Alfredo Jaar

I had to make a presentation from a contemporary artist from my country. I chose this guy because my brother recommended him, and after reading about him and his works I was happy to have chosen him. His works in Serra Pelada, Brazil, and the six years old project in Rwanda made me read a lot more about him and his works. I learned too that he was in Sweden, and did a very interesting project with local artists. Later, he burned everything as part of the art.

Here it is Gitte!

MCA Reflection

It's funny when you walk by something everyday and you don't know what it is until you find out what it is. In my case it was the MCA. I liked this place much more than AIC in everyway possible. I realize that I enjoy more that kind of art instead of paintings. From a "piece of rock" to some awesome lights that mix to create more light of different colors. The gift shop was quite good, it wasn't like all the other museum gift shop that I have been to in the past. This one had more "normal" things in my opinion.
I would definitly recommend, and even come back again for a tour.

Art 21

Season 1: Identity - Stairways
I chose the work of Bruce Naumar because I found very interesting how he works with such a common object as stairs. The way he do it even makes see the stairs like in 3-D.

Season 2: Humor - Eleanor Antin - The Last Days of Pompeii
Her work reminded me somehow of ancient Greece. She said that the world could be turn into humor if he wanted to. I agree with her. Life would be so much fun and peaceful that way, but sadly it doesn't work that way. Her work "The Last Days of Pompeii" made me think of ancient Greece.

 

 Season 3:  Power - David Allen Gier - Goofines

He explain that being goof is always fun. If he can put that into his art then is all right plus he acts funny in the video.

 

Season 4:  Romance - Laurie Simmens - Emotion, Fantasy

I chose this artist because what she said is what I always think. Reacting differently is a common thing for humans, but sadly not everyone knows that.

 

Season 5:  Fantasy - Florian Maieraichen - Bear and Policemen

I only chose this theme because of the photo of the policeman and the bear. I found it funny how she represent domination.

AIC II

Shiva Nataraja, the Lord of the Dance. Amazing piece of art from 1000 B.C. This time, I can really say that i enjoy the trip to the AIC since it was art that was so old, and since I'm into the old things I quite enjoyed it. My partner this time was Wen, we had "The God Shiva" to present. I knew a little bit about Shiva and the dance because I had read some of the religion behind it in high school and in a few websites. The first thought that it came to my mind was "Nirvana" NOT with Kurt Cobain, but with the Buddhist religion. 

I didn't know the name of the dance that Shiva is doing, but I did knew that it was the dance of destruction, and with the help of the audio tour, which was very helpful, I learned that the guy that was on the floor was a demon. 

I wouldn't mind visiting the AIC again to see some of these kind of art again or maybe some medieval art.

Movie Review - Pollock

After a few headaches I finally got my hands on the movie "Pollock" The actor that plays Pollock is very talented. I was very surprised with the movie. It was actually a good movie. Harris, the actor, made the movie go into another level. After watching the movie I went to read about Pollock, and I found out that as many artist, he faced almost the same end as Elvis, and other artists which is quite tragic. I would recommend this movie to anyone that is into art and whoever that is not. The movie is quite dramatic and interesting to watch.

AIC Trip Reflection

It was my first time going to the AIC. I didn't know what to expect from it, but it was more interesting than i thought. At the beginning, I thought it was just like another museum. The fun part was when we were given the task of explaining a painting. When the class was moving from painting to painting, one guide was at the painting I was supposed to talked about, so I stayed with the group to listen to what was the painting about since I had my theory and a few questions. It was very interesting to heard the story, and the meaning of the painting. It gave me a complete different understanding of it. The facts that the guy falling from the window didn't died, he died instead from an overdose. Interesting fact. When we were walking I saw this chess board (love chess) and I found out that it was made of gold.
It was a fun, and interesting day since I didn't expected that much from it, I was wrong.

AIC Webhunt reflection

 After spending a few hours, I finally finished with all the questions on the sheet. The website is quite good and not hard to navigate. Some things were a little bit confusing, but the search engine helped a lot.
I like the fact that you can collect what you like, and even send it. It's the first time I see that on webpage like this that you can do, very handy. In addition to this, I also like the menu, which is very easy to navigate.
In conclusion, I had no problems at all looking for the information that I needed. Simply, fast, and quite interesting website.

Chicago Public Art

I have been to different places where art is present. One of those was Amsterdam. When we were on the boat tour, I saw these buildings that were extremely similar to the ones in Amsterdam. I released that Chicago has an extremely wide art culture. From European to Asian to American, all together in one city. I did the tour around Chicago together with Emanuel and it was amazing how much art we saw around the loop, and with the audio tour it makes the experience so much fun and interesting. 
Our tour started outside our school. We went to Millennium Park to take photos. That day was kind of cold, but still sunny. After Millennium Park we went north, on Michigan avenue to the Marylin Monroe statue. As always, it was difficult to take the perfect photo since it was packed with tourist. After we got our picture we didn't know where to go, so we decided to go south on Michigan avenue to the Buckingham Fountain. When we were doing the tour, i had been here for three weeks, so for me it was all new. I felt like a real tourist. When we got there i saw this amazing fountain with an amazing background of the Michigan lake.
Lastly, we walked back to the loop talking how amazing is to actually learn more with an audio tour and being there in front of these pieces of art. Chicago is the place to explore if you really love art. The city and its edges are full of things to explore!

"The sky used to be our limit. Now our imagination creates our limit"

Boats rides are always fun, no matter the occasion.

 It shows you another view of the city or place that you are visiting. A more close view of everything. When i was about to land in Chicago last month, i saw all these tall buildings rising from the ground like they were dancing with the sky. As i got closer and closer to the ground all these building were fading away by their brothers. One building in special caught my eye on my way down and it was this amazing blue-glass made tower. After being in Chicago for a couple of days i decided to take a trip on the city by myself and i stood in front of this mass glass tower, but again something was missing. The boat ride made me see this amazing building from a perfect angle. Perfect timing as well, the sun was shining and the reflex was at the very half of the building. Camera, aim, shot.

As i said before, if you really want to explore a city, you got to use a bike or a boat.

(the architectural experience)

"Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun"

 

I took this photo when i was backpacking in South America this year. I love taking photos. When i was standing there looking at the reflection of the sky on the water, i saw this bird standing there, drinking water and his shadow is the same size of his body, but together with the sky, the landscape and the reflection it looks like the shadow of his legs are pretty long. I thought it was strange and awesome at the same time, so i took my camera, and took the photo.

Location: northern Argentina.

I took this photo while i was listen to music and playing with my flashlight last night. I started doing some figures with my hand and this one came up and i thought it was funny.

Photostory

 

Leonardo Da Vince

Turning Torso, the experience

This Building is in Malmö, Sweden(where i lived before moving to the US). The city is located on the south of Sweden. For me, this building represent in some way the city of Malmö. The building is 190m high and its a residential building. When they started to build this place it bother me because they close one of my main spot where i used to fish so for like 1½ year i couldn't get closer. In 2006 the building was finished and the view was stunning. I believe is like half of the willis tower here in Chicago but the view from the building is amazing. You can see Denmark and the whole city and its suburbs of Malmö. Now the place is well known for being a tourist attraction and on summers the beach that is just 50 meters away gets full of people doing BBQ, playing soccer, etc.

Turning Torso

Elephants invasion

On my trip to Amsterdam, while i was walking with my friend we saw these weird elephants all over the city, many of them with coins attached to them. It was an interesting idea.....I don't want to get into details but when you are in Amsterdam and after visiting a few coffee shops...the elephants are....especial!
here you have a couple of pictures