I just returned from a week-long trip out west, where I made stops in Denver, CO and San Diego, CA. When I was staying in Denver, I made sure the visit the newly-renovated Denver Art Museum. I did not really know much about their permanent Modern and Contemporary Art collection, but was blown away when I came across Sandy Skoglund’s installation Fox Games:
The installation depicts an invasion of gray foxes, sculpted in clay and cast in polyester resin, within a restaurant. The foxes prowl on and around red tables in an entirely red room. Every element of the installation—forks, knives, plates, dinner rolls, and even a squirrel in the mouth of one of the foxes—is painted red.
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The first class I took as a freshman at Kalamazoo College was a writing seminar that focused on art and art history. I’m not entirely sure how I ended up in it, but I immediately fell in love with looking at art. Even though I went on to be a Studio Art major, I took a ton of art history classes, which pretty much involved sitting in the dark looking at hundreds and hundreds of slides. While this experience truly started me on my creative career path, there is nothing that compares to seeing certain pieces of art in person. Below are the five most inspiring artworks that I have had the pleasure of seeing in the flesh:
1. The Old Guitarist, 1903, Pablo Picasso, Art Institute of Chicago
This has always been one of my favorites and I’ve probably seen it over a dozen times in person. It must be the Elliott Smith vibe that draws me to it. See the rest after the jump. Read more…
