Art Gallery Visit #1

A piece that had an impression on me was GIACOMO BALLA's "DINAMISMO DI UN CANE AL GUINZAGLIO" (1912). The implied movement in this piece was something I haven't seen before. The woman and her dog in it appear to be in very fast motion and stationary at the same time.

Another painting that had an impact on me was YVES TANGUY's "DIVISIBILITÉ INDÉFINIE" (1942). I found this painting to have beautiful, bright colors with amazing uses of light and shadow. The shadow that the main object casts is particularly great and was the first thing to draw my attention to this piece.

I felt a connection with Salvador Dali's " THE TRANSPARENT SIMULACRUM OF THE FEIGNED IMAGE" (1938) immediatly. the painting is very surrel, almost like a strange dream. Being someone who only has strange dreams that I can never understand, it reminded me of my own dreams vividly.

JUSTINE KURLAND's "BUSES ON THE FARM" (2003)  is from a collection of photos from communes in the US. I found a connection with this photo as it depicts people from within our own society, who have access to the same resources as all of us, living in apparent squalor. It speaks a lot about the types of people who choose to live in communities such as these and the impact that decision has on their youth.

I would like to know more about STUART DAVIS's "NEW YORK WATERFRONT" (1938). It is a painting of what appears to represent the New York City skyline from the water front in stylized imagery and scale. I would wonder why specific objects were chosen to be in the skyline rather than others and why the particular colors were used, rather than more realistic colors.

JENNIFER KARADY's "FORMER STAFF SERGEANT STARLYN LARA, C DETACHMENT, 38TH PERSONNEL SERVICES BATTALION, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, VETERAN OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM" (2010) is defiantly a photo I would like to know more about. This photo is very interesting and while the other photo also displayed at the gallery from this collection was easily understood by me, I could not fathom what the subject matter being displayed was. Especially the bunny in the corner, that appears to be watching the female soldier.