Art Event 4

The Fine Arts Collection in Yager Museum is a different collection in comparison to the works shown in the Foreman Gallery. I’m am not a fan of these paintings, in comparison to the work shown in Anderson, mostly because I am unfamiliar with the genre of artwork. Many of the paintings that are shown in the Yager Museum appear to be very religious. They look as if they could be an icon in a church, even though they are not icons of Mary or Jesus.
Madonna and Child by Bocaccio Boccaccino caught my attention during my visit to the collection. The painting is on wood, opposed to canvas. The woman, presumed to be Madonna, is fully clothed from head to toe. She is wearing dull colors and holds a serine expression. She even has realistic features, but I noticed the absence of eyebrows above her eyes.
The woman is holding a child, who’s naked. The child is also very realistic and holds the same features that an actual baby would have, in comparison to a lot of babies in ancient artwork (ex. Egypt). The only aspect unusual about the baby is that he doesn’t have an expression a baby would naturally have, in my opinion. The baby seems to hold the same expression as the woman.
As the Fine Art Collection continues to grow in the Yager Museum, I would be enthusiastic about viewing the new work added to the collections. The work is different from other work, and it allows one to grasp the concepts of those times periods without going off campus to another art museum.

Aviary

Aviary is a cool website that I started playing around with. It holds almost all the concepts of the Adobe design programs. The best part is that it is free. You can also link your other websites to it.

Animation

The animation is so cool. I want to learn how to do work similar to this. The background music fits perfectly with the animation. It seems so hypnotic.

Target

This ad is very unique. Target took their logo and turned into a ringtoss game. This kind of advertising is fun, and it makes the consumers think more about what the company has to offer.

. this video is so cool. I love how the artist demonstrates how he creates a digital image of the two characters. I love the Twilight books, so this caught my attention. The whole process is incredibly detailed and this is something I'd really like to explore at some point.

Dick Morrill

Hartwick's Foreman Gallery is currently presenting Dick Morrill: A Retrospective. The artist's presentation is very unique in comparison to past artists that have showed their work at Hartwick College. The canvases were extremely powerful. The colors and texture were incredibly vibrant and compelling due to the mixture of acrylic and oil paints. I also loved that the canvases were large-scale. I prefer larger-scaled paintings because they catch your attention easier. As a matter of fact, I feel that the bigger they are, the bigger the statement.

I was not as much of fan for the sculptures as I was for the paintings. The sculptures were interesting, but they just didn’t catch my eye like the paintings did. Although it was cool to see similar three-dimensional figures that looked as if they came from one of Morrill’s paintings.

My favorite piece of artwork was Operation Theater. I saw a lot of irony in this piece and humor. The irony in the piece is that an actual operating theater is an operating room that also holds seating for hospital residents (ex: Grey's Anatomy often shows the actors and actresses in a operation theater scene). The painting portrays an operation theater as a place to operate and act. A woman is undergoing surgery and several other "actors" are around her. As a matter of fact, the painting may be poking fun at shows like Grey’s Anatomy because the drama surrounds the operation theater in that particular show. I feel this art show was a success, and I think the Foreman Galley should host more artists that are similar to that of Dick Morrill.

What a Crappy Job

What a Crappy Job

This blog is too funny. It's like the tv show Dirty Jobs, but instead this is called Crappy Jobs. It's allows users to post their "crappiest" jobs, and it lets them post links, videos and pictures.
Funny part is, there's a internship offer at the top of the blog. Hopefully it's not a crappy internship.