For Art Appreciation Online Final! :)

1. Hayan Kim
ARTT 103
Daniel Reismeyer
D8/7/14

2. Adam’s work here demonstrates
that everyone, no matter how
old, will always have a sense of
admiration. This couple here
takes time to look up to adore
something out of our sight. The
amusement on their faces and
the fact that they stopped to
admire what was above and out
of sight.

3. I enjoyed the way that Adams
had captured the body image of
those who are in the midst of
adoration. I took this photo
while doing another project and
thought it paired perfectly.
Although on a moving walkway,
we find our subject here
standing in a total relaxed state
to admire the lights above as
well as at the end of the
hallway. I chose to follow
Adams’ take on using black and
white to take the view back to a
nostalgic state. Because my
subject’s face is hidden, I tried
to portray the same sense of
mystery portrayed in his original
Untitled (1981). While in his, we
wonder what the couple is
looking at, here we can wonder
at what exactly our subject is
admiring.

4. Elanor Antin used this photo to
highlight the homeless as they
wander on the streets with
efforts to find a home. Here
shows a man sitting on a couch
and on Solona Beach, California
where Antin named him King of
this beach. He is the only one
present and judging by the
layers of clothes he has on, it’s
during the cold season when no
one would be found on the
beach.

5. After seeing how solemn Antin’s
The King of Solana Beach turned
out to be, I was inspired to
create a similar photo – but with
a different take. This photo was
taken in Ocean City the other
week where a young boy was
charismatically playing his
Ukulele. What you can’t see is
the crowd going wild for him on
the sides. I like this picture
because the young boy contrasts
the old man as they both sit on
the empty beach road. I wanted
to create a photo to counteract
Antin’s.

6. Ursula Von Rydingsvard
mentioned that this piece was
especially fun to make! She
wanted to give it anxious
movements, but in an organized
and regulated manner. Her
sculptures are meant to mimic
her family’s heritage in pre-
industrial Poland before WWII.
This piece overall shows
significant movement and
seems so strong and so sturdy.
To me, this piece resembles
strength and mystery, as each
divot holds a darkness I cannot
see through.

7. I took this photo because I was
inspired by Von Rydingsvard’s
Doolin Doolin. After seeing it
from afar on the Art21 website, I
found this matter similar to
what was in her photo. I chose
to take a close up because I feel
after seeing the strength of the
structure from afar, it’s time to
show that same strength from
up close as well! While looking
up close, you see that it, in fact,
appears to be just as strong as it
appears to be! I also wanted to
catch the shadow of the divot
because I know from afar, I
could not identify what was in it.
Up close, it is just the same – a
mystery as we are unsure of
what may be hidden in the
shadows of this strength.