Poised and ready, she appears to await her turn to dance, her skirt wishing to twirl as all little girls love to do then pirouette, Plié and back to her stance for all the world to see. A beautiful bronze that captures the heart of the romantic and the desire of those who only wish they had a fine art to delve into. Edgar Degas created this statue using both bronze and the softness of real fabric to make more real and tangible this Little Dancer.
For me, a trip to Norton Simon Museum is never complete without an arduous stare at Vincent van Gogh's Mulberry Tree. Swirls of yellow thick with depth and brown and black for shadows, van Gogh captures the mulberry tree against a pure sky. Color is also used to illustrate the season and captures the dimension of this artwork as the swells representing leaves twist and turn around bark and capture a sunny day.
A painting that Picasso created in a single day in March 1932, “Nu au Plateau de Sculpteur (Nude, Green Leaves and Bust),” sold for $106.5 million, a world record auction price for a work of art, at Christie’s Tuesday night. The painting, more than 5 feet by 4 feet, shows Picasso’s mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter, both reclining and as a bust. Picasso’s profile can be discerned in the blue background.
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Recently, I visited the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. I attended a discussion on Lord Ganesh and Hindu art. I learned about what Lord Ganesh symbolizes in the Hindu religion, and also learned how Hindu art is highly symbolic. The sculptures of gods are high relief, in most cases. The picture above of Ganesh (I took), who is the Lord of Obstacles. The sculpture is from the 12th century and it is made of stone. This sculpture is believed to have been inside the entrance to a temple. The traditional greeting for Ganesh is to rub his belly. Clearly, from the picture above, you can see how the years of rubbing his belly has left it smooth and polished. I have always been a fan of Ganesh, but attending the brief discussion helped me understand how important this sculpture is to have survived so many years of use.
ARTicles, Issue 3, is now available. Find your copy at the Center for the Arts (CAA-302) and the Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art or view it online at http://www.chaffeyarticles.com.
ARTicles is a student-driven publication of the Chaffey College Center for the Arts. It is published twice each semester by a consortium of students with a passion for arts, entertainment and culture. The content reflects a diverse sample of the cultural life at the college. ARTicles is generously supported by the Chaffey College Marketing Department.
Thank you to everyone who supported and worked on ARTicles during its inaugural year. ARTicles will be back in the fall!
