Friday, February 26, 2010

The Body Line and Motion exhibit was my favorite exhibit at the Dorsky. The theme of movement and human/animal structure is a timeless theme that remains unchanged although the way it has been represented has evolved as art has become more modernized. The exhibit displays primitive structures and carvings from Mexico and Indonesia, and deeper into the exhibit there are works by modern artists of the twentieth century. And within their own respective periods there exists different artistic perspectives on the human form and motion. I loved the juxtaposition of three pieces in particular: "No. 10" by Jackson Pollock , which was the most abstract representation of what I saw as a human face. Next to it was a self-portrait by Kathe Kollwitz which was the most representational of the three, and next to that was "Man" by Alberto Giacometti, which was a very rough sketch of a man's face using broad circles . I left with a greater appreciation of what it is to be a living thing and how it can be represented in so many different ways.

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