In the Martin Honert exhibit, we saw several mind-boggling sculptures, created from negatives from pictures of Honert’s teachers. This exhibit was very interesting and somewhat cryptic, and also felt like it could be a great setting for a horror film (Night at the Museum 3: House of Wax?). The way the eyes are positioned for each sculpture, it seems as though they’re all taking turns glaring at you, no matter what point of view you look at them from. This made the piece feel vivid and life-like, as if one of the sculptures was going to reach out and grab me. Once we all got into it though, it was fun to fool around with the exhibit a little bit.

Afterwards, at the Pieter Hugo exhibit, the art was more realistic, like everyday life, and had photos of people in interesting poses or intriguing situations. There were several depicting naked people in intricate positions but we’re all children, so I’m not posting those. Some of the exhibit also featured many African American subjects with a sort of hopeless demeanor, so they may have been influenced by Apartheid or civil rights or perhaps discrimination/racism in general. This picture reminded me of the lady from Insidious though…

(Totally didn’t steal Lawrenzo’s idea)

The third exhibit was almost exclusively dedicated to Vladimir Lenin, which was exciting for me since Lenin is one of my favorite historical figures and second-most favorite Russian leader (first is Stalin). There were pictures of idols made in his image, as well as a statue of him wearing a golden chain of his own head, alongside a similar sculpture that lacked a head. I think this was very interesting symbolism on the part of the artists. There were also portraits of Lenin, looking very Leo DiCaprio-esque, adorning the walls of the exhibit.