Essay #1 Kehinde Wiley & Chitra Ganesh

          I want to start of by saying how much I enjoyed the Brooklyn Museum. I got to see the works of Kehinde Wiley and Chitra Ganesh. These both artworks seemed so realistic and fascinating that I wanted one for my house. I want to begin with Kehinde Wiley, his artwork looked so realistic and seemed that all his paintings would come poping out of there place it was beautiful. The medium on this artwork is stainles glass though I may get this wrong or right but I think it's a 3D Installation because this will only be here for awhile but then again it can be a 2D because you can't go around it. There are a lot of lines referring to the blue and the frame around them. There are parallel lines vertical lines horizontal lines, diagonal lines even curved lines. There are geometric shapes like triangles rectangles but there are also organic shapes like the clouds above they make organic circles. He uses primary colors the red blue and yellow there is a mix of cool colors and warm colors from the guys outfit. The implied texture of this artwork is smooth and fine. It is very very representational because it looks so realistic especially the clothing. And there is an immense detail added to there clothing they added the ticket of his shoes. Now my subjective thought on this artwork is a 2D artwork and there are vivid colors those primary colors the really bright blue and the color of his jeans. His jean jacket the black part looks so realistic as if you can actually touch it the clothing looks very realistic. Both men looking strong and fierce serious. There are geometric shapes the triangles rectangles but there are also organic ones there are curves in the background and the ground the grass has also organic shapes. Kehinde's stained glass work are portraits of medieval saints. This artist did artwork based on the Medieval times how things were before but made now a whole new look. 

ARMS OF HUGO VON HOHENLANDENBERG AS BISHOP OF CONSTANCE WITH ANGEL SUPPORTERS
2014
Medium- Stained Glass


                   Now this is a very interesting artwork this artwork really makes the people who look at it wonder and think. This artwork is a 2D artwork I can't go around it but this is an installation because like my professor told me, this artist made this by hand in the museum and worked hours but only temporarliy and when brought down she can keep the parts she can keep and reinstall them again another museum. This is part painting and part sculpture because it was also assembled like the arms below here wait and the hair coming down and making out the words, the eye on the right hand and the three jewels on her boobs. There are some geometric shapes there's a circle from the clock there are some lines from the clock as well and the lines from her hands her fingers.The colors used on this artwork are violet black gold and a hint of white, there is negative space around her in the back and the color fades from a pink to a red color. The bottom color looks like the colors of sunset the orange red colors. The artwork has analogous red yellow and orange, the texture of this artwork is implied since we couldn't touch it but with the hair and the arms theres feel to it. In my subjective thought I would say the hair may be coarse because of the words made out from it the arms look soft but the top of them is rough because the red parts are small rocks which would feel rough. The hair braclet of one of her arms seems to look like a soft feeling if you'd touch it. The message of this artwork is very interesting without reading the information of this artwork, what caught my attention was the face she doesn't have one. She has a clock midn you it looks like the clock from Grand Central...Time when you see a woman you look at her face and guess her age all on how she looks. This artwork is abstracted, its nonrepresentional it contains no formal reference to the natural world. This woman has 6 arms 3 legs and has 6 toes and other peculiar things. The representational style of form is idealized between the kali and the seated staluette of sekhmet, both goddesses and icons of femininity. You see chitra is a feminist and likes to show us women also contain power, this artwork portrays the ideal femininity. This artwork for me spoke a lot about women and I really liked this. 


        

Chitra Ganesh ( American, born 1975)
Eyes of Tim, 2014
Medium- Mixed- Media wall mural
Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco 

           These both artworks are very interesting Kehinde Wiley demonstrates the medieval times to the modern times and Chitra Ganesh demonstrates the femininty and the objectivity the women have the power and strength. They both talk about beliefs and the idea of what some believe and how things look through there artistic eyes. Feminism and Medieval times.