AIC trip.

Our visit to the AIC was very pleasant, I learned many things that i never imagined my self learning, like for example really looking into the art work and extracting my own thoughts just by looking at it. There were many art works and sculptured that interested me, sadly i cannot remember the names or those pieces. The new building compared to the old one was amazing. it was spacious, clear and bright. The galleries were extremely big with countless art works from many different artists. On the other hand, the older building was not so amusing as the new one. it wasn't very bright, it was actually quite dull, there wasn't a lot of room to walk around and gaze at art pieces.

I learned that it is something completely different to look at art in a magazine or on the internet than to look at the real painting. I saw materials and different textures and bulges that appeared on the painting that i could not see online. I also learned that George Seurat, in his painting A Sunday afternoon on the La Grande Jatte, uses very simple colors. he mostly used the color green in most of his painting, he just had different shades of green to show where the light hits the grass and where it didn't, it was truly amazing to see such a great painting with very simple colors.




A Sunday afternoon on the La Grande Jatte by George Seurat.










Working with my partner to present about our chosen art piece Woman before an Aquarium by Henry Matisse was interesting. We both learned that this painting shows a woman staring into an aquarium thinking, we learned that people might stare into random objects when they think, they might not notice themselves until they have already finished thinking. It is not something we do on purpose, but we are too busy working our brain to focus on where our eyes are. Lastly we both agreed that it was a representational art because it represents something, a woman before the aquarium.

Woman Before an Aquarium by Henry Matisse












Our group activity was great, we laughed and made jokes, it was far from boring which i expected it to be, no offense. We had time to be both serious and loosen up a bit, making funny comments on some paintings, and having deep explanations on others. The poem activity was something that none of us expected. At first it was frustrating to write a poem about the painting, but we pulled through and it was fun. To end, our group was great, we all showed respect when someone else was presenting their work or mini-presentation, some were shy so i could not hear what they were saying. All in all it was a great trip and i will surly visit the AIC again.

Thanks to our teacher Gitta for taking us.