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Yay!!! My final workshop!! The tour of the gallery went by very quickly. The space was very tiny and they only allowed 20 people in at a time. The at pieces were quite interesting. They call it abstract art but it just looked like haphazard dabs of paint on a canvas to me. Guess I dont know how to abstract things wel. (lol). I actually saw a few things in the art piece that the director was pointing out, so I can’t be that bad. The tour was over before I got a chance to take a full deep breath. I must admit I didnt mind at all though.

A while back I went an art gallery featuring the work of Mercedes Matter’s. The art itself were mostly abstracts of tables with food and other amorphous blobs that reminded me of food which I did enjoyed. Although I still don’t understand why triangles were in each of her paintings and how exactly the help the art work. However i did have to wait close to forty minutes in a room that was warm as hell which sucked.

Last Tuesday I attended the workshop for art in the Mishkim art gallery. The art was all done by Mercedes Matters who had donated some of her paintings. Her art was all in abstract and modern form. As time had gone on throughout her life. Mercedes art became more and more abstract. This was the first time I had seen this type of art form. It seemed that she liked to draw alot of triangles and tables. I found it interesting and felt informed after the tour. I am looking forward to going to Moma to see some more of this type of art.

Joseph

What an experience this workshop was! It was very fortunate that Naketa, Regina and I got to the workshop early because the crowd after was pretty intense. It was a 20 min session full of art terms and paintings, lucky I fancy art and it was a good feeling to finally be in an art gallery. The way to analyze art and find a deeper meaning was enlightening to me, but as I found out its basically on how you interpret a work of art, there is no right or wrong answer. Paintings are now to bring up emotions and a higher level of thinking instead of painting something we see everyday Mercedes would paint a canvas full of abnormality. It really was inspiring, I really liked how she would use different colors beyond the norm and express herself in ways that seem awkward to some or beautiful to others! It was also really interesting to know that business and art intertwine like puzzle pieces, I would have thought art was not so important to know for business.

I really enjoyed this workshop the most, why? Because I actually got to do something walk around and evaluate a piece of work, it was also refreshing to get away from hearing “No or wrong!” whenever I came up with a thought. She definitely inspired me to start drawing again and taking time away from the stress of college life!