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Ashley Albrecht - Sydney and Frances Lewis galleries Exhibit Recently, I attended the Virginia Fine Arts museum. While there, I visited the Sydney and Frances Lewis galleries of Modern and Contemporary Art.. These exhibits contained an abundance of works by several and various artists. Perhaps my favorite modern artist is Andy Warhol. The museum had a few pieces by Warhol. It had the Triple Elvis silkscreen on display. This was made in 1964, with aluminum paint.
Another work by Warhol that the museum had on display was a set of boxes, much like the picture below. Brillo boxes, like the one below, were simply silkscreened on painted wood. This was made in 1964 as well.
There was a startling sculpture called "Business Man," by Duane Hanson. This particular piece was created in 1971, but this artist created many different human sculptures similar to this one. It seems so real. While I was standing there, I could almost see the business man come to life. An unsuspecting person might think this was a real person. Cy Twombly’s Synopsis of a Battle, from 1968, was also on display in the exhibit. It is a chalkboard painting using crayon. It was confusing, but that made it all the more interesting. It even looked like it had some eraser marks on it, as if it really was a chalkboard. This piece had me viewing it for a good while, because I was trying to decipher it. James Rosenquist’s painting Early in the Morning, from 1963 was at the museum. This is a post-World War II piece. I do not understand the meaning behind the piece, but I can tell that it is definitely modern. The orange in the piece symbolizes breakfast, to me. The person seems to be rushing. Perhaps the dotted circle is a symbol of running around in the morning and being disoriented. Jasper Johns’ Between the Clock and the Bed, from 1982, is encaustic on canvas. It is based on Munch’s self portrait. I don’t see any similarity in the pieces, but I think that this piece is interesting.
I thought it was interesting to see the different types of modern art in this exhibit. There was no one else around while I was there, which gave me an eerie feeling. It was very pleasant just sitting on the provided benches to view gigantic pieces on the walls. Even though I do not know what the artists meant, I can still look at their work and have my own reactions and feelings towards the art. |
