Buon Giorno ragazzi. It is actually a gorgeous day today. It is a bit frigid but the sun is out and reflecting against the snow. I am done with my finals. It should be really exciting since I'm not in "stress-mode" anymore but I'm sad because I am 7/8 done with my college career. I am in denial. I still picture myself complaining about finals an year from now.
Okay, I'm going to stop thinking about it.
On a random note, a friend of mine recently shared with me about how she/he is jealous of artists because they have a channel of expressing their emotions in a creative way. This led me to question, "who can be artists?" and "are artists born creative or learn to be creative?" I have my opinion on both but it's interesting to ask these questions to "artists" and "nonartists." Then again, the REAL question is, who gets to say or judge who the artists are?
gah.
Have a great break yall!
-G
Thursday, December 17, 2009
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
The Burtonator
I had a very relaxing Thanksgiving break. Besides black friday, I slept many many many hours (in advance) because I knew I will be lacking sleep for the next two weeks. Darn you final projects!
One of the coolest things I did during my break was visit the Tim Burton exhibit at the MoMA. Many know him just as a producer of films such as Edward Scissorhands, Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, etc. I personally think that he should be primarily recognized as an illustration. I forget what school he went to but he graduated as an illustration major. Tim and I are quite similar you know (just kidding). Anyway, what I really liked about the exhibit was all his early sketches (which by the way are located on the left of the entrance of the exhibit). The subject matters varied but they were very personal, quirky and youthful. They reminded me of Dali's early sketches. While I was in Europe, I was fortunate enough to visit Dali exhibits in Prague and London. I didn't really like Dali's work until I saw the sketches or thought processes that were behind his masterpieces. I'm pretty sure that Dali's work inspired Burton a tremendously.
I'm not saying this because they're both whimsically perversed surrealists but because Burton's drawings mimics Dali's thin and delicate line qualities. For those who will be around NYC during the Holidays, I highly recommend that you visit this exhibit at the MoMA. Word of advice, try to go very early because it will get extremely crowded.
PIECES!
-g
One of the coolest things I did during my break was visit the Tim Burton exhibit at the MoMA. Many know him just as a producer of films such as Edward Scissorhands, Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, etc. I personally think that he should be primarily recognized as an illustration. I forget what school he went to but he graduated as an illustration major. Tim and I are quite similar you know (just kidding). Anyway, what I really liked about the exhibit was all his early sketches (which by the way are located on the left of the entrance of the exhibit). The subject matters varied but they were very personal, quirky and youthful. They reminded me of Dali's early sketches. While I was in Europe, I was fortunate enough to visit Dali exhibits in Prague and London. I didn't really like Dali's work until I saw the sketches or thought processes that were behind his masterpieces. I'm pretty sure that Dali's work inspired Burton a tremendously.
I'm not saying this because they're both whimsically perversed surrealists but because Burton's drawings mimics Dali's thin and delicate line qualities. For those who will be around NYC during the Holidays, I highly recommend that you visit this exhibit at the MoMA. Word of advice, try to go very early because it will get extremely crowded.
PIECES!
-g
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