Jackie

**__Concentration Statement__**
Instead, I'd like to express emotions through hands. Face expresses feelings and emotions very directly. Instead of expressing through faces, I'd like to take a new direction by articulating it through hands. Hand is one of the most interesting parts of the human body. I chose hands because they have wrinkles, textures, and variety of shapes. Furthermore, they vary from age, ethnicity, strength, and health.

FINAL As I have been drawing hands...I felt that my artworks (hands) lacked variety and quiet frankly, I was bored and ran out of ideas. Then I decided to incorporate Surrealism with hands for the statement. Among all the art movements, Surrealism has been my favorite art movement (Salvador Dali, as one of my favorite artist ^^). I want to express how ordinary subjects like hands are able to be transfered into fantasy.

__The Devil Wears Prada Commentary__
Meryl Streep uses very specific terms for describing the clothes. She does not identify them using general color name such as blue. Instead, she categorizes specific color such as turquoise and cerulean. As Jiwon has mentioned, I agree how this can be applied as art since art is executed with thoughtful details and meanings.

__Museum Visit__
Title of Exhibit: Vincent van Gogh Exhibition Location: Seoul Museum of Art Artist: Vincent van Gogh Dates: Nov 24, 2007 ~ March 16, 2008 Media of the Work: Various Media Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter born in 1853. During his lifetime, his artworks reflected his life and the surroundings in rural area. One example was the. Vincent van Gogh painted and drew many artworks from his surroundings. During his adolescent time, he painted traditional artworks such as “The Head of a Man with Pipe” (1884.11~1885.5). In addition, he drew portraits of the people he was close with. One example was the “Portrait of Joseph Roulin” (1889.2~3). Joseph Roulin, a man van Gogh painted, was a postman who frequently visited his home while residing in Arles. Later, van Gogh visited Paris. During his stay in Paris, the Impressionists such as Monet and Gauguin influenced him. Under the influence of the impressionists, Vincent van Gogh used the impasto technique and gradually developed his personal style. After van Gogh has finally developed his own style, he continued to create artworks. No matter how sick or healthy he was, he always painted. One example was the “Garden of Asylum at Saint Rémy.” (1889) While he was resting in his hospitalized room, he brought his canvas and painted while having relaxation on the bed. Towards the end, the show exhibited van Gogh’s drawing artworks exemplified from “Farmhouse” (1890.5~6). He executed the pencil techniques very precisely with his style. Overall, Vincent van Gogh exhibition was almost successful. The shortcoming of the exhibition was the artwork audio player. Even though I was able to comprehend the artwork analyses, I had minor difficulty understanding the whole lecture using difficult Korean vocabularies. Furthermore, I expected the exhibition to included some of his famous art pieces such as his self-portraits. Frankly, van Gogh exhibition could have been better by including several famed pieces. On the other hand, I enjoyed taking closer look at his non-famous art pieces. If the exhibition merely focused on his famous works, then I would have considered mediocre. I enjoy series of works that tells a story and development of personal style. In fact, I thought this exhibition was very well presented. It was interesting how van Gogh created artworks in various media such as sketch drawing and watercolor pieces. Because van Gogh’s famous masterpieces were mostly oil paints on canvases, I was quite surprised to see his artworks in different media. Last of all, I really enjoyed how van Gogh’s art collection was presented in a chronological order. The presentation clearly demonstrated how van Gogh developed as an amazing artist. It was interesting how Vincent pre-Golden Age paintings were very mediocre such as painting traditional art subjects like still life, human figures, I really enjoyed how Vincent van Gogh developed from being an ordinary artist to an extraordinary artist. I realized that artists have developed their style gradually, not instantly. I now know that developing a personal style is time consuming and needs more patience than I have expected. Among all the works I’ve seen, I really enjoyed and was interested with the Garden from Hosptal Room view because it demonstrated how artists never stop lose their passion. Afterwards, I now realized that great artist like van Gogh draws as if he is breathing air.
 * Describe the work in the show. Try to categorize the stylistic genre of the work. Give a little information about the artist if available. Make an effort to put the work in art historical context by making comparisons to other noteworthy artists either contemporaries or historical. 200 – 350 words**
 * Judge the show as if you were an art critic. Evaluate its merits and shortcomings. Make particular reference to strong or weak points to the show. 300 – 400 words**