone lithography. The artwork explains the important of having a happy family and is a great thing to have. I chose this artwork because I love to make a peaceful always. The artwork is representational, and I like how it is designed.

Art 21

BARBARA KASTE:

    

     Art is a determination she made because she likes making things. She likes to live in Chicago because it is a place of art. She said photographing is recording life in general but to her, it was an experimental medium. Her first photography was made in 1978. She uses light and camera to capture artwork because it records something as having object. Also, she likes the idea of questioning and making discovery such as using light to capture particles which can't be seen. The reason why she still likes art is that, it is a process which is all about living and doing, it is fabulous and horrible.

FILM: LIFE OF AN ARTIST

MAYA LIN: A STRONG CLEAR VISION

     A strong clear vision by Maya Lin was one of the most painful disagreement public movement in American history. Maya Lin's strong clear vision describes Lin as she works one variety of projects, deals with issues such as world peace with her designs for the peace chapel of Pennsylvanian's Juniata college and race relations at the civil rights memorial. She created the southern poverty law center in Montgomery, Alabama.

     It also features a condition behind the scene footage of Lin at work in her studio, offering viewers a favor brief look into the minds of this singular artist. When Morris Dees approached her to design a memorial for civil rights, she said she wanted to understand conceptually what the piece is about or what nature should be before visiting the site. As she continues to deal with controversial topics, Lin bravely explains new aesthetic territory, focusing art and ideas to create more provocative works.

 Maya Lin has the courage and she's a woman with a heart of gold.

We went to the Depaul University Art museum and saw a few artworks. The Depaul Art museum is a very small museum and they do not have a lot of artworks. Most of the artwork are representational and few are abstract. My group members and I like a sculpture art and a decorative art, but the artwork we liked most was the decorative art by Kehinde Wiley. He is a portrait painter who is known for his highly naturalistic paintings of people with brown skin in heroic poses. His artworks are representational and realistic. Kehinde Wiley work addresses the image and status of young African-American men in contemporary of ongoing HIV/AIDS in America through the lens of childhood, education, popular culture and race. The background of the artwork is decorated, and it's called pattern. The artwork consist of primary and secondary colours, and the colours are bright, clear, and it really attracts.

Midterm Question 9

AKUA'BA FIGURE
This is a statuette from the Asante Kingdom in Ghana made of wood and supposedly influencing pregnancy. It represents the complication and happiness involved with the safe delivery of a baby. It is an Asante concept of true beauty with some characteristics labeled on the statuette indicating a good health of a baby. This statuette was a family lineage, passed from a mother to her daughter. When a woman is being blessed by a fetish priest, she carries this statuette and treats it as if it was her child with the perception that the gods will favor her and give her a child judging from the degree of care-taking.

 

Midterm exams. Question number 18. An image of  representational artwork.

We went to AIC and saw a lot of artwork by the different artist. I love the museum very much. It's a very nice and a comfortable place. It's the biggest museum I've ever been to, I felt like I'm home. I liked most of the artworks and how nicely the artworks are decorated. Some of the sculpture work looks real and I wonder how the idea came up, the skills and how it was made. Some of the artworks are representational and some are also abstract. Most of the artwork are realistic and impressive. The artworks consist if complementary colours, primary colours and secondary colours. It also made with lines and they are light. The form of the artworks are seen, the contour and the subjects matter of the artwork.

Maya Lin

Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision

          A film which elaborates the career and of a young Chinese American architect, Maya Lin.
          It commenced with an existing start of her career as an architect with the designing and creation of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in the United States.
          This film focused on the arguments that surrounded the architectural design of the War Memorial. This elegant design, a national memorial honors U.S. service members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War and all other issues circulating the war.
           Maya Lin then goes to embark on the creation of several other special pieces including the memorial for Slain Civil Rights workers, a house, the Civil Rights Fountain Memorial commemorating women at Yale City, and a variety of sculptures including a self - portrait made in lead and beeswax.
           Despite the controversies surrounding her design and creation, Maya Lin goes through a fascinating process of turning her "strong clear vision" into substantive form.
           

Blog # 4

1. Repeat : we went to the cultural center to visit an exhibit of doors by Eugene Eda and Hey You exhibit.

React : I saw a lot of artworks and they all have a meaning. At the Hey You exhibition, I saw a train passing around an area and at the center, there were houses, cars, aeroplane, and many people. I loved it because it was so real. What surprised me was children on the television who can't talk and were singing.

Reflect : Most of the artworks are representational and just few are abstract. Some of the artworks are made with primary colors and secondary colors, some are drawn with lines.

2. The exhibits are representational. I like the artwork of the muslim woman with the scarf around the head and the neck, the artwork is representational. The scarf on her head is a form of pattern and is very nice. The artist should have made the background representable as well, although, it is somehow clear but not that clear. Why did the artist use more colors on the face.

Title: happy with American.
I pictured a person praising America for winning a football match. And I used the primary and the secondary colors and additional of black.

A cup: this is a cup made with lines. This image is representational  because anybody can see is a cup. I used three different lines in making the cup.














Delete image: this image is also made by lines. It is also representational, I made this image with light straight lines and thick straight lines.

    My favorite color is purple,it is the combination of blue and red. It is feminine and romantic, girly and sexy. Purple color is a special color and nice, it is very attractive too. It is real, is lust for a very long time and is rich and unique as well. Purple means loyalty, ambition, power. I like the image because it attracks and the diamonds are nice and lovely.

Painting1

 The name of the artist is Jacob Lawrence. The title of the work is painting, usage of oil to be precise. The reason why I chose the artwork of Jacob Lawrence is because the artwork has a bright colour and attractive.