The document discusses the author's visit to the Institute of Contemporary Art and their observations of various artworks by Nicole Eisenman. The author noticed Eisenman's works explored themes of happiness, fear, and warmth. Specifically, the author was struck by the piece "Swimmers in the Lap Lane" which evoked warm feelings through its color and motion, and "Saggy" which used unusual materials and textures to depict memory formation in the brain. The works "Big Green Head" and surrounding paintings transported the author back to frightening childhood memories and influenced their shifting moods.

1. Nicole Eisenman
Institute of contemporary art
During my trip to the ICA, many of the works were produced by
this artist name Nicole Eisenman. As I was observing her
artworks, I discovered three different main themes or styles of her
works that I was able to reflect to. Among all the artworks, there
were many of her works with happy and delighted moon. Some
were the opposite of happiness. I could see and sense that
frightened feelings that she intended her works to present. Lastly,
there were these warming feeling artworks that you knew would
always create memories because they make you wonder of your
role if you were to me on them.

2. Swimmers in the lap lane
This is one of her work that brings warmth to me because of the combination of the warm color tones and the energetic
motions . As I explored the work I tried to manipulate the connection of this work to a similar work style that I studied
but couldn’t exactly recalled for a while.
No one is isolated and that makes me think of how comfortable it would be to be with someone special which is
surrounded by others which can also be overwhelming.

3. Saggy
Again this one creates a good feeling because of the textures and color tones that helped produced happiness in a
tangible product. This work is something totally different from any works I ever seen. The materials that the
artist used which I think is a resemble of the brain’s lobe, can relates to memory because the power source of
memories come from the brain. And that was one of the reason this piece of work stuck onmy mind the most
After visiting the museum.

4. Mining I
Even though this isn’t what we exactly visualize when it comes to
warmth. Like we see in this environment, the conditions seem too rough
and might as well consider a blue period where saddest is the norm. I feel
like this work still supports joys and warmth in a way because there is a
sense of happiness that the people bring to the atmosphere.

5. Even though in this painting these people are in a tough situation, just by
looking at this painting doesn’t seems that way because again I think it is more
like the rose period. The colors overtaken all the negativities and wash them
away. To the viewers, it is like there aren't any problems in what’s going on into
the subject of the painting. The way that the artist painted this has an effect that
gives the people a positive response or thinking.

6. The triumph of poverty
This painting was easy to develop specific ideas relates to that experience because were already
near Halloween. I didn’t get any sense of poverty when looking at this, or maybe I was already
into the Halloween spirit since it was October. It almost seems like these people are on the
street going trick ore treating, and this painting fits them right.

7. Big green head
Seriously, when looking at this painting ,tell me you don’t get a spine chiller? The woman and the ocean can be
interpreted as one, lonely and scary night. I remember when I was a kid, my family pranked me by purposely
leaving me at the beach during the night fall, and I could remember of how scary, vicious the setting was.
Looking at this truly brings back the memories and I can almost feel that same feeling again.

8. And another creepy guy, in the same
creepy night setting with a full moon
allowing him to transform while
painting. I think works like this are
interesting because they can almost
make you change your moon without
being aware of that. I can relate myself
to that because I was literally focusing
enough into this work while I was
exploring it at the ICA . My emotion
swiped to a different mood , I felt
more somber and colder compared to
when I was watching the bright and
warming color paintings.

9. Hamlet
This pretty much sum every thing up, A guy with a sword holding a skull I think the artist really wanted the
viewers to feel the scary aggressiveness. No wonder I was getting mixed emotions. The darkness background is
horrifying enough to make that guy look fearful even when he doesn’t really seems like it.