An "Art-full" Weekend
I went to the Ackland Art museum to see the "PhotoVision" exhibit, which showcases 150 photographs from daguerrotypes to Polaroids. It was great, but the stories behind the photos were usually more interesting than the actual pictures. For example, the exhibit featured a photograph inspired by a 16th century Dutch still life. And not having any 500-year-old antiques lying around, the photographer made his own, even carving an orange from wax.
Forget bee keeping or flight attending, my new dream job is writing the captions that describe art to viewers. I tried writing one for Christin's painting above my desk:
Trestle Bridge, 2012
Christin Surber (American, 1993- )
Acrylic on canvass; 2' 5" x 1' 5"
Gift of artist
The scene is a dilapidated railroad bridge from the artist's family home place in Surber, Va., known locally as "the trestle bridge." Railroad ties and metal trusses bisect the bridge's main support beam, which runs on the canvas diagonal. Overgrown foliage, rusted metal and rotten wood suggest nature is reclaiming a vestige of 19th-century industrialization. The hyper-zoomed perspective emphasizes the dangerous gaps in the impassible bridge, while vigorous poison ivy growth symbolizes nature's defense against future human interference.
Forget bee keeping or flight attending, my new dream job is writing the captions that describe art to viewers. I tried writing one for Christin's painting above my desk:
Trestle Bridge, 2012
Christin Surber (American, 1993- )
Acrylic on canvass; 2' 5" x 1' 5"
Gift of artist
The scene is a dilapidated railroad bridge from the artist's family home place in Surber, Va., known locally as "the trestle bridge." Railroad ties and metal trusses bisect the bridge's main support beam, which runs on the canvas diagonal. Overgrown foliage, rusted metal and rotten wood suggest nature is reclaiming a vestige of 19th-century industrialization. The hyper-zoomed perspective emphasizes the dangerous gaps in the impassible bridge, while vigorous poison ivy growth symbolizes nature's defense against future human interference.
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