Archive for the ‘Arts in NYC’ Category
Restaurant Art
October 31st, 2010 Posted 2:48 AM
I work at a fusion Korean Chinese restaurant on 32nd Street, and this is a painting hanging on one of the walls. The painting is quite interesting; the women is definitely crying but something about her image doesn’t really convey sadness. Maybe it’s because her mouth seems to be smiling and her eyebrows aren’t arched downward which would normally indicate a sense of sorrow and uneasiness. The color contrast is also seen here with the red and yellow of the painting and the red and yellow of the walls.
This is part of the Asian-oriented decor of the place, which I think is kind of cute. This along with some of the other parts of the place entails the bright colors usually seen in Asian decorations, beautifully matched with some European features such as the chandelier and vanity mirrors (which I didn’t get to take a picture of)
Posted in Arts in NYC
Battery Park Sky
October 31st, 2010 Posted 2:42 AM
I was hanging out in Battery Park with a friend the other day, when I noticed this beautiful skyscape. I liked the fact that the sky looks part gloomy/dark and part bright/happy, with just enough amounts of the two. The running human was not intended at the moment I took it, so I immediately took another one when he was gone from view, but now that I’m looking at both pictures I like t more with the figure there. I think it adds a sense of motion into the picture.
Posted in Arts in NYC, Others
Snapshot Day 2010!
October 31st, 2010 Posted 2:35 AM
On Snapshot Day, October 11, all of us were to take pictures of our neighborhood, however we might define that. I was back home in Queens that day, and I wandered out at 9am, trying to see if I could take any tasty shots. However, my whole two-hour trip, to my dismay, came out to be useless. Disappointed, I decided to forget about it until later in the day. Then came the late hours of afternoon, and I finally decided to do something about the assignment. I usually like taking pictures of my dog, so I thought maybe I could somehow integrate the dog and the neighborhood in a single picture. So this is my dog Kiwi sitting on the windowsill, looking out the window, savoring the landscape, and not staring at my desperately attention seeking fingers right out of the camera frame.
Posted in Arts in NYC, Assignments
Man On Wire – Philippe Petit
October 24th, 2010 Posted 9:38 AM
I agree with McCann’s idea that Petit made both the city and himself into art. By accomplishing such a dreamlike feat, he succeeded in making the Twin Towers seem more human, if not a piece of art, which at the time of construction failed to gain favor from public. And then he went on by walking on such a thin rope so high above in the sky, and gave passersby and those who would meet his experience through different mediums – such as us who got to have an almost first person experience through the documentary – a breathtaking experience that would linger in their minds for a long time. As we discussed in class, this is a type of public art; one that you enjoy more as you come across it, rather than the ones you see in a museum, which you nevertheless enjoy, but doesn’t give you the same kind of an unexpected pleasure.
Philippe Petit walking on rope
Posted in Arts in NYC, Assignments
Subway Art – “Under Bryant Park”
October 24th, 2010 Posted 9:36 AM
Samm Kunce "Under Bryant Park"
It is hard for me to choose which one I likes the most because I truly enjoyed looking at most of the artworks there. I was surprised to find that they even existed, since I have been to all of the stations we visited, but never paid particular attention to any of the arts displayed there. My favorite one would have to be Samm Kunce’s Under Bryant Park, at 42nd St. Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue. It is also one that shows the most site specificity in my opinion. I liked how the artwork was displayed all throughout the walls of the passageway, reminding us of our current location, which most of the time we seem to forget. I just thought that the pipes and tree roots branching down the ground were kind of cute, and also the mosaic work was very delicate and beautiful at the same time. Another artwork that seemed more site specific was The Revelers by Jane Dickson, at 42nd St. Times Square. I thought most figures portrayed on the underground walls looked celebratory in a way, which goes along with the common image we often correlate with Times Square – something joyful and bright.
Posted in Arts in NYC, Assignments
