Last week was a big art week in NY and on the weekend was the opening of The Armory show at The Pier with between 300 and 400 dealers from around the world showing contemporary and mid-century art up to ’94. The show in its entirety is a little overwhelming once you pass the 100th gallery and you’re still looking at art, but I saw some wonderful photographs by Philip Lorca di Corcia who does these wonderful set up scenes with random people on the street, including how much he paid the ‘model’ in the title of each shot. Part of his works that was on show were from his series called ’1000 Polaroids’ and it was really wonderful.
out of the box, to be sure!
nothing like this here in the burbs, to be sure!
I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I DO NOT REALLY GET ART??? A FEW TIMES I’VE BEEN IMPACTED EMOTIONALLY AND THEN I UNDERSTAND, BUT IF THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN THEN I AM LOST.. I DO LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY AND LOVE TO STYLE PHOTO SHOOTS AND TO SEE THE OUTCOME… I LOVE PHOTOJOUNALISTIC STLE AND FASHION ALONG WITH LANDSCAPE… DOES ANY ONE HAVE THAT FEELING OUT THERE TOO THAT THEY OFTEN ARE NOT MOVED BY ART… NOW, GIVE ME A BEAUTIFUL DRESS OR DESIGNED HOUSE THAT’S SOMETHING THAT MOVES ME OFTEN, BUT JUST ART ON A WALL RARELY….
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MELISSA
I love art. One of my favorite things to explore. Can’t wait to look at this link. If you have time I have a great post on a art museum/hotel I just stayed at last week. Post is titled My Old Kentucky Home: Part II. It’s a winner. Hope you are well.
Melissa – I think we CAN largely understand art through our emotions. Historically art was for the recording and retelling of stories within given cultures through shared images and symbols when literacy was limited. Today the world is bombarded with images, but without shared culture the artistic ones aren’t always clear. I think the best art bridges that gap. Who is not moved by Dorothea Lange’s black and white photo ”Migrant Mother”? But even abstract images (like vocal music with foreign lyrics) can touch us. There are abstract expressionist paintings that give me the same jolt of spatial pleasure as a great building or interior space does. And I’m put into a sweet reverie any time I hear Mary Black sing “Mo Ghile Mear” though I don’t understand a word of Gaelic. – Gary
Migrant Mother: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Lange
Mo Ghile Mear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDlCM_Mwtys
THANK YOU GARY….
I LOVED THE BIO ON DOROTHEA LANGES LIFE.
I MUST SAY I AM MOST INTERESTED IN PEOPLE’S STORIES….. THAT IS WHAT I LOVE THE MOST.. TJE TRUTH OF SOME ONES LIFE…
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MELISSA