After visiting the Greensboro Collects show at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, I found much art spoke to people and the experience one may have in life. For my group, I was supposed to focus on the “In the Studio” exhibit. This exhibition mentions how the studio is the site for any art production. The studio creates experiences that may look at popular culture or stereotypes. The studio truly emphasizes the emotions of the space or person and their identity. Many of the art selections concentrate on the human form and the simplicity of the lines that make up the human body. The delicacy, and contour lines of the human body capture the emotion of certain aspects and emotion. I chose to focus on “Red Kimono” by George Segal. The art portrays a women in a red kimono with many different colors in her apparel. It does not feature her face but emphasizes more on her hands and the piece she is making. Though faces are main features in many pieces of art. Segal chooses for the hands to be the main emphasis. Hands play an important role in the human body. It allows us to touch and experience our surroundings. In this particular piece, the hands do not touch and create a unified point. The red kimono leads the eye towards the hands but there is no conclusion because the hands are left open. This is a working woman and the sense of continuing work is portrayed in the studio piece. Segal portrays a strong working woman who in the end remains in the experience because her hands will be constantly at work. In "Understanding Architecture," Roth mentions that "it was up to architects at the end of the 19th century to express the character of their time, but precisely what that character was proved difficult to define." Because of the many design languages finding the right path for design becomes unclear. The machine also becomes an important role in the design for the 20th century. Many new ideas come from the machine. Roth states that "the dawning century was to be the era of the machine, of greater speed, and of unprecedented mobility, and the architecture of the new epoch would surely proclaim this mechanization." Though technology becomes more applicable, design becomes distant with various ideas occurring at the same time.
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Though the 29th century is mentioned as an era of the machine, design does not match this description. A machine is to run smoothy with al parts matching accordingly. However, the 20th century becomes a time where design has many variations. Anne Massey mentions in "Interior Design since 1900" that "the early Modern designers hoped to change society for the better with the creation of a healthier and more democratic type of design for all." This calls for exploration in this new design language which in turn reveals many new ideas. This exploration unit is a time of discovery and search in what the right design is.
I think this speaks to many themes in the explorations unit. I chose to diagram this piece of art by having many circles which represent the different colors in the kimono above a vault which does not come to a point symbolizing her hands. This speaks to many of the principles and elements of design in this unit. The colors portray the many design languages continuing in 20th century. These various designs lead into a discussion of what is modernism. However, this question will remain unanswered because it will never come to a final point.
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