While visiting the MoMa in class there was 3 works of art that stood out the most and each in their own different perspectives. The 1st piece of art work that intrigued me was a painting in the “Contemporary Galleries: 1980-Now” exhibit called “Japanese culture of the post war years” by Tadanori Yokoo. This painting expresses the sorrow that the nation of japan may have experience after the Second World War. Looking at this painting from a historical stand point, in my opinion this shows the grief the japan people had after the atomic bombing of their cites of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The tears that are shown in this painting may be to depict the people morning the loss of innocent people that died on the day of the bombing.
While this painting may use history to portray a feeling, when looking at a painting in a perspective where you are looking for personal identity, the art work from Cindy Sherman titled “untitled *479” fits such a criteria. In this art work she takes a series of photographs where she slows makes a change in her. In this series of pictures she starts off with a more enclosed dull look and slows progresses to a more outgoing style. In this case her work may be an example in showing the changes that people can experience during his/her lifetime.
While looking at art in historical and personal perspectives one can’t ignore the cultural significance in art. In work like Mark Bardford’s “Giant” in my opinion gives up a sense of a more American modern art. His abstract works looks like those done in the pass by other artist but with a more of a modern spin to it. Modern being this piece doesn’t give you the feeling of pasted work.
Whether cultural , personal or historical there is many ways this works can be viewed, in many cases you can view a work of art in more than one perspective, for instance in the mentioned before art work named called “Japanese culture of the post war years” you can consider this a cultural piece while also being historical. In conclusion art has many ways you can view it and everyone is entitled to their own opinion it’s just a matter showing it.
While this painting may use history to portray a feeling, when looking at a painting in a perspective where you are looking for personal identity, the art work from Cindy Sherman titled “untitled *479” fits such a criteria. In this art work she takes a series of photographs where she slows makes a change in her. In this series of pictures she starts off with a more enclosed dull look and slows progresses to a more outgoing style. In this case her work may be an example in showing the changes that people can experience during his/her lifetime.
While looking at art in historical and personal perspectives one can’t ignore the cultural significance in art. In work like Mark Bardford’s “Giant” in my opinion gives up a sense of a more American modern art. His abstract works looks like those done in the pass by other artist but with a more of a modern spin to it. Modern being this piece doesn’t give you the feeling of pasted work.
Whether cultural , personal or historical there is many ways this works can be viewed, in many cases you can view a work of art in more than one perspective, for instance in the mentioned before art work named called “Japanese culture of the post war years” you can consider this a cultural piece while also being historical. In conclusion art has many ways you can view it and everyone is entitled to their own opinion it’s just a matter showing it.
“Japanese culture of the post war years” by Tadanori Yokoo.
Cindy Sherman titled “untitled *479”
Mark Bardford’s “Giant”
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