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For my final extra credit blog, I decided to attend the African-Print Fashion Now! exhibit at the Fowler Museum on campus – and I am so glad that I did.   This art gallery was not what it seemed at first glance.   When I entered the gallery, I was struck by all of the incredible colors and patterns that the textiles reflected throughout the room. There were cloth samples of a variety of patterns, as well as a plethora of mannequins adorned in beautifully constructed garments.   At first, I was mesmerized by the clothes themselves, but I realized so much more after I started to read the blurbs that were placed next to each photograph, garment, and textile.   This exhibit was about much more than just clothes, and as I began to understand the history behind the development, popularization, and production of these textiles and clothes, I understood why it had been included as an event option in this class.         ...

For my fourth event, I decided to attend Judith Hopf’s gallery at the Hammer Museum.   If I am being totally honest, I am not very experienced in observing, analyzing, or interpreting artwork.   So naturally, I was pretty intimidated when I entered into Hopf’s gallery.   She set up her artwork throughout an all-white room.   At first, I was not sure how I was supposed to navigate through the space, or interact with the pieces.   To me, it seemed disjointed – with pieces sitting here and there, a short brick wall built down the middle that separated the room into two sides, as well as ropes hanging from the ceiling and poking up from the ground.   My first instinct was to watch the film on the television screen that was mounted on one of the walls, hoping that it would provide some sort of answer to what this exhibit was about.   However, the film played on the screen just made me more confused – because I did not see how dancing mummies could r...

This week, I found the connection between Space and Art to be significantly more obvious than the topics that have been introduced in the past few weeks.   As mentioned in the lecture videos, throughout history, from the earliest civilizations all the way up until now, we as a human race have been intrigued and curious about space.   This includes the sky, the stars, the planets, and its mysterious and unknown nature.   The idea of the unknown is enough to motivate scientists to learn more, and also acts as a medium of inspiration for artists.          You can see the inspiration it has given artists in several different areas especially through the films and television shows that have been created from the pure imagination of what space, or even the future of the human race may look like.   In the Lecture part 6 video, Professor Vesna introduced examples such as Star Trek and The Jetsons, which at first glance seem to be un...