The Menil Visit The building

    1. Part formal (visually  analysis Describe the building visually and be as descriptive  and detailed as possible.
What are the size color and materials. etc....
 The menil collection was opened to the public in 1987 .The Menil was opened to house the exhibit and preserve art work of Renzo of John and Dominique De Menil. .The Menil collection building has many different Foundations.Outside the building designs are   very different from the Fine Art building . The architecture of this building had a whole different design in mind.The building had lots of glass windows surrounding the building .I saw rectangular shape windows and I saw square shape windows. The  Menil building has a balance far as the windows .there was unity all around the building. The color of the outside  building was like a mint green ,and it is considered to be a cool. color. I loved the color green .The outside was like siding .I thought it would have been made of brick . The outside of the building had concrete pillars.,all around the building.The pillars were painted white .The architects used paint and  they used lots of cement ,glass sealer for the windows. This Menil building really different ,I had a total different design in mind. The white trim just add finishing touches to the building .When you observed the building the  way it is design you will know this building is not a modern design building.However,I like the covering of the building. ,so when walking around the sidewalk ,you are protected. inclement weather.The building is well kept and the land scapping is beautiful.. The building had high glass windows aswell. I enjoyed the visit I will be going and the time I will take my grand children.
 





   

Menil visit Pablo Picasso woman in a Red Armchair.

I visited the Menil Collection . There were so many drawing and art works to chose . I  looked around until I ran across this particular piece of art work. This piece of drawing caught my eye,because I loved the artist
Picasso . When I fell in love with the piece of art I didn't know Picasso was the artist of this drawing. The art drew my attention ,because the name  ,The name of the art is Woman In Red Armchair 1929.The materials used was oil base paint and a canvas board.Wide and thin paint brushes.The painting constisted of cool and warm colors. I thought the painting had a low light effect .Picasso used thick and thinn lines in this painting. There balance in this painting .The orginal size of this painting is 802x1088 . This painting is Nonrepresentational. .The colors used in this painting were Grey,Orange, Black, White,Pink ,Brownand Tan .I think the orange made the painting the warm feeling ,but I could not make sense of the painting .I call this painting representational . Pacasso is a great artist I just love his art work.

Comtempary Art Musuem

Ready Made Art Show-Cineplex
I went to this musuem to see the Ready made art show ,and was told this was no longer here on display.The showing of the Cineplex was there as you stepped down the staris you come face to face with a flashy light display that hurts your eyes,and seems to suck you into it.The telephone everybody answers the phone they show a number of people actors and ordinary people answering the phone.On an area where you sit and look at a long position of dots, wiggly lines orange, black and white. The music is hypnotic to draw you in. The pictures and display up staris are also very weird.

Sandra Thomas
Art APRECIATION 1301

The Menil Collection

Sandra Thomas
Art Apreciation 1301
April 22,2012


The Building: As you stepped out of your car the first thing you notice is a large red jack, then you see the large building.The building is huge the colors seem to be greenish-gray hues, tall white pilars seem to hold the building up it remains you of an old victorian home in the south.The white rails on the top of the building looks like a balcony, the green trees seem to grow right into the building itself. There are mazes embedded in the ground that makes designs ,and the white sails look like solar panels used to collect wind. The giant pengelium gray in color hanging on the front is slowly swinging when the wind blows. The flooring all troughout the building was a beautiful mahagony wood floors with vents showing.There are several building where the people go see the many beautiful display of art.
Artist:Renzo Piano
Date:1982


I have chosen two pieces to showcase.
1.Work of Art
Artist:Moscow
Title:Entry into Jerusalem
Date:Early 16th Century
Material:Oil paint on a panel of wood
Size:11in by 14in
This is a beautiful piece that shows Jesus coming in on the colt-donkey into Jerusalem. Their are people watching on both sides, the apostles and the people of that city they are spreading down cloths down on the ground before him.These cloths are beautiful green and red, all throghout the picture there are complimentary colors of red, green, yellow and browns. Every one on this piece are brown skinned, with wool hair dark brown in color. the colors are so bright and beautiful.

2. Work of Art
Artist:George Segal
Title:Seated Women
Date:1967
Material:Plaster, Wood chair
Size:Life size

This piece was very odd indeed I thought there was someone in this plaster it looked so life like.The color was white all over and the chair was an old wood one with a vinel material, a burgandy color.This seated women remains you of the piece The Thinker,she has her hand up under her chin and the elbow resting on the top of the chair. She has a good pose and she is sitting in the center of the floor. The period that this piece was made was during a time when plaster was very popular to use.This women is all totally white.A very nice piece of work.

Menil Visit

Menil Collection building Basic info:

Artist’s Name (if available): Renzo Piano

Date: 1982

The building itself looks like a modern greenhouse. Not sure what the building is all made of but it is a gray colored building with light blue windows. The outside has artwork in the grass and around the building to lure visitors in. The stores that surround the building looks like houses until you walk up and see the signs.  The floors had an erie creek to it I can imagine it would be a horrible stay at night. The place had a really laid back feel to it considering there were atleast 15 people sunbathing with beach towels in the grass and playing with their dogs.

 

Work of Art 

Artist’s Name (if available): Emerson

Title:N/A

Date: 2010

Materials: Paint stick on Handmade paper

Size:N/A

The first thing that I noticed on this one was that it reminded me of a black burning sun,  Balance of the artwork is shown with the same splatter like pattern on the paper's edges before it collects into a massive mold. This piece looks as if it were inspired by an eclipse. The artist gave it texture by building up the paint all the way around it in a 3" - 6" thick mound of paint. The color of it is black and it gives off dark art traits almost as it were a meteorite blocking off the sun as it crashes down.

Menil Collection Visit Due 4/23

Picture taken by Julian Diaz.

Menil Collection building Basic info:

Artist’s Name (if available): Renzo Piano

Date: 1982

There is a very modern feel to the building. It's painted a greenish gray with light teal colored windows that contrast against the green and plentiful landscape. The residential neighborhood surrounding the building almost makes the museum seem as if it is a college. I believe that Renzo Piano designed the Menil building to be attractive on the outside, modern contemporary on the inside and blend in with its surroundings. To me the building felt like an art gallery but with an airy urban feel. The deep dark wood floors I found very pleasing to the eye and it made me feel as if I was in an expensive loft in a high rise. Another thing I really found beautiful were the garden areas that could be seen through windows of the gallery. I remember reading in the description of the Menil building's history that De Menil wanted her collection to be displayed in the light. The large windows overlooking the garden and outside greatly produced enough light to highlight the african art in one room.

Work of Art 

Artist’s Name (if available): Richard Sierra

Title: Abstract Slavery 

Date: 1974

Materials: Paint stick on Belgian Linen

Size:114 x 212 inches

 The first thing you notice besides the painting being completely black is it's massive size. I believe the artist chose to make this painting large to help you capture the large time period in which slavery occurred. You stare at the painting, notice the title, and you can instantly begin to piece together it's meaning. When I look at "Abstract Slavery", I associate black with not only the dark history that surrounds slavery as a whole but the dark skin of my people, who were once field slaves, forced to work under the blazing sun picking cotton or be beaten. Among other colors, black is such a sorrowful color (used in funerals and other mediums to signify death or sadness) and the vibe of this painting says to me that in order to tell about slavery visually, the easiest way to capture the gruesome and inhumane treatment of blacks during that time period was to paint an entire canvas black (to show darkness). To me black stands for all the tears, pain, anger, frustration and meaness that went on during slavery.

extra credit blog entry with ready made sculpture show @ contemporary arts museum

Right after I left from the Menil  Collection I went over to the contemporary arts museum of houston to view the ready made and assembly art exhibits. The building is huge just like the Menil collection building still can't get any 3G in any of the buildings so obviously no pictures could be uploaded let alone taken. I did find interest in the Marcel Duchamp ready made art not only because I think he should be the curator since he started in the 1915s or 1920s but gave inspiration to other artist such as Bill Bollinger ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>

who created an piece of art from a cage material. As I looked at this piece of art the title of the exhibit came to me "It is what it is. Or is it?"

and knowing that mr marcel duchamps idea of having the person who is looking at the piece of art think to themselves is this art or something else like he shows us as an example in our text book on page 504 "The Fountain" 1917 its a urinal from China makes you think ok this is a urinal to urinate in but is it something else? and thats the same presence Mr. Bollinger was trying to portray in his sculpture.

Menil Collection Visit due 4/23

As soon as you walk in the Menil Art Museum there is a woman who greets you to the left but straight ahead as you enter there is a piece of art so you don't have to search for one, also as you enter there is a piece of art to your immediate left but those didn't interest me except for the one piece of art that you see as you walk into the building with four shapes. The name of the piece is called "Forged Drawing" by Richard Serra in which the artist depicts a stop sign (a octagon), square, rectangel and a circle. The building is huge and long with large rooms all dedicated to specific types of art from modern to greek and african art. The african art got me thinking of my heritage since my father is from Sierra Leon SW Africa I seen a 700 bc piece of art of a Mali Inland Niger Delta woman holding a child and an african Gazel head mask just like what we see in class and wooden figurins. The Menil builidng captured alot of photos in their photo gallery of inspirational essenses in time such as martin luther king and civil rights activisim with teens in the late 1960s in Atlanta Georgia. There was a great piece of Assemble by Robert Rauschenberg called "Niagra Summer Glut" 1987, materials used were metal parts but the materials look like roof gutters from a house or building they were huge. "Seasons" with four oil and wax canvases one being beige, green, gray and navy blue not that intriging but its art. David novros's piece called "6:30" used acrylic on canvas on six wood panels based on where ou are standing the sun relects and changes the art works color from left to right by shifting the colors from left to right. And last but not least is an artist by the name of Jasper Johns, he is mentioned several times in our "Aworld of ART" text book, he has a piece that is similar to his 1958-1959 Encaustic and collage on canvas piece called "Numbers in Color" called (drumroll please) "Alphabets in color" but another piece of art that he did got me to see his symbolism and medium or meaning behind the piece. Jasper Johns uses an oil canvas, wood string, wire with a fork and spoon. The piece is called "Voice" with the word voice almost being wiped away with the wire attached to the sponge almost wiping away the word voice and also being attached to the fork and spoon. To me it is like the artist is saying closed mouths don't get fed take a look at the piece and see if it comes to you like that.

Trenton Doyle Hancock-"You Are A Liar And The Truth Is NOT In You"

Mr. Trenton painting "You Are A Liar And The Truth Is NOT In You" is a large mixed-media work hanging on the wall. A pair of tombstones function at once as fore- and background for a raining-down of collagiste forms. One is in pink and the other in black, and together they bear the words of the ominous title. Small and large swatches of fabric, some with impasto others without, vie with drawings in graphite and pink teardrops fashioned from the negative cut-outs of a layer of black canvas on top. His works gives and creates his own mythology to inform his massive, obsessive, and intricately, detailed and painting. He uses color, language and pattern to give me a way to understand why he creating a new character to convey a symbolic meaning.  Lastly he uses biblical elements, with references to religious stories that the artist learned as a child from his family and his community.  I am so amaze by the balancing of the moral dilemmas with humor and through a musical sense of language and colour.  Trenton Doyle Hancock was born in 1974 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Raised in Paris, Texas, Hancock earned his BFA from Texas A&M University, Commerce, and his MFA from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia. Hancock’s prints, drawings, and collaged-felt paintings work together to tell the story of the Mounds—a group of mythical creatures that are the tragic protagonists of the artist’s unfolding narrative....

Final Art projects and presentations

Part of your final grade will be to create a work of art that has been inspired by any of the works of art or artists that you have seen or learned about in this class. You can choose any media (painting, drawing, photo, performance, etc) that you would like. You will be presenting the artwork to the class as along with a short (400-600 word) paper about your inspiration (the artist or artwork), elements/principles  of design present, your choice of materials, and the process by which you made it. The artwork and the papers will be due on Mon 4/30.

Menil Collection Visit Due Mon 4/23

Instructions: Visit the Menil Collection, take as much time as you can to look at the building itself (designed by Renzo Piano) and around the museum until you find a work of art that you are drawn to or are most interested in to write about. It is extremely important that you complete this writing at the museum, DO NOT rely on your memory! First write about the building then a work of art. Then post the info on the blog by Monday4/23.

Ps. You can also read up on the building and its history here

Menil Collection building Basic info:

Artist’s Name (if available): Renzo Piano

Date: 1982

Formal (Visual) Analysis –Describe the building visually and be as descriptive and detailed as possible. What are the size, colors, materials, etc?

Finding Meaning- Why do you think Renzo Piano designed the Menil building in the way that he did? What  effect does it have on you looking at it from the outdoors and experiencing it from the inside?

Work of Art

Artist’s Name (if available):

Title:

Date:

Materials:

Size:

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

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.

Robert Crum: A Man With Great Taste in Women

           I went on Robert Crum’s website to do some research on him and I come to find out that he is a very interesting man.  I feel like he is a man that we can all relate to.  Most of us out there were always curious about the girl with the big feet or the girl with braces and humongous breasts.  And Robert like most of us never really took farther than playing footsie with the girls.  What I do like about him is that he is comfortably enough in his own skin that he can talk about it and not give a damn what you or anyone else, including his wife may say or think about it.  The sketching that caught my eye on the website is the one about Monica delivering the pizza.  The drawing shows an Amazonian woman delivering a pizza to a gentleman that is on the phone and has to stop his conversation at the sight of the woman bringing him his pizza.  And in a Robert Crum classic moment he writes in his drawing, “that bills a lucky guy”.  I have to say that I was instantly drawn, no pun intended, to the woman in Robert’s drawing.  The way he outlines her curves and uses contour lines to accent her voluptuous woman curves.  The he accents her facial construction.  He wants to make it clear that she is the figure that one should focus on in his drawing.  Not like anyone could miss her if you know what I mean.  I have to say that I would very much like to meet Robert in person and have a conversation with him on his taste and experience with women.