art gallery 2

I went to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. The title of thee exhibition I chose was The Long Curve: 150 Years of Collecting at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. There were various rooms to this collection, some housing paintings and some sculpture, the overall theme was contemporary art. The lighting used was either recessed or track lighting. The walls painted white throughout. I felt the gallery had an open space that was easy to navigate and the stair cases were modern. The upstairs atrium had ionic Greek columns.

The art works were organized by exhibits such as Virocode a disappearance of the source, artists in depth; Arp Miro, Calder or by eras such as the modernist. Some had there own rooms such as the room of contemporary art. The art works were similar in that they reflected the same time period, yet they were different in styles, techniques and media used. Some of the art works were framed with simple black frames other had very fancy ornate heavy gold frames. Some were framed shielded with plexiglass and some of the larger prints were unframed. Each of the art works have a plaque next to it giving the artists name, country, date of birth/death, the media used and in many cases how the piece was acquired by the museum.

Jim Dine American, born 1935 Ten Formal Fingers, 1961 World Relief with oil In looking at this piece of art I see ten long pieces of rounded wood, with curve tops. The tip of each piece of wood is painted red. The artist used straight lines and rounded edges. At first I thought this could be a box of matches, but then I thought it could also be a set of fingers nails or a picket fence.

Giacomo Bella Italian, 1871 or 1874-1958 Dinamismo di un Carve al Guinzaglio (dynamism of a dog on a leash), 1912 Oil on Canvas This piece of a difficult to clearly view because of the sun coming through the skylights and the fact that it was behind plexi glass. The artist used a very limited palette and a variety of brush strokes. Movement was created in that viewing this painting you could almost feel the dog and women moving. I think the artist was trying to convey that maybe time moves on.

Henri de Tourlouse-Lautrec French 1864-1901 Femme retroussant sa chemise (women lighting her chemise), 1901 Oil on wood panel This was framed in a heavy gold frame. The color pallet was very subdued and muted. Different color values were used to create the background. The women stands alone and shows the rounded curves of her body. Some of these curves are reminiscence of the curves seen by Michael Angelo. I think this conveys a women who is confident and there is a since of solitude.