What is the relationship between the part and the whole?

The relationship between the part and the whole is combined together. In the Museum of Art and Design there was a combination of simple part. And those simple parts where put together to form a whole. The whole exhibit Second Live remixing the ordinary consisted of simple objects people use in every day life. Artists used small objects like bottle caps, glass, quarter, plastic glove, clothing labels, and books to create a bigger picture. Continue reading →

What is a whole? Dictionary.com defines whole as “containing all the elements properly belonging; complete.” But who defines if something contains all its elements? I think the Second Lives: Remix the Ordinary exhibition in the Museum of Art and Design gives a new meaning to the concept of “a whole”. I think it states that a whole can be also a part. It opens one’s eyes to see things differently from what they seem to be. Also it is related to Flash indirectly, as Flash is comprised of different components. Continue reading →

The main concept behind the art exhibition entitled “Second Lives; Remixing the Ordinary” is the idea of giving items that have become either useless or obsolete in some way a new chance at “life”, however I believe there is a some what hidden meaning to the term second life as pertains to this case. I believe that becoming part of the art piece the object takes on a second function, completely different to the role it may have held in its previous life and becomes a part within a whole rather than serving a purpose on its own which was the case for most of the items on display, for example as the clothes pins would have previously done. Basically what these pieces of art disclose to me is the idea that without the pieces, however seemingly useless as they may have been on their own, the whole would not exist. Continue reading →

Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary was a wonderful exhibition for me to see. There were so many different kinds of artworks that I had never seen before, not because I never seen art, but each of the artwork was created with different kinds of materials. These materials can be found in our environment. Starting from a line of hair all the way to a big piece of furniture. They all started off as an original piece itself, but then they were used and become part of the artwork created by talented artistic to finish as a whole. The relationship between the part and the whole was very important because without the part, there will be no whole. Continue reading →

The Museum of Arts & Design at Columbus Circle with its “Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary” thematic exhibit features 40 contemporary artists from a variety of countries who renovate discarded, everyday, or valueless objects into unexpected forms of art. The works created from puzzle pieces, aluminum bottle caps, spools of thread, buttons, combs, tires, gun triggers, hypodermic needles, old eyeglasses, silverware, ceramic plates, and telephone books, among other manufactured and mass-produced objects were showcased in highly extraordinary ways through the eyes of the artists. Each piece conveyed a relationship between the part and the whole, when one observes a single item it seems rather ordinary and holds very little meaning, but when it is composed in a collage among others of its kind, a story begins to unfold. Mundane pieces make up the significant whole. Continue reading →

Walking in the museum gave no sense of anything special. The Museum of Arts and Design looked like any normal company office, with less people. Everything was simple, clean and spotless. Then the elevator took me up to the 5^th floor, which held the Carolyn S. and Matthew Bucksbaum Galleries. Took a step out, and I felt as if I’ve entered into a new world. Everything was made out of what people use on a daily basis. Looking at all the designs around me, I realize that the relationship between the part and the whole is that we can always get the parts from the whole, but we can also get the whole from parts as well. People don’t usually think like that. Continue reading →

“What is the relationship between the part and the whole?”

During this exhibition I found the relationship between the original part and the art work as a whole creates an assortment of meanings in the sense that the original part is an important significance in connection to the artist. Continue reading →