The museum I visited for this assignment was the Burchfield Penny Art Center.
Step 1: The Exhibition
Questions about the exhibit:
1. What is the title of the exhibit?
The title of the exhibit was “Jack Drummer, The Effects of Time”
2. What is the theme of the exhibition?
The theme of the exhibit was abstract and minimalist paintings, all created by John E. (Jack) Drummer.
Step 2: The Gallery
Questions about the physical space:
1. What type of lighting is used?
The lighting that was used in this exhibit was both natural and artificial light. For the natural light, some but not much is used, mostly lighting seeping though a few windows that are off in the distance on the second floor. For the artificial lighting, they had a unique lighting system that was very high up on the ceiling, about 2 feet from the wall, spaced about another 2 feet apart from each other, where dull light fixtures that ran the boarder of the entire room, but only casted light at the walls. There were also a few lights in the middle of the ceiling that were all angled differently, casting the light onto the floor.
2. What colors are used on the walls?
The colors of the walls were all white, from floor to ceiling, along with the ceiling. Everything was white and their were no accent walls in this specific exhibit that were anything but white.
3. What materials are used in the interior architecture of the space?
The materials that were used in the interior architecture of the space were, light wood floors, with a black baseboard, along with white walls, which were either curved exterior walls or shorter flat walls that stuck out of the exterior walls, making for a maze like effect. Other than those details there were not much other architectural features other than a large open staircase to the second floor and simple benches scattered around so you can sit and face the artwork. The overall architecture of the room was very open and cold, with little to no furniture and other decorative elements.
4. How is the movement of the viewer through the gallery space?
The movement for the viewer through this gallery space was a little different compared to a lot of art galleries I have visited. at the starting point of the gallery entrance, you can either chose to go in one of two directions, with both still ending up in the same place. The exterior walls guided you in a cured fashion, while some wall stuck out making you turn and continue on, as this gallery is set up in sort of a maze like fashion. Overall if you started at the first painting and continued on to the next painting in an orderly fashion, you would be able to see every piece of artwork without having to leave the wall you are following.
Step 3: The Artwork
Questions about the artwork:
1. How are the artworks organized?
The artworks are organized in some what of a random order, with no meaning to the specific way they are organized when looking at their characteristics. All of the pieces of art are spaced generously apart from each other, with one or two artworks taking up a single wall space.
2. How are the artworks similar?
The artworks are similar because they are all the same media, concept, shape, and are relatively similar with the same color choices.
3. How are the artworks different?
The artworks don't really have many differences as they are all the same concept thought the entire exhibit, the only noticed difference would be the sizes of the artwork, as some are small and others are huge, they also are different in content as well.
4. How are the artworks framed?
All of the pieces of artwork in this specific exhibit are not framed at all, as the artwork itself is carried over the edges of the canvas.
5. How are the artworks identified and labeled?
The artworks are identified and labeled by little cream colored plaques with black writing, which are placed to the right of all the artworks at about 3 to 4 feet up from the ground.
6. What is the proximity of the artwork to each other?
The proximity of the artworks to each other varies thought out the exhibit, generally with this exhibit, the artworks are placed generously apart from each other, with one or two artworks taking up a wall space. If I had to give a rough estimate as to how far apart they were, I would say about 8 to 10 feet apart.
Step 4: Art Criticism Exercise
Artist: John E. (Jack) Drummer
Title of Work: Untitled
Media: Stretched and dyed rubber, 21 panels
Date: 1995-97
Size: 102 x 300 inches
Source of Picture: Taken on personal iPhone camera
Description - What I see in this piece of artwork is 21 square panels of a variety of colors ranging from purples on one side, blues in the middle, and moving to greens on the far side. Each panel displays a different shade of color along with different brush strokes.
Formal Analysis - The elements and principles that are most noticeable in this piece are color and value. For color, the bright colors of blue draw the viewers attention into the piece as for value, the variety of colors from light greens to dark purples shows the value in the piece.
Bracketing - This particular piece of artwork reminds me of a boarder between land and sea. When I look at the right side of the painting I see dark purples and blues, which would represent the deep ocean, while as your eyes move to the middle of the painting you see lighter blue colors, which would represent the shore, and to the left side of the painting it shows greens which would represent grass and land.
Interpretation - Since there is no title for this piece of artwork it makes it a bit harder to figure out what the artist is trying to say, but what I think the artist is trying to say is, how the colors transition so well with each other, especially if he is talking about land going into sea.
Artist: John E. (Jack) Drummer
Title of Work: Untitled
Media: Stretched, stitched and dyed rubber
Date: 2006
Size: N/A
Source of Picture: Taken on personal iPhone camera
Description - What I see in this piece of artwork is a single black square panel, which has a series of stretching going in just about every direction. The black background with seam like stitching looks like leather with the seam stitched though it.
Formal Analysis - The elements and principles that are seen in this piece are lines and texture. For lines, the stitched leather looking seams act as lines going throughout the artwork, as for texture, the stitched parts of the artwork acts as a rougher and bumpy feel if you were to touch the artwork.
Bracketing - This particular piece of artwork reminds me of leather with the black background color and material, with all of the stitching looking like the stitching at the seam of a leather product.
Interpretation - What I think the artist was trying to say in this piece of artwork was, something can be easily stitched together and repaired, or if something is damaged try and fix it first before going an replacing it.
Artist: John E. (Jack) Drummer
Title of Work: Untitled
Media: Stretched and dyed rubber, 2 panels
Date: 1998
Size: N/A
Source of Picture: Taken on personal iPhone camera
Description - What I see in this piece of artwork is two square panels, both containing the same concept of a white background with a blue boarder, with a tire like track of blue going through the middle of the painting.
Formal Analysis - The elements and principles that are seen in this artwork are lines and balance. For lines, the white background behind the blue creates a line effect, as for balance, the two panels display nearly the same design, creating an almost mirror image.
Bracketing - This particular piece of artwork reminds me of a tire track, which is running though the painting in blue over a white background.
Interpretation - What I think the artist is trying to represent is, to just keep moving, if the artist is trying to represent some sort of tire tracks, then I would guess they are trying to tell the viewer to not give up and keep on going.
Step 5: Document Your Visit
What did you think of visiting the Gallery and purposefully looking at the exhibition from a different perspective - the physical space, the architecture, theme, etc.?
I thought visiting the art gallery was very interesting because I have not visited the Burchfield Penny Art Center since I was in 7th grade. I also thought it was an interesting experience purposefully looking at the exhibition from a different perspective because it is something that I have never done before or ever thought of doing, as I also thought it was a little bit easier than looking at the artwork because you don't really have to put a lot of thought into looking at the physical space and architecture of the museum.
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