Yale Univ. Art Gallery
This wasn't a first, second, third, or fourth visit for me but I enjoyed it no less! I have lived in New Haven most of my life and have gone to this museum a few times throughout my schooling and a handful of times personally with family and friends. Now that i'm a momma bear, I've even gone as a chaperone on my 6 year old's field trip. The marketing in me loves even the entrance to the museum. It is easy to read, simplistic, yet sophisticated and appealing to the eye.
Dutch, 1872-1944 Oil on canvas.
This three piece collection, titled Piet Mondrian
(right to left) Composition with Yellow, Blue, Black, and Light Blue, Fox Trot A, and Fox Trot B with Black, Red, Blue, and Yellow caught my eye right away. Like I've said previously, I love simplistic art/decor/pretty much anything simple. I love that the pieces are mostly shapes, with touches of color. The lines are clean and the spaces between the three pieces are just enough to let you know they're together but can stand alone as their own works of art.
This piece appealed to me for the juxtaposing of black and color. Almost like a dark vs light. The rips in the black with color underneath give a sense a mystery to the piece. What caused the rips, the divides. Is it good or evil that lies beneath? Or at least those are the questions that came to my mind.
Burham Dogancay
Turkish and American
In The Begining.
Hi Ki,
ReplyDeleteThe three pieces are by the artist Piet Mondrian. I'd like you to dig in and learn about his work. He is considered to be one of the best artists of the 20th century.... why was that? What did his simple abstractions signify? You could expand this research into 750 words or so... that equals 1 1/2 pages single spaced on a regular sheet of paper. There is plenty to write about and in the process will learn quite a bit about modern art. :)