I’m much into photography so I chose two photos by Jane Hammond one is called Perpetual Love and the other one is Bee Line Trucking.
Perpetual Love is a black and white photo that shows two female children playing a ping pong game looking at an old building next to them. The building has windows with no glass so the girls can see clearly what going on in the building. You see a girl bending over and a middle-aged man spanking that girl with a paddle. When I see this photo I see something that would be true, something that people would actually do in the past.
Bee Line Trucking is a black and white photo but I think the art in it has some photo shop in this picture. It’s a photo of a Bee Line eighteen-wheeler truck that jacked-knifed and went out of control off the highway. The reason I said it looks like it was photo shop was because on the bended reeling there’s a giant slug. The photo reminds me of reality with fiction. The reality is accidents can always happen; car accidents are going on everyday and everywhere at any time of day. The fiction is there’s no way there is a 4 foot slug in this world.
Both photos stood out to me because I felt like I understood why Jane Hammond captured those photos. You automatically see the meaning and the feelings towards those photos. I found them to be rough, a flash-back, and something someone out in this world can relate to. Maybe my grandma was playing ping pong with her sister and saw their neighbors through the window getting spanked with a paddle. Or the truck loosing control and getting off the road into an accident. I know I can relate to that because my car flipped over from hw35 to 410.
I read an article from The New York Times that was written back in 2002 about Jane Hammond’s art work. The article was called To a Painter, Words are Worth a Thousand Pictures. What made me understand Jane’s art work more is when I read a part in the article about changing the word painting to novel. “And that is to make paintings “as complicated, inconsistent, varied, and multifaceted as you are, as I am, as life is.””
So whenever you have the time and you want to go see some amazing art, you can catch some of Jane’s photography at the McNay Museum. Trust me you don’t want to miss it!
Monday, November 19, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Known to Build Bird Houses
Samuel Mirelez was known for the bird houses he made; he recently passed away this year on September 17th with an extensive encounter of cancer. He is known as a husband, father, friend, and the man who build birdhouses.
I was reading an article on Samuel from Southern Living called “Price of Art.” It spoke about many of things, such as, how his bird houses would run from $15 to $250, it just depends on the size and the materials he needed. He made bird houses replicas of the Titanic (8feet long), Tower of Americas, the Leaning Tower, the Eiffel Tower and much more. His inspiration would come from post cards, pictures, books, and every bird house was free hand. For a big detailed bird house his daughter estimated it would take him up to 3 to 4 hours to finish depending what type of bird house he would be working on.
Ivan Mirelez (daughter of Samuel Mirelez), “My father started building the bird houses about 20years after he retired from Kelly A.F.B.” Ivan tells me that her father was invited to a Governor’s Party when George Bush was Governor, so Samuel did a replica of the White House for Bush. Underneath the bird house he left a note saying to Bush he would be living in that house one day just like his father. Since Bush becoming president, every year he would send Samuel a Christmas card.
Who knows maybe you’ll have a hobby and become known for what you enjoy doing, for Samuel Mirelez he’ll be known as the man who built the bird houses.
I was reading an article on Samuel from Southern Living called “Price of Art.” It spoke about many of things, such as, how his bird houses would run from $15 to $250, it just depends on the size and the materials he needed. He made bird houses replicas of the Titanic (8feet long), Tower of Americas, the Leaning Tower, the Eiffel Tower and much more. His inspiration would come from post cards, pictures, books, and every bird house was free hand. For a big detailed bird house his daughter estimated it would take him up to 3 to 4 hours to finish depending what type of bird house he would be working on.
Ivan Mirelez (daughter of Samuel Mirelez), “My father started building the bird houses about 20years after he retired from Kelly A.F.B.” Ivan tells me that her father was invited to a Governor’s Party when George Bush was Governor, so Samuel did a replica of the White House for Bush. Underneath the bird house he left a note saying to Bush he would be living in that house one day just like his father. Since Bush becoming president, every year he would send Samuel a Christmas card.
Who knows maybe you’ll have a hobby and become known for what you enjoy doing, for Samuel Mirelez he’ll be known as the man who built the bird houses.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Art at SAMA
At the San Antonio Museum of Art, there are amazing paintings. One painting that stood out in my eyes was one called “Sportsman’s Trophy” by Alexander Pope. This painting shows contrast and value, making this piece of art looking 3-D.
The contrast is shown by the dark background and the antlers are a yellow-tan color which stands out. Another contrast that this painting has is the dead birds and the dark green background, the birds are brown, tan, with a little bit of white because those colors or light it makes the birds stand out.
The value for the painting is just about the same things with the objects that deal with contrast. You have you light colors and dark colors. This painting deals with lots of dark colors such as, the background that’s a dark green where to it almost looks black. You also have a lot of browns, such as, the guns hanging on the antlers, the birds, and other objects. As far as your light colors it’s only a tan or white color which is the antlers, the stomach area of the dead birds, and small other objects I can’t make out what it is.
In conclusion, this art work is what is known to be representational which something realistic is; things that are in the real world. Once again it deals with contrast and value that makes this art work look 3-D.
The contrast is shown by the dark background and the antlers are a yellow-tan color which stands out. Another contrast that this painting has is the dead birds and the dark green background, the birds are brown, tan, with a little bit of white because those colors or light it makes the birds stand out.
The value for the painting is just about the same things with the objects that deal with contrast. You have you light colors and dark colors. This painting deals with lots of dark colors such as, the background that’s a dark green where to it almost looks black. You also have a lot of browns, such as, the guns hanging on the antlers, the birds, and other objects. As far as your light colors it’s only a tan or white color which is the antlers, the stomach area of the dead birds, and small other objects I can’t make out what it is.
In conclusion, this art work is what is known to be representational which something realistic is; things that are in the real world. Once again it deals with contrast and value that makes this art work look 3-D.
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