The Walters Art Museum

Last Saturday, January 27 I went to
The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, MD.

The art works in the museum were so great.
I liked the diversity and the range of the collections,
spanning some 55 centuries from ancient Egyptian art to late 19th century European paintings and decorative objects.

Before I entered the museum, the first thing that I noticed was
the big sign written "Admission Free,"
and also even from the pamphlet it was stressed.
Some museums are free admission for everyone,
like The Walthers Art Museum, but some are not.
How do these can exist? What is the difference between
two museums? What makes them to charge the admission fee?

In a confusion, these questions kept popping up in head.
As it says from the first reading "The Use of the Forms,"
we are so sensitive at the production of capital which is so called 'art.'
It was a sorry experience from the Walthers Art museum.

[picture-At the Café- source from : The Walters Art Museum website]

Melissa Dean's Art Gallery

'Consumed'

prints by Melissa Dean.
24. Jan. 2007

I get so impressed every time I go to an art gallery . The title of Melissa's gallery in St.Mary's college was 'Consumed.' I was wondering how she will take us to her world.

There were several of her print art works in Montgomery Hall. It was interesting to attend the artist's talk because I have never had an opportunity to listen to any artist about their works before.

As I listened to Dean, I understood her work concept better and the explanation actually made me more interested in her works.

Creatively she used the image of camera in order to show our visual culture. The objects that she used were not a rare or new items, but day-to-day objects that we normally live with, use constantly without noticing the beauty of them. Dean did not created the beauty, but did investigate it and renovate it with a value that she wanted to put into it. I liked her attempts and ingenious ideas.

Listening to the 20th cnetury

"DJ Food - Raiding the 20th Century" is an amazing
piece of the sound mixing art.
Until I listened to this, I have never thought that
sound mixing itself could be a form of art.

I don't know others but I have a tendency to regard
art is to be seen but not to be heard, or
sound is just an additional element for visible art works,
except master pieces of music.

As I listened to this work I could not only stop nodding
my head according to the rhythm,
shaking my feet, but also thinking about
what this mixture of various kinds of sound, such as
instrumental and digital sound, pop songs, raps, parts
of speeches, and advertisements, is trying to tell us,
and what the artist wants to represent through this work.

The artist, Strictly Kev, uses an interesting method to tell his opinion
by repeating some words, such as 'liberty,' adding some funny lines,
for example 'sorry for interrupting you, but we are short of time,'
'John is not crazy.' His work is inspiring me and changed my
typical mind about art. And also starting with the 20th Century Fox
theme intro and ending with its outro is relevant to prove his
main theme "Everything Has To End..."