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Trip of a life time (field trip number 1 )

Japanese Culture of the Postwar Year 1945-1995

Takashi Murakami 

 “Wall Wailing” by Marlene Dumas

In the month of March we went to the MOMA it wasn’t my first time their but it had completely changed since I was a child. I truly enjoyed the field trip it helped understand the lecture videos a bit better. Not only did it open up my eyes in the way I view are because that everything their was drawn but their was also hand made masks and an artist who recorded themselves about their daily life.  I can honestly say that I enjoyed this field trip .

The first artwork ill speak about is called “Wall Wailing” by Marlene Dumas. This art to mean shows historical identity. This artist is from the south and she is representing how back in the days they use to line up African Americans and do really heavy searches to them for no reason. It seems as the men searching them worked for the government like police officers or something.

The second work of art is called is Japanese Culture of the Postwar Year 1945-1995. I see this art as cultural identity. This is because you can really feel the Japanese presents the poster has. I feel as the artist wanted his culture to be know and seen all around the world but this painting is truly not only about culture but also bout the second war and reconstruction. I say war being in the poster you can see a crying solider on a corner. Theirs a lot going on but its all power and ties in very nicely.

The third piece of artwork that I feel completely in love with is what I consider individual identity. The artist Takashi Murakami has created many paintings, drawings, sculptures, ect. This art to me says something beyond the fact that the artist misses an individual but that the artist has brought more than just the of art and drawing to it but their personal life in to it as well. I love this drawing because it shows the artists creative/ childish personality. It shows that an artist can have an art identity that’s muliti cultural.

Narrative Digital Collage

             This collage is a way for me to remember all of the happy moment with my family. All the moment when we laughed together,celebrated baby showers,birthdays and new found family coming together. I put it all in a picture frame because that simply how i see it in my mind. I see it as a few of the many memories coming together to create on picture of joy and happiness. I hope my point came across because I put a lot of thought into it. I'm telling a story and i see it as "My Family is who i am without them I wouldn't be myself."

Good Art , Bad art.

In my opinion this is what i consider good art. i consider this good Art not only because it caught my eye but because it using the human body as the canvas to the art this art thought outside the box and created his own back ground. at list glance you can't tell nut latter analyzing it you can see it. this speaks to me and tells me that the human body within itself is art. I see the emotional involvement the artist has to this. I see how he value the art of the human body and how he has an interest with tigers. This speaks to me very deeply!!  

This is my opinion is what i see as bad art. it simply doesn't speak to me i can't seem to understand what the artist is saying.I see not story behind it. All i see is a Dog with his tongue out and an american flag i see nothing else. Art that doesn't speak to me in my opinion is effortless. in other words was done with no emotional input. If theirs no emotional input that i don't see why it should be considered to be called "Art".