Art Research
Initial Response
I am writing in response to a sculpture by Peter Voulkos from 1952. This sculpture was found at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. By just looking at the sculpture and taking in first impressions it is ceramic and very odd looking. It seems abstract to me. I always wonder with abstract art who actually finds it aesthetically pleasing it just seems odd to me. It looks like it was made using the artist’s feelings without any actual forethought as to what it should look like.
Informed Response
According to Peter Voulkos’s Biography located online at the Jordan Schnitzer museum of Art’s website, he emerged at a time when “ceramics were searching out different traditions.” This helps in my understanding of why the sculpture is made like it is. He was looking for something different, something not already done. Because he was also considered an abstract expressionist artist at this time I feel like my interpretation of abstract was directly on.
I am writing in response to a sculpture by Peter Voulkos from 1952. This sculpture was found at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. By just looking at the sculpture and taking in first impressions it is ceramic and very odd looking. It seems abstract to me. I always wonder with abstract art who actually finds it aesthetically pleasing it just seems odd to me. It looks like it was made using the artist’s feelings without any actual forethought as to what it should look like.
Informed Response
According to Peter Voulkos’s Biography located online at the Jordan Schnitzer museum of Art’s website, he emerged at a time when “ceramics were searching out different traditions.” This helps in my understanding of why the sculpture is made like it is. He was looking for something different, something not already done. Because he was also considered an abstract expressionist artist at this time I feel like my interpretation of abstract was directly on.
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