So you've seen the exhibition, now state 3 words that best describe it and give your personal response remembering to say 'why' you feel the way you do.
Three words that describe the exhibition: 1) Simple 2) Meaningful 3) Different
As I walked through the exhibition today, my initial reaction was: "What on earth is this?" I found it pretty silly at first to dedicate a whole art exhibition just to letters. However, when I walked in, and viewed the different letters, I was really impressed with what I was seeing, and I found that the letters were very expressive and meaningful. The way the letters were done in was very different, and often, you would not recognize the letters from the first glance. Some of them were COMPLETE opposites of what you would think they were. It was sort of that you thought an 'M' was a 'W'. Anyway, something that caught my attention was that not all the letters were done in a 'neat' way. Now, as we're used to having to do everything neatly in IB, this exhibition proved that you can still be very successful and produce pieces of art work that really work well without having to be neat. (P.S. This is still not an excuse to being messy :) ) Something else that I really liked was how every single line, pattern and color was interpreted and had a meaning to it, rather than just having meaningless lines and shapes on a piece of art. Overall, I think the exhibition was very successful, as it introduced people of all nationalities to a new way of writing Arabic letters; an inventive way.
The three words... - Focused - Plain - Minimalistic
I think that the exhibition was very interesting for it gave me a new perspective to media. The idea of using the texture to print rather than the whole fabric is very original. When I first came into the room, I thought that the different artworks looked very similar. They are all printed on white paper, and due to the white walls, the effect is quite plain. The mostly centered subjects are drawn, written or printed in colours standing out of the light background. This gives the pictures a very focussed look, because the viewer immidiatly sees the subject of the picture. The fact that there are not a loot of different colours or motives used makes the artworks somewhat minimalistic. After seeing the exhibition, I can well imagine to use this technique to create a artwork. The effect is quite outstanding and different. The idea of using the letters is very interesting too and gives the link to the arabic culture.
The exhibition wasn't like what I thought. I thought there would be big paintings such as an abstract or a portrait pictures and I was very excited to walk in and view all the paintings. However, when I saw the pieces of artworks hung up against the wall I was eager to see what students in VCU created, and then I would see all these similar pale artworks with one BOLD arabic letter on them with some shapes or some symbolism to the letter. The reason to why I called it pale was because they were all with a peach background and not much color was added other than black mainly, there were some bits here and there where you can find some red or blue. But nothing too light or bright. I would also say it's partly cultural because of the arabic letters that the student would emphasize. The student allowed the viewer to look at the ways of how meaningful the artworks can be. For example, some of the posters showed meaningful ideas and others people wouldn't understand, so we could read off from the explaination and try to interperate what the student is trying to show us.I found it simple because the way its use of color, shapes and the way they are put together is simple. As Ms. Rimmer said, and I agree with one of her points,that it may have been that the student just cut off some pieces of paper and just stuck them together and came up with different shapes and different techniques. It may be a unique way but it was still very simple and honest opinon, I didn't like all of them. :)
Some great responses to what you saw- love it or hate it- art always evokes a reaction from the viewer, and what all three of you have done is not only state your opinion but justify it too!
Rawan- don't worry- this trip is the start of many more to come and each one will be different!
I look forward to seeing the visual responses created in your books based on your comments here.
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Three words that describe the exhibition:
1) Simple
2) Meaningful
3) Different
As I walked through the exhibition today, my initial reaction was: "What on earth is this?" I found it pretty silly at first to dedicate a whole art exhibition just to letters. However, when I walked in, and viewed the different letters, I was really impressed with what I was seeing, and I found that the letters were very expressive and meaningful. The way the letters were done in was very different, and often, you would not recognize the letters from the first glance. Some of them were COMPLETE opposites of what you would think they were. It was sort of that you thought an 'M' was a 'W'. Anyway, something that caught my attention was that not all the letters were done in a 'neat' way. Now, as we're used to having to do everything neatly in IB, this exhibition proved that you can still be very successful and produce pieces of art work that really work well without having to be neat. (P.S. This is still not an excuse to being messy :) ) Something else that I really liked was how every single line, pattern and color was interpreted and had a meaning to it, rather than just having meaningless lines and shapes on a piece of art. Overall, I think the exhibition was very successful, as it introduced people of all nationalities to a new way of writing Arabic letters; an inventive way.
The three words...
- Focused
- Plain
- Minimalistic
I think that the exhibition was very interesting for it gave me a new perspective to media. The idea of using the texture to print rather than the whole fabric is very original. When I first came into the room, I thought that the different artworks looked very similar. They are all printed on white paper, and due to the white walls, the effect is quite plain. The mostly centered subjects are drawn, written or printed in colours standing out of the light background. This gives the pictures a very focussed look, because the viewer immidiatly sees the subject of the picture. The fact that there are not a loot of different colours or motives used makes the artworks somewhat minimalistic. After seeing the exhibition, I can well imagine to use this technique to create a artwork. The effect is quite outstanding and different. The idea of using the letters is very interesting too and gives the link to the arabic culture.
1)Pale
2)Cultural
3)Simple [Karim don't kill me]
The exhibition wasn't like what I thought. I thought there would be big paintings such as an abstract or a portrait pictures and I was very excited to walk in and view all the paintings. However, when I saw the pieces of artworks hung up against the wall I was eager to see what students in VCU created, and then I would see all these similar pale artworks with one BOLD arabic letter on them with some shapes or some symbolism to the letter. The reason to why I called it pale was because they were all with a peach background and not much color was added other than black mainly, there were some bits here and there where you can find some red or blue. But nothing too light or bright. I would also say it's partly cultural because of the arabic letters that the student would emphasize. The student allowed the viewer to look at the ways of how meaningful the artworks can be. For example, some of the posters showed meaningful ideas and others people wouldn't understand, so we could read off from the explaination and try to interperate what the student is trying to show us.I found it simple because the way its use of color, shapes and the way they are put together is simple. As Ms. Rimmer said, and I agree with one of her points,that it may have been that the student just cut off some pieces of paper and just stuck them together and came up with different shapes and different techniques. It may be a unique way but it was still very simple and honest opinon, I didn't like all of them.
:)
Some great responses to what you saw- love it or hate it- art always evokes a reaction from the viewer, and what all three of you have done is not only state your opinion but justify it too!
Rawan- don't worry- this trip is the start of many more to come and each one will be different!
I look forward to seeing the visual responses created in your books based on your comments here.
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