Art is the only thing that can make
you blind if you don’t understand what a work from an artist is about. It takes
time and attention to figure out what the message is from the artist. As we
know, there are many ways to do art. I would like to share with you two form of
arts and what their messages are.
Sometimes an
art transmits the message you are looking for and sometimes we never get it. In
my case, I had a hard time finding the meaning of the sculpture “Lady Rosa of
Luxembourg” by the artist Sanja Ivekovic. This sculpture has captured so much
attention and not precisely because is a copy of Gelle Fra with some
arrangements, but also because it’s historical message. “Lady Rosa of
Luxembourg” was dedicated to a Marxist philosopher, economist and also
activist, Rosa Luxemburg. She was killed because of her radical political ideas
by 1919. She was a revolutionary. The idea of the artist was to bring up women
rights or power, and somehow she did.
Do you
remember day saying “I am as calm as a picture”? Well, pictures can transport
you through the time. It is exactly what Cindy Sherman did with her exhibition
at momma’s museum. Through many pictures, Sherman describes different women
personalities and situations. She created different sections to show her works,
such as: sex, fashion, historical faces, and others. No matter what, there are
always at least! One of her picture that will catch your attention or probably,
with which you will feel identified. I couldn’t choose my favorite section, but
I would say that is the fashion section. Why? Because I liked the way that she
pointed out that make up and clothes make of you a different woman in the
physical aspect but not the internal. Sherman’s works in this exposition are
amazing.
All in all, art
is a communicative medium. The simplest art can bring you a big lesson. In this
occasion a sculpture let us know more about historical information and pictures
can be more powerful than a mirror. Art is unpredictable in its own.
Sanja Ivekovic "Lady Rosa of luxembourg" 2001
Cindy Sherman "Cindy Sherman" 2010
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