Last week, our art class took a field trip to the North Carolina Museum of Art. Here's a brief snippet of what we saw. Starting from least understandable to most brilliant (in my individual opinion, of course).
This. When I first saw this, I really didn't get it. It almost looks like something that could be found pinned up somewhere in an elementary school hallway. But to each his own...
This piece I feel was a lot more involved. In a sense, it is a visual map of people gone missing during a specific time period in history (I can't remember the details). Each red or pink rectangle (pink for females, red for males) has written on it a name, and that name is placed on a geographical map of where the person was from. At first all the bells and whistles made it a tad confusing, but after reading the information plaque to it's right, the subject matter and presentation of real life events seemed outstanding.
Finally, there is The Bride. Ever since Mrs. Purtee showed it to us in Art II, I always liked this sculpture. And seeing it in real life did not disappoint. I have always felt that the state of glass tells a story as the the tiers descend, and at the bottom everything is shattered and broken- a stark contrast to the top. I feel like this piece is filled with many beautiful metaphors, obvious or not, that might not be so apparent at first glance.