**Museums**

1. Boise Art Museum

I went to Boise Art Museum and there were several galleries going on. The one that caught my eyes was Robots gallery. I went in and looked at couple of them and seemed very cool. There were paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs.

Nam June Paik
Born 1932 Seoul, Korea
Died 2006 Miami, Florida

This was a painting. Total of 8 images put together but separately framed. 4 image son the top and 4 images below, the top images being the eye level of standing person and hanging on the wall. On each painting there is a drawing of a robot on a colored background. Each image has a different color of background(brown, yellow, blue, green, pink, red, blue, and black). The drawings of robots are very schematized. They are not very realistic nor 3D looking. On the robots there are Chinese writings on them.
I thought it was very eye catching yet very simple. colorful and vibrant.
I'm not sure what the meaning of this art is, but i thought it showed a very interesting characteristics of the artist's style.
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2. Boise Capital

I went to Boise Capital to check out their new displays of photographs. The one that caught my eye was a photograph of Balloon Fest in Boise.

Michael Luque
Boise Balloon Fest 2006

This is a colored photograph of Boise city with huge several balloons floating around. In the photograph, there are Boise Capital building and US Bank building. I thought it was very interesting because i didnt even know they had this kind of event here in Boise in 2006. The color of photograph is rather dull except for the balloons, so it makes balloons pop out more.

I don't think there is a very much of a meaning to this photograph. It is more like a purpose of keeping a memory and history of Boise.

3. Boise Zoo

I went to Boise Zoo to check out couple things, since I've never been to it even though I've lived in Boise for 9 years, i thought it would be my chance to visit.

I was looking at animals but they weren't all that interesting. Not to mention it wasn't much of a gallery. But I found something that was semi-interesting. It was a collection of animal head. I thought it was rather a best gallery display at the zoo. And also found a collection of different animal's waste. I thought it was interesting and same time very funny.
The main purpose of the zoo was to be informative about animals.

Roberto Baciocchi

Roberto Baciocchi is an Italian Architect who is most notably known for designing Prada stores. While being gone last week, I was able to see the Prada store in Las Vegas Nevada. It was pretty cool inside and out. He is normally known for making the stores look out of the ordinary. This was pretty hard to do in Las Vegas but I think he accomplished it. Here are some pics:

The Anne Frank Memorial

1.) The memorial is located at 770 S. 8th St. There are rocks, water, concrete, statues, and engravings with text.

2.) I think the Anne Frank Memorial represents faith in Humanity, not only from Anne Frank but many other "famous" human rights activists.

3.) The visual elements that were most dominant for me were the writing that were engraved throughout the rockwalls above the stream. I read through it and remembered how much I like text in art. Its beautiful.

4.) I think that the memorial is site specific. I think it was designed to be in this certain space and stay there.

5.) Greg Stone was one of the creators. Kurt Karst, an architect from Idaho, was the designer. The memorial was funded by Albertson's Supervalu, Fundsy, Officemax, individual doners throughout Idaho, and also by Idaho school children.

6.) Statues, Rocks, Water, engraving on stone, Audio boxes, and concrete were all used to create this memorial.

7.) I love the way the text functions. To me it is needed to help emphasize the rest of the art. The text functions as a way to help people understand the why the art was made.

8.) I think that there is a strong communication of equality. The title is somewhat questionable because there are so many people that are referred to and some of the quotes are stronger than any of the Anne Frank quotes. However, I think that the majority of quotes are from Anne.

9.) I think that the memorial is very successful because of the way it pulls you in. There is beautiful art around, architecture and sculpture, audio boxes, great quotes and everyone is welcome to it.

Pablo Picasso

Guernica

Igor Stravinsky

Guitarist

I know throwing Picasso up on your Blog is probably a little cliche, but he is one of my favorite artists. I love his art and also love his quotes. When we were watching the video on copyright infringement for art, I remembered a quote from Picasso that a friend told me. It was, "Bad artists copy. Good artists steal." I've always interpreted that to mean art done by taking ideas from others and putting your own twist on it to brand it yours is good. This is very true in almost all art. There's really nothing you can do that hasn't been done before.

Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier is an amazing architect. He did many great works but like most people, Villa Savoye is my favorite from him. I loved his idea of making an architectural promenade where you could move through and experience architecture. Also most of his building were up on columns or pilotis. He is truly inspiring to any artist or architect.

Villa Savoye

looking out towards the ramp

Corb

Gustave Courbet

Gustave's self portrait is one of my favorite pieces from a realist artist. His painting are all pretty amazing though. I feel that he spent a lot of time choosing what he wanted to paint rather than making a bunch of realistic paintings. But, he has made a lot of paintings. He is one of the innovators of realism and anyone can see why. Here's some pictures:

Self Portrait

The Wrestlers

The Stonebreakers

Janine Antoni

Loving Care

Contact

So, back when we were learning about conceptual art, we came across an artist who painted with her hair. Unfortunately, I was not able to look her up again until now. I thought it was pretty amazing and thought maybe if I became a sweet architect someday, I would hire her to paint every wall in a house with her hair. I loved how unique her idea was with the way she swirled around with her hair that was dipped in paint.

Maurizio Cattelan

I really like Maurizio's attitude. I think all of his work is based off of it. I tried to find a reason why he did some of his work, like specific reasons. But, I couldn't find any. His work grabbed me right away though. the meteor hitting the pope that he displayed at an "Apocalypse" gallery in 1999 was just awesome. I immediately thought of the molestation controversy from back then with all those priests. I don't know if thats what he was going for though. Also the Hitler praying thing is pretty funny. Here's some pics:

Maurizio Cattelan

'la nona ora’, 1999

'Him' 2001

**EXTRA CREDIT** BFA THESIS EXHIBITION

I went to the BFA Exhibition that was held at the public gallery in Visual Arts Center at Boise State University. I did see many interesting sculptures and paintings but the one that caught my eyes the most was a bracelet made by Ellen Crosby. I thought it was very simple and yet very sophisticated. I really like how it was all shiny metal and decorated with clean smooth little gabbles. It sort of reminded of a tambourine. And it was very nicely done.

Raphael

So there was something on T.V. today that was talking about when 2PAC and Notorious B.I.G. died and how they were gangster rapping rivals and all of a sudden, I started thinking that it was probably like that for Michaelangelo and Raphael. I remembered that Raphael painted Michaelangelo sulking on the stairs in the middle. Raphael portrayed himself as more of a social person. Madonna in the meadow is pretty cool portrayal of Mary too. I think he portrays her a lot different than most did back then.

School of Athens

Madonna in the Meadow

Marriage of the Virgin

Annette Messager

I'm not real big on installations but Annette Messager's work is pretty interesting. You can definitely see the hard work that goes into her art. I remember the slides of the birds that were set up in rows from class. But, I was not able to find a lot about her online but I google image searched her work and she has some pretty cool stuff. I chose three of my favorite pieces from her.

Francisco Goya

I've always loved Goya! Saturn Devouring his Son has always been my favorite by him. I think its because it is so creepy and weird to most people. Every time a teacher has show this in a class, everyone is weirded out. I like being weirded out sometimes. And Goya does this to me with that one. The Sleep of Reason has always given me a lot of thoughts as to what it was about. I like it though. Goya is amazing pretty much.

Saturn Devouring One of his Children

Los Caprichos, El Sueño de la Razon Produce Monstruos (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters)

The 3rd Day of May, 1808

Antoni Gaudi

Gaudi is one of the architects from the art nouveau movement. He has made some amazing pieces of architecture that will be recognized forever. Among them is Casa Mila, it is my favorite pieces by him. It looks so rough from a distance, but there are so many places that he made rough concrete smooth. It is a rock palace. It was finished in 1912 and is still around today. Someday, I will see it.

Casa Mila

Atrium of Casa Mila

Roof Top of Casa Mila

Oscar Ramirez

Oscar is one of the best painters I have met. He has a very unique use of color and thinks of some crazy stuff. He is mostly inspired by Salvador Dali and other great artists of our past. He is also inspired by nature. He is a student at Boise State University. His unique style is very inspiring. Here is his page: http://throughthearts.weebly.com/index.html

Journey

Untitled

Untitled (pencil)

A Subtle Reverie

Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali is my favorite surrealist painter. His paintings give us a view inside his mind. His painting style and visions are amazing. He is another artist who makes me want to be unique. Here are a few of my favorite paintings by him:

Salvador Dali


The Temptation of St. Anthony


The Persistence of Memory

Heather Gabel

Heather Gabel- Mourning Shoot

The Curse of the Aching Heart


Miss Manners

I have seen a lot of Heather Gabel's work just because I love the band Alkaline trio so much. She is mostly known for anonymous album work and band t-shirts. Some of her work reminds me of a darker pop art sometimes. I also enjoy the titles that she gives her work. I enjoy her work a lot.

Richard Roger

Centre Pompidou- Paris, France 1977

Lloyd's of London- London, U.K. 1986

Rogers' architecture is amazing to me. Every time I see a building of his, it feels like I have viewed some new futuristic structure that has just been invented. The interior is also just as unique as the exterior. Rogers' "British Futuristic Style" inspires me to create something unique in any art I attempt.

Artemisia Gentileschi

Judith Slaying Holofernes


Susanna


Self-Portrait

Gentileschi is a total inspiration to all artists. She was one of the best remembered female artists from back then. I also love when artists aren't afraid to show gore. I was amazed when I first saw "Judith Slaying Holofernes." I was even more amazed when I found out that the artist was a woman. Not in a offensive way. I was just amazed to see a painting like this, from that time period, done by a woman. Mainly, because they did not have movies back then, this means that Gentileschi most likely saw someone's throat slit and incorporated it into the story of Holofernes. I also like the way she made the expression on Judith's face. Its like no emotion while shes just tearing this guy up.