Art Gallery Visit

 From the Art Gallery Visit I learned about analyzing different pieces of art.  For instance, notice the above two images contain food labels and packaging.  I think the artist placed food labels on the fruits and vegetables to send a message.  This message could be that food is shipped globally, which adds carbon emissions into the atmosphere.  Also, if you look at the image on the right, one of the fruits has plastic around it with food labels.  The artist could be trying to indicate that food has lots of packaging, and that we should be trying to reduce amount of packing on our food.  I also noticed that smaller food is orientated at the front of the images, and larger food is located at the back, which is a strategic way to show all the fruits and vegetables.  Also, in both images it appears that the artist used shading on the right of all the fruits, vegetables, and baskets.

 At the art exhibit, our class got a chance to see a beautiful sculpture of a man lying down.  At the side of his body, there were lots of famous quotes from various influences in the artist's life.  Some of these quotes were biblical, and lots of these quotes were non-biblical.  Some quotes were from famous people like Shakespeare.  This sculpture also had light shining out from the side of his body.  This made me think that perhaps it represents the after life or the resurrection of Jesus.  According to scripture, Jesus rose from the dead and ascended into heaven (Mark 16:9 - 19), and He is also known to be the light of the world (John 8:12).  However, I am not sure whether my interpretation of the sculpture is correct since only the artist knows the true interpretation of the sculpture.

This sculpture showed a man in a pondering pose.  Again the artist placed some quotes that were important to the artist's life. When I saw the other side of this sculpture it looked like the person was deep in thought.  Therefore, maybe the artist had to make some big decisions in his life, which required much thought.  I think that the artist experienced lots of darkness and sorrow in his life as well as lots of peace and happiness since I saw a mixture of his sentiments written all over his body.