Bridge 4: Homecoming: Returning the Canvases

Homecoming: Returning the Canvases Dimensions: 20 x 24 Medium: Acrylic, Wood Artist Statement: Museums are highly dependent on artifacts and paintings from all around the world and boast about having large collections of these relics regardless of how they were acquired. This painting depicts a scene inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where all the paintings are blank, envisioning a reality where paintings and artifacts are rightfully repatriated. I chose…

Bridge 2- Writing & Reflection

Reflection During the brainstorming and observation steps of my process, I focused my attention on surface level observations of my room and not my emotional attachments to objects and things within my room. This allowed me to manifest myself into the importance of memory, both within the things of my room and the essay itself. Additionally, during my hour observation, I found myself losing focus and just sitting in silence.…

Bridge 2: A Bedroom, Unveiled

Artist Statement: Within my bedroom, the unnecessary hoardings of paper bags cluttered up my space. Rather than throwing them all away, I used them as the primary material for this project to physically incorporate a fragment of my room into this piece. The night before sitting in my room and observing, I do a similar thing within my piece, most of the paper bags in my room were ripped and…

Frick Madison Write-Up

Officer and the Laughing Girl Artist: Johannes Vermeer Year: 1657 Medium: Oil on Canvas Seeing this piece in person really resonated with me because through pictures, it looks really dark but in person, the details are a lot better captured. The light of the windows pop and creates a very delicate and vulnerable moment between the figures. The Forge Artist: Francisco Goya Year: 1817 Medium: Oil on Canvas The bright…

Bridge 1: Inspired by Primary Sourcing

Dimensions: 20″ x 26″ Medium: Charcoal Artist Statement: Originally inspired by a story from an interview with a classmate where the power shuts off, I wanted to explore the dynamic between light and shadow. Brainstorming ideas around the concept of light and shadow resulted in realizations of the limited capabilities of our eyesight, fear manifesting in darkness, and my personal need for control and knowledge. This is a series of…