Chelsea Galleries Reaction

This week I didn't go to a typical art museum like the museums in the past but I went around Chelsea, New York to view different art galleries from many different artist and their work. Each artist had their own form of art that was like no other. Of course like always I had my favorites and my not so favorites but each artist that I saw had a very interesting type of art style.

On my journey around Chelsea was something I never thought about doing, which is weird because I work around the majority of the galleries that I went it to see. My favorite gallery that I went to see had to be Gilbert & George. There gallery was extremely and had me captivated as soon as I entered their world of art. I was like each photo told a many different topics like muggers, toddlers, addicts, young girls and many different other topics. I was so drawn into their type of artwork because I learned that each topic was actually a news headline at one point. And reading all of the different frames of work brought many different emotions to me. And I love being able to connect to a work that gives me a sense of emotion.

The art gallery that I did not like or find interest in had to Anish Kaporr. Kapoor's work was of freestanding concrete sculptures. They had a unique form of texture but had no affect on me when I looked at it. It was like looking at a blank piece of paper for me. No emotion was created inside me when I looked at it. It was a different type of artwork that everyone should see at one point in their life because it is not a piece of art that you would see everyday, but for my own personal taste it just wasn't for me.

Art is something that we come across everyday. I learned that when I went to visit different galleries at Chelsea. Someone can make unique artwork using gallons of cement. Or take old news articles and make a collage of the topic to make art. The Chelsea galleries is something I would love to go and continue to visit. And since I literally work across the high from many of them I think it is something that I will take up as a hobby and bring some co-workers to along to experience visiting a gallery that we pass by everyday going to work. 

Anish Kapoor

2011-12

Gilbert & George

Yummy Cheese Empanadas

Yummy Cheese Empandas

Cheese empandas was the first food I remember ever seeing someone cook when I was a little girl. My grandmother use to make them for me, my sister and my cousin every summer vacation we went with her to Puerto Rico. She taught all three of us how to make them at a very young age. They are extremely easy to make and cook really fast. So you can make them if you're in a hurry or if you simply don't want to spend hours of cooking to fulfill your hunger because these cheese empandas hit the spot!
Ingredients:

• A package of discos (dough for turnover pastries)
• Shredded cheese of your choice
• Oil
• Frying pan
• A rolling pin
• Fork
• Tablespoon
• Measuring cup

Instructions:

1. Make sure the discos have defrosted so you are able to flatten them with the rolling pin. (If you do not have a rolling pin that is not a problem you can flatten them using your hands.)
2. Once flatted put a tablespoon or two of cheese in the center of the flatten disco.
3. Fold over the disco so both of the ends touch.
4. Take your fork and press down on the sides to close the disco. (Do that on both sides)
5. Put your stove and a medium level heat and fill your frying pan up with a cup and half of oil.
6. Once the pan starts boiling place the cheese filled discos into the boiling oil.
7. Make sure to check them often and once they are golden flip them over so the other side becomes golden as well.
8. Once both sides are golden take them out and place them on a plate.
9. Make sure to take a paper towel and dab any extra oil that is on them.
10. AND NOW YOU FREE TO ENJOY YOUR YUMMY CHEESY EMPANANADAS! 

                                     

                                  HOPE YOU ENJOY AS MUCH AS I DO!!!! :)

Sculpture Center Reaction

     For our fourth field trip, we visited the Sculpture Center. The exhibit was the "Bill Bollinger: The Retrospective," and his exhibit focused on the dimension of space and the shows different architectural elements. This exhibit was interesting and different from all the other exhibit I have seen so far and every piece of art work had it's own form of uniqueness. I have chosen three piece of works of art that were displayed in the Sculpture Center to talk about.

    The first piece of art work I will talk about is the "Cyclone Fence." It was a fence that was twisted 180 degrees and laid not so much in the center but was place a little more to the left hand side of the room making it stand out as soon as you enter the exhibit. I felt like that was an extremely smart place to put that piece of art work because it was the first thing that caught everyone's eye. It was a eye catcher from as soon as you enter. This beautiful fence made my mind wonder and made me create scenarios in my head making me think about how would I get over a fence like this if I ever came across one. I'm the type of person that likes to create crazy scenarios in my head when I see a certain type of art. With that being said I think this piece of art had to be my favorite of the bunch because it wasn't just something that I saw and left my mind after, it was something I saw and something that made me think and stood with me till the end.

     The second piece of art work I will discuss is the "Water Tanks," that we located in the basement of the exhibit. I was a water tank that was center in the middle of what looked like a hallway, so when as soon as you got done the stairs it was the first thing that you saw when you entered and the last thing that you saw when you left. It was a old rusty water tank that had water filled up to the top. I'm not sure if there was anything located inside of the tank I was very hesitate to look inside of it for some strange reason so I'm still wondering if there was something inside of the filled up water tank or if it was just a rusty old water tank filled up with water. 

     And lastly the third piece of art work I will talk about is the "Rope Piece." It was a piece of rope that connected from the floor to the ceiling also located in the cellar of the exhibit. It was pass the water tank hallway into a separate narrow room with another rope that was simply laying flat on the ground. The rope connected to the floor and ceiling wasn't a very big distance but it I think that's what made it so unique. It wasn't a type of rope that you would think of climbing up on but a type that made you step back and think about it and the area surrounding it at well. 

    All three forms of these art works had a special meaning as to why the were placed where they were. Even if you don't understand what type of meaning the art work is trying to display you have to remember that the art work doesn't stand alone without the surrounding it has all around it. And that is what Bill Bollinger wanted to display as well. That he's art work is nothing without everything around it.