War Themed Art

Man, it has been an intense couple of weeks so far at my internship, but it’s been a lot of fun.

I have new stuff to talk about, in spite of the fact of how tired I am.

Get ready for awesomeness…

Anselm Keifer awesomeness that is!.

so so good.

This is from his “… Narrow are the Vessels” instillation at my museum. This specific one is titled.” Let the Earth Be Opened and Send Forth a Savior”( referencing the resurrection of christ in Isaiah 45:8). His art conveys a lot of religious, themes. This is due to his own involvement as a post-war german (literally born a couple days after the third reich). This painting shows, hope and renewal with the flowers, in an otherwise landscape full of doom. The mere size of this piece alone is more then enough to leave you awestruck (9 by 25 feet) Highly recommend checking this out.

This will be weird but watch what happens next.

Call me negative, but it’s time for a depressing post…

Ah, depression.

How long have we known each other? I feel like by highlighting my favorite depressing art, that I could move that much further away from you.

Ok, enough personification let’s get down to business. There is a certain kind of depression that I can accept, more than likely this is due to the fact that there is a huge sense of closure that comes with this depression; to elaborate, I’m left with nothing, and I want nothing to comfort me.

A nearly perfect embodiment of this kind of depression is…

my god… the horror.

First off, being that this movie is teamed with an unbelievably depressing string accompaniment by The Kronos Quartet, shout-outs are in order… woot!

Aside from that though, the movie is a gripping, and necessary view of addiction in a lot of its forms and the downfalls that come from that. Aronofsky, perfects this distance you feel with all the characters by utilizing many of the technical tricks he has up his sleeves like the uber quick jump cuts, used to dehumanize the characters, and his wonderful work with split-screen to show that all though Harry and Marion, appear physically entwined, there is clearly something between them. Check out my favorite review of this movie from Ain’t it cool news here.

Like I said, although the Kronos Quarter is AMAZING with this soundtrack, it is not my favorite, ” left with nothing wanting nothing to comfort me” music goes to…

Dystopian life! Hurray?/ Are these entries too long?

Sometimes everything in life just goes in a downward spiral straight to hell. For some, this is rare, but for some poor bastards, this is every time they wake up. In honor of some of these bastards, I feel like stringing together some of my favorite dystopian art.

First off, let’s look at a sculpture…

Kumi Yamashita’s Shadow Works

breath-taking work.

Kumi, (to me at least) is making a statement about humanity. When I look at this and think of the whole “god made man out of his own image” thing that’s been forced down our throats for I don’t even know how long, I just laugh. It forces us to take a look at humanity, and question what are we really comprised of?

-onward to more depressing/intriguing subject matter-