nastashia archie Art Museum project

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LSC –North Harris
Art Appreciation Spring 2012
Museum visit and Art review assignment

Instructions: Take as much time as you can to look around the museum until you find a
work of art that you are drawn to or are most interested in to write about. You can pick
absolutely any work of art in the museum.  It is extremely important that you complete
this writing in the museum, DO NOT rely on your memory! If you can, take a photo of
the art that you choose. In most cases they will let you shoot without a flash. Then post
the photo on the blog where you will also turn in the review. This post is due by Monday
2/20.


Basic info:
Artist’s Name (if available):  Domingo Garcia
Title: Adios Mahatma Gandhi
Date: 1988
Materials: oil on Masonite
Size:


Part 1:
Formal (Visual) Analysis –Describe the piece visually and be as descriptive and detailed
as possible. What are the size, colors, materials, or sounds?

- he outlines Gandhi's body with a black background, and shades his face in white and his sash in brown using oil paints



Part 2 :
Finding Meaning- Use titles, text, symbols, how the subject matter represented (abstract,
representational, nonrepresentational), role of the art, the cultural origin, or any other info
you can to try to find the meaning of the work.

-this abstract piece of Gandhi depicts him as being a great leader. his stern face and the glare in his eyes gives off the impression he is not one to be messed wit. his black background against is white tented face is used to bring out a dramatic, serious and dangerous warrior a leader like is coming out of the shadows after a great battle "the last man standing" he focuses on his gave because as you work your way down the picture his body becomes more and more abstract, basically saying his body isn't really important to the feel of the picture and that's not where your focus should be. Gandhi represents "Indian freedom".