Patterns by Gonçalo Viana
RVA Slow Art Day
Slow Art Day is the global all-volunteer event with a simple mission: help more people learn how to look at and love art.
One day each year – April 27 in 2013 – people all over the world visit local museums and galleries to look at art slowly. Participants look at five works of art for 10 minutes each and then meet together over lunch to talk about their experience. That’s it. Simple by design, the goal is to focus on the art and the art of seeing.
Richmond, Virginia participants:
glave kocen gallery
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Artspace
contact Joanna at joanna@glavekocengallery.com for questions
Michael Janstzen, House with Four Exiting Piglets
WTF Art History: Surreal Household Objects
Salvador Dalí’s Melting Clock clock. Buy it online here.
Today’s entry was inspired by a brilliant WTF art historical spotting at a mall by the ever-wonderful Hasan Niyazi at 3 Pipe Problem. The following objects are among my favorite Surrealist works of art. Enjoy!
Salvador…
Antony Gormley, Field for the British Aisles, 1991
Look carefully at these little terracotta sculptures. What do you notice?
They are tiny people! 35,000 tiny people. How does this crowd make you feel?
This is one of the paintings that were looked at during Slow Art 2012 at VMFA. It’s the Wounded Poacher by William Merrit Chase. You can stop by and see it in the American Galleries. If you take your time, you’ll see things in it that are quite interesting.
What do you think of when you look at the painting, “four,” by Sheep Jones? What does the imagery remind you of? Can you create your own narrative for this piece?
Okay, we’re going to take a minute and do a little experiment and NOT tell you who the artist of this image is right off the bat. Take a minute and look at it. Is there a narrative? Can you figure out what’s going on? If you had to pick someone, who do you think the artist is?
Now, what if we told you that this is a 1935 painting by Jackson Pollock entitled Going West. Is that the artist you were expecting? Does this painting thwart your idea of the kind of art Pollock is known for?
Food for thought!
Class from P.S. 6 in the galleries, 1924 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Happy Arts in Education Week (Sep 9 - 15)! Do you remember the first time you visited a museum? What is your earliest art education memory?
Swing by VMFA if you are in need of your daily dose of art!
Take a close look at Steve Hedberg’s latest painting, “metropolis # 21.” What are your initial reactions to the painting? What does it make you think of? Does it remind you of a certain place and time?
