Time and Location: Mishkin building from 1:00 – 2:30
Well after exploring the arts of Baruch, I’m a bit unimpressed. This was the LAST arts workshop available at Baruch so I HAD to go to this one.
One thing I didn’t like was the long line to get in. They allowed the next 25 people in after every 25 minutes. Unfortunately for me, I was part of the last 25 people. I waited in line from 1:00 to 2:13 to get in and I rushed to class after.
What I learned at the workshop was okay. The name of the gallery was called “Mercedes Matter: A Retrospective.” Mercedes Matter was a female artist who was known for her still lives. As a child, her art was simple. In her teens, she started painting scenes without detail. As for her adulthood, she painted still lives on larger canvas. However, her still lives were different, they had lots of geometric shapes in them, mostly triangles. This offered a new angle on still lives because her paintings were not detailed, as said before, but instead blurry images of fruit. You could still make out what the paintings were but it was difficult.
The gallery-tour guide explained that when looking at art, one should not ask the question “what is it?” Instead the viewer should be asking “what is the artist trying to portray?” This is a good quote that I will always keep in mind when I look at other people’s work now. It’s a very good statement. Also, this gallery was a good example of demonstrating how people’s style and views change over a lifetime. The tour guide explained how at childhood, artists express themselves however they like. Later, artists start to think instead “This doesn’t look right.” They become t00 se-lf-conscious of their paintings and lose their original style.
Overall, this workshop helped me understand and like art more.
Oh, I forgot 2 cliques. I’m also a gamer and an otaku. I will be those two for life also.
Better gaming technology helps the world indirectly with other technology.
Otaku’s are anime fans. I’m not an extreme otaku though.
Honestly, not many things are out of my comfort zone except perhaps accounting since it’s slipping from my interest. I’ve gone through MANY cliques and friend groups. Nerd, goth, emo, rock, artist, actor, dancer (will dance for life), and almost every ethnic friend group. Most of my current friends now are artists and I particularly love artwork.
This workshop, however, was particularly out of my comfort zone only because I didn’t like the art or the artist. Their style did not seem very original or unique, since I’ve taken a few art history courses in my high school. However, since Mercedes Matters is an artist and thus producing in the world, I do take her work into consideration and worth looking at.
I definitely would recommend this workshop to other students because I did learn something. However, what you learn from workshops all depends on your will to learn. Half the people there only wanted the signature, I tried my best to take into account some helpful or cool knowledge. I would recommend the workshop to open-minded people.
Was this out of your comfort zone and would you recommend this to someone else?