As I was drifting downtown Reno I was looking for something that was in place but yet out of place. I came across the street light. The way the city of Reno had put many different types of lighting on are streets and sidewalks. During the daytime we see them as poles in the ground that we have to walk around or a place where we can tie flags to. But at night when the sun go's down and it's getting dark its a hole new meaning. Still do we really look at them as art?
I found that John Taylor’s Treaty signing at Medicine Creak Lodge was much more representational than the Howling Wolf. I could see that the detail was finer and the real life figures as if a photo was taken. I could tell that it was an important meeting between two cultures in an undeveloped land. When looking at the Howling Wolf I see the abstract in it. You can look at it and see a story about a place and time. Each depiction of a symbol weather it be a tee pee or the back of a women head painted red. They differ to me one artist is recording a place and event where the other Howling Wolf is telling a story about an event. Each artist depict the land differently John depict it in detail where Howling is showing what was there (trees, water, tee pees) there’s a message with Howling Wolf depict his culture and lifestyle in a primitive way.
Olafur Eliasson, created the illusion of nature and weather indoors, giving viewers a sense of the beauty and peacefulness of a sun-drenched mist. But he also allowed people to see the artificial nature of his creation. ( Encyclopedia of World Biography )
The Weather Project Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London, UK, 2003-2004
Generally used in street lighting, mono-frequency lamps emit light at such a narrow frequency that colours other than yellow and black are invisible, thus transforming the visual field around the sun into a vast duotone landscape. Illuminated orange disc suspended from the ceiling at the far end of the hall. The “sun” was actually a semi-circle 200 of mono-frequency lamps witch, when reflected in the ceiling mirrors, formed a circle. Humidifiers pump a mixture of sugar and water into the air to create a fine mist. Seen through this soft haze, the light of the great disc is filtered and diffused so that it looks like the setting sun.
The hundreds of mirrors, applied in a jagged way rather than laying perfectly flat, gave the upper edges of the "sun" a rough, uneven appearance, making it look startlingly real. Many visitors responded to this exhibition by lying on their backs and waving their hands and legs to find their image in the mirrors. The Hall feels like it would be worm with the light of the sun but its not. People enjoyed this Exhibit for the reason that London can be very cloudy and raining most of the time it give you the feeling that it's a sunny day and worm.
Started as a news paper boy in front of Pantheon theater when Ed Wynn American comedian and actor.
Took Red backstage and introduced him every member of the show in witch gave Red the show business bug at the age of ten. At 15 he joins the circus and became a clown. Red started painting early in his career but after his TV and movies career slowed down he became prolific about painting and sketching.
When growing up in the 70s you knew who Red Skelton was, He was one of the most funnies comedians at the time. In the late 80s and 90s is when I was introduce to his art work. Clowns and more clowns, Happy clowns sad clowns, clowns on a tight rope witch is called “Above it all” the expression on the face of the clown is priceless. He is able to show in his art work the reality side of being a clown and the lighter side of a clown’s life. I feel that his work is about real life experience as being a clown himself.
An artist that has a great way to express his youth and a bright modern, complex ways, but yet you can find biblical time in his work as well. Chester Arnold “On Earth as it is in Heaven” exhibit at the Nevada museum of arts was very impressive in the way Chester has transform politics and social responsibility in to his works of art.
As I was viewing the artworks I came across “Reports to the Contrary” this painting was painted 2007-08 on oil on linen. It looked to me to be Manhattan New York in central park the wind is gusting up with trouble on the financial system papers, notes, reports, a business mans hat tossed in the wind. The skis are moody with heavy clouds. What can the future hold? As it maybe the work of art was sold to Global Financial services giant Lehman Brothers for it’s corporate art collection. Not long after Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy (This information was noted from the exhibits side notes).
I see it ironic that Chester Arnold foreseen the futures down fall of the financial district back in 2007. I like the painting because of it s setting, the park and the buildings on a stormy day. There is a building with a green roof at the edge of the park that reminds me of where John Lennon lived.
There is a glass bottle pouring positives (white) and negative (black) atoms balls on to an axe head. Each side of the axe head there is a bowel witch holds the split atoms. One bowel has black hafts the other white hafts.
This piece is telling me that it won’t be long before anyone can split atoms. “Splitting atoms made easy”. I don’t like or dislike it. The message is clear to me, take something as complex as splitting an atom and simplifies it, in a real way.
