Detail of light coming through 2 overlapping Chihuly works
My Contemporary Art History class took a day trip to Columbus, Ind., this Wednesday to see buildings and artworks by some of the architects and artists we’ve been studying — Dale Chihuly, Eliel Saarinen, Henry Moore, I.M. Pei, etc.
Henry Moore’s aesthetics have strongly influenced my work in Drawing II and I was probably the most excited when we got to see his “Large Arch,” located between Saarinen’s International Style church and Pei’s library. It reminded of me a giant hip.
But I find that, for me at least, art is better understood visually, not through reading, so I have included a couple photos from the field trip so that you can vicariously experience what I did.
I have spent much of this week in the art gallery as well, getting ready for the student art show that’s scheduled to open next week. It’s been a lot of work, but art is my passion, so I as long as things continue to run smoothly I don’t seen anything preventing me from enjoying myself.
Moore’s “Large Arch” in front of Saarinen’s First Christian Church
Knowing how to mat, frame, position, install and light your own work is so important to an artist’s success. The more I think about it, the more I realize just how lucky I was that Leticia Bajuyo, an art professor who normally manages the gallery, offered me this chance to be a gallery assistant.
And as a senior in a relatively small (but strong) art department, I have the advantage of knowing almost all the students who have works in the show. The other gallery workers have helped to get the show in good shape, and I cannot wait for the opening on Monday.
I’d always imagined that working in an art gallery as a post-college career would be kind of dull, but so far I really love what I do here. Who knows, maybe I’ll manage my own gallery someday . . . stranger things have happened.
Also, Art Club carved pumpkins one evening this week. When in the midst of papers, presentations and exams, there are few things more therapeutic than sawing open a large orange squash, digging out handfuls of its “guts,” and carving facial expressions into it.
I will reserve the rest of this space for photos of pumpkin carving. Happy Halloween, everyone!
Diabolical pumpkin that my friend Phil carved
My friend Megan scooping out the "guts"
