The First Post about Museum of Fine Art

The first topic that came to my mind during my visit of MFA this time is about "the perspective".

The perspective from where you see the painting actually change how I feel about the painting, especially couple landscape paintings from Monet. I found this is a unique way to experience the art like I never did before. You can't really do it from the photograph of the painting online or elsewhere. This makes me appreciate my time going to different art museums more.

The two photos below show the same painting but at a different angle. Looking at the painting at the 45 degree angle gives me a sense of three dimensions from the painting which is gone as soon as I stepped right outside the painting.

Valley of the Petite Creuse, Claude Monet, 1889

Charles Ray Exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago

Two weeks ago, I had a chance to visit the Art Institute of Chicago and I found a new exhibition in the Modern wing, called "Charles Ray: Sculpture, 1997–2014." I was not too excited about the exhibition at first as I thought it will be a typical exhibition. However, this one was different. The whole room is almost empty with couple sculptures lying around in the middle of the room.

The first one that stunned me was a sculpture of a life-size car crash. It looks so real, except from the coloring of the sculpture. I found out later that he actually took an actual car crash and making the exact replica from it. This simply shows how detailed-orientated Charles Ray is in making this sculpture. And this is the beginning of my fascination toward Charles Ray.

Henri Cartier-Bresson Exhibition in Centre Pompidou

Henri Cartier-Bresson Exhibition at Centre Pompidou 12 February - 9 June 2014

One day, I had a chance to visit the exhibition about Henri Cartier-Bresson at Centre Pompidou in Paris. I have to admit that I do not know or even heard his name before coming to the exhibition that day. Our tour guide told us how important he was as a 'father of photojournalism. Wikipedia also states in his article that

'he was an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography. He helped develop the street photography or life reportage style that was coined The Decisive Moment that has influenced generations of photographers who followed.'

Art around Paris: Everything is Everywhere

A guy painting Notre Dame Cathedral n Pont Saint-Michel on a sunny Sunday

 I started this post because I saw quite a number of people around different cities, especially Paris with their paints or their sketchbooks. So, I would like to gather them together and show how an artistic atmosphere are around Paris and Europe in general. And this becomes the first in my series of "Everything is Everywhere."

Vincent van Gogh

Self-Portrait, Vincent van Gogh, 1887

This is one of the masterpiece of Vincent van Gogh in the Art Institution of Chicago in Chicago, IL. There are more than you can imagine in this museum. If you have a chance to come to Chicago, don't forget to visit this museum which is right next to the Millennium Park.