Gallery Visit

Albright- Knox
The Exhibition:

Artworks 2012: Inside the Knox (Education Exhibition)

The theme is all art projects from grade K-12 in the West Seneca district and their artworks in all different mediums.

The museum is bright, the lighting is very good and not colored. The walls are white so the paintings and artworks really stand out. There are podium like stands that are used in the museum as well as benches. (I'm kind of confused about what architecture is used in the space, sorry). Everything flows in the museum, you slide across looking and wondering about paintings instead of wandering all around and up and down stairs (which there are stairs but as you're upstairs there's still an even flow). 

The artworks are organized  by being alongside with each other. The artworks were similar because they all explore different mediums being used but they were definitely all different and unique in their own way. There are little white signs that say the artist and grade level and medium used. 

 Mercedes Smith (Grade 12, East Senior High School). Oil pastel. This artwork is very colorful to show depth and features that are not realistic. The figure seems to be a girl, possibly with reddish hair in real life. The girl seems frustrated, or bored even by the way she is holding her head in her arms. The strokes are easy to see in the artwork but it gives it more character that if it were just smooth lines.

 Zack Bremmer (Grade 12, East Senior High School). Digital photograph. The bright red spout not only draws attention and emphasis but also is bright in color. The spout is running water, more intensely than just a drip. This also shows movement. This looks like it is a drain from a side of the house or possibly in a garden. There is an unfocused plant in the background in the pot.

  Molly Grant (Grade 12, Alternative Learning Center). Mixed media. There is color used in this as well. The pennies make up a tree as magazine pages make the leaves, sky, and ground. There is emphasis on the tree as well as proportion. The tree takes up almost the whole picture. The way there are little leaves on the tree gives the sense that it is fall time. The blues and purples give a sense that it is almost night time, not bright during the day time. 

Answer this question: What did you think of visiting the Gallery and purposefully looking at the exhibition from a different perspective - the physical space, the architecture, theme, etc.?

I never thought of looking at my surroundings at an art museum. I mostly just focus on what I'm actually looking at (the paintings on the wall). I guess it would make sense to see everything around me to see how everything correlates together and if something is hindering an artwork such as light.