March 25, 2010 a few of my computer graphic classmates and I went to the Art Institute Chicago. We started at the beginning of painting in history. At this point most painters where trying the get the details right. After awhile all the paintings were very detailed, especially the basket of fruit. Throughout history artists wanted the piece to look exactly like the image they are trying to portray. This became boring over time. Painters then tried to paint the piece in various ways. Now the fruit basket seems distorted and odd, but it is still art. The attention was more on the piece and not the detail. This was later in history and when art wasn't on the quality of the piece but on how it describes the artists. Now in history this varies and art is expressed in many forms to set a statement or just to create something beautiful or haunting.
Above are pictures of my favorite art pieces that I saw during the tour. I do not know all the artists of the pieces but I do know that Nate is posing in front of Van Goghs self portrait. The reason I love the painting of the volcano is because it reminded me of the area of Mordor from the books "The lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien. The painting of the head like figure I really like because the picture is not being held in by the frame. I love how the artist made the frame part of the picture. Usually painting are being held in my there frames but this frame is the painters canvas. To me this is a expression that there are no boundaries. The picture of the concrete door is one of my favorites because I was able to have someone else admiring it in the photo. This shows the height of the door and how amazing it is to see. You have to think of one thing when you see this concrete door and that is: "why?". Who would need a concrete door and why was it taken away from its location. It is very interesting and makes you wonder. The last photo which is of a wall with very disturbing pictures repeated like wallpaper and oddly there is cat litter sitting on the floor in front of the wall. The images are of a women sleeping on her stomach and the other image is of a dark figure being lynched. I still wonder why these two images are together and also why is there cat litter there. The reason I love this piece is because it consumes all four walls of the room and when you walk into it you feel like a part of the piece.
Finally the day ended and I headed on home with pictures in my camera and more knowledge about art that I didn't have before.
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