Artist Project Round II

After watched this film, I have known more about Van Gogh. Before that, I just know that he was a very famous post-impressionist artist, but through this movie, I could know about that  Van Gogh's dedication and enthusiasm for art, and his poor life.

This movie described that the final 67 days of Van Gogh's life. In this 67 days, Van Gogh created a lot of works, such as Marguerite Gachet at the Piano, Dr.Gachet and the Wheat Fields after the Rain. In the movie, it described that the relationships of Van Gogh with his brother, Marguerite and a prostitute.

Van Gogh's brother was an art introducer and painting dealer, and he had been taking care Van Gogh. Due to others artists, Van Gogh's artworks were Ignored. Thus, Van Gogh often met the prostitute to find the inspirations.  At the meantime, he met Marguerite, Marguerite loved Van Gogh, and she tried to change the life of Van Gogh, but she couldn't.

The movie mentioned that the difficult, hard and poor life of Van Gogh. Although these impacts were there, Van Gogh did not give up his art creations. In the and of the movie, Van Gogh killed himself. People thought that because of his mental problems, but for me, I could see the loneliness and hopelessness on Van Gogh. Although our "magician" has gone, his spirit and his artworks have been admired by the people all over the world.

Intuit: Center for outsider art.

       I very enjoyed our project that we went to the center for outsider art. Although it is a small museum, it was a very great place and those people who work over there were so nice. Here is a link that we did for our project.  The whole slide made by the museum pics.  Our project is talk about Henry Darger and his artworks and the museum. We also asked a volunteer who worked over there some questions about art and Henry Darger.



https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CItWUcsGA2LsU_hIwKGK6OaYSK24o4Z489t_04f-PTM/edit?usp=sharing
                               

AIC

          Last Wednesday was a nice day, I went to Art Institute Chicago (AIC) with my classmates.  That was an amazing place, we saw many many famous exhibits in AIC. Like Gustave Caillebotte' Rainy Day, Picasso' "The Old Guitarist" and Camille Pissarro' "The place du Havre, paris". We did have a great noon in AIC.

          When I saw the Rainy Day in a distance, I just could not believe my eyes because it seemed just like a real scene in front of me. Then, I just could not wait for one minute and watch it. Whether the colors or compositions, they were exquisite. The artist used the approach of asymmetrical balance to show us the foreground and background, and use the gray colors to express the weather and the whole scene.

         We also visited some artworks of Van Gogh. I thought that this was where we stayed for the longest time. We saw the Self-Portrait, The Poet's Garden, Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle and The Drinkers. What impressed me most was his self-portrait. I saw this artwork many many times on the internet, I never thought I could be so closed to appreciated it. Spots and line are the important part of this artwork. I can't believe that how did he finish it and how much time he spend.

        Perhaps I'm not the man who likes to step by step. I lost my partner and my classmate because I was deeply attracted by another place which calls Margaret Veeck Krehbiel Gallery.  A woman stood by the window, open her hands, just like a queen who has a whole world. The interesting thing about this artwork was that the artist used some accessories and oil painting to it to be three dimensions. That was I really like this artwork. I also saw some mini sculptures in this place.

       Finally, my partner and I chose the "Shattered Tree" by Otto Dix for our team presentation. Along with George Grosz, he is widely considered one of the most important artists of the Neue Sachlichkeit. This artwork showed us it was not just a Landscape painting. It might include the background, history and his feeling. Dark red, dark blue and dark green made the visual contrast. We also created a poem for it.

                                                           Fall
                                                  Aesthetic, deep
                                             Clearly, truly, excitedly
                                             In orange and red fire
                                           Slowly creating optional
                                                 Visual mysterious
                                                Illustration of life

Web hunt

    www.artic.edu is a good website about the Art institute Chicago(AIC). It's very easy to find on the internet. It is not just simply introduction the museum.You can watch many many artworks on it, you can learn about many collections, and also it has a part of shop online. That is so good because I can buy something interesting online. By the way, the website is so concise and clear. You can easily to find something that you want. I also like the red color on the homepage.Here are some collections in the AIC.