Gallery Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Abstract

‘A new generation of photographer has directed the documentary approach towards a more personal end. Their aim has not been to reform life, but to now it. Their work betrays sympathy- almost affection- for the imperfections and frailties of society. They like the real world, in spite of it terrors……’ [‘(Re) Defining Documentary Photography- Then and Now,’], these are the words of John Szarkowski, which he spoke in 1967 during an art gallery in New York about documentary photography, and its meaning to the world of art. Documentary photography has indeed earned its title as art despite numerous challenges from ...

Modernist movement was the catalyst that opened new ways of interpreting art as a tool for political and social discourse reflecting the rise of ideas and improvisation of imagery/performance through the use of contemporary materials available at that time. The term ‘modernist’ ubiquitously dominated the art critiques from the past decades in an attempt to explain the society’s rejection of the traditional iconography of the previous movements. With the advent of rapid industrialization spurred the growth of ideas that defined the social and political landscape of the 20th century. This changes brought by the modernist ideals revolutionized the ...

The 18th century painting, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, is made by English painter, Joseph Wright of Derby. This art piece is done in 1768, marking as one of the important paintings in Neoclassicism. The oil-on-canvas painting has a dimension of 183 cm x 244 cm and is currently located in the National Gallery, London, England. It shows how a travelling scientist presented the inventive mechanism of air pump (The National Gallery, 2014). The demonstration attracts the attention of some family as they gather at the table. The focal point of the painting concentrated on an air pump ...

“IDOL” 1979

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Collection of the artist
Exhibited:
Asia Society Hong Kong (May 15 – September 1, 2013).
“Blooming in the Shadows” China Institute Gallery New York (September 15 – December 11, 2011).
“Wang Keping, Works from 1979-2006” organized by He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China (Oct 25th until Nov 23rd, 2008).
National Art Gallery, Beijing (August, 1980)
“The Stars Outdoor Art Exhibition” Beijing (27 September, 1979)
Born in Beijing, China in 1949, Wang Keping became one among the most influential modern-day Chinese. He has been a provocative artist during the late 1970s and the 1980s, as he called for protests that ...

WANG KEPING (b.1949)

“IDOL” 1979
NO

WOOD

57x30x15
Collection of the artist
Exhibited:
Asia Society Hong Kong (May 15 – September 1, 2013).
“Blooming in the Shadows” China Institute Gallery New York (September 15 – December 11, 2011).
“Wang Keping, Works from 1979-2006” organized by He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China (Oct 25th until Nov 23rd, 2008).
National Art Gallery, Beijing (August, 1980)
“The Stars Outdoor Art Exhibition” Beijing (27 September, 1979)
Wang Keping was born in 1949 in Beijing, China, and is one of the most significant contemporary Chinese sculptors. He is known as one of the founders of the ‘Stars’ group (Xingxing), which ...

Works of art can communicate critical information on the times in which they were created. Different time periods and different cultural backgrounds provide the stylistic and media elements of a work of art. There may be no specific intent to portray the times, but that is what happens when the artist creates a work of art in a particular artistic period. Examples of art works from two distinctly different times and cultures will demonstrate how the art in the Medieval period of European history and Pop Art from the late mid-20th century differ.
The Medieval period in art history ...

The artist

Christian Paul Kunsch was born in Hagen in the North German state of Westphalia. He is primarily a husband and father but is also a photographer and Taoist for good measure, also describing himself as ‘European’ on his website. His work which is chiefly in black and white is basically inspired by the work of Bernard Plossu, Francoise Nunez, Henri Cartier Bresson and Lucien Herve. However he claims other influences such as the music of Radiohead, Thom Yorke and Max Richter. Another source of inspiration is Wim Wenders, the film director whose movie, ‘Wings of Desire’ is an important part of ...

The group and individual energy of an academic excursion to an art institute has undertones of expectation of the unexpected. Whether art or architecture the anticipation of engaging in the creation of another person and connecting to the artist's intention. The recent fieldwork accompanying the class to both the Grounds for Sculpture Museum in Trenton and to Princeton University Art Museum the expectation and the final experience engaging in art and architecture fulfills the anticipation.
Without a question, experiencing as many of the 270 sculptures offered at the Grounds for Sculpture Museum in Trenton explodes with dynamic extremes of ...

Question 1

Identify what methodology (ies) are being employed in this analysis of Leonardo da Vinci's "La Joconde," and explain why/how. What questions might other methodology (ies) ask about this particular work?

Formalism: - a formal approach has been taken towards this image. Several physical properties have been engaged so as to disclose the function and meaning of this work. Also, intrinsic beauty is the main idea behind this work. The image has a slight smile (slight lips opening at the mouth corners) which was considered as a sign of elegance. A delicate atmosphere dominates this image with perfect interaction of light and shade, ...