Getting inside an art gallery for free is always a rewarding experience i could have. I'm just wondering why i never got into one of the art galleries in the Philippines... but anyways... as i walked inside the gallery i saw this railings which they got from an ancient chruch which, i wasn't able to check out the name of that specific place.
The next work is by Tsugouharu Foujita, born 1886 and lived until 1968. The title is "Portrait of Emily Crane Chadbourne" a mixed media in linen. As I looked at the painting, i was trying hard to imagine what kind of linen the artist used for this medium. It was so good i went back several times just to look at that specific painting.
I was blown away by its complexity and beauty... if you look at it from afar it would seem like just an ordinary painting, but if you look at it closely... you would notice that it is separated from the rest not because of the painting itself but of the materials used to conceive a fantastic work of art.
Next is the work of Nathalija Gontcharova, a russian artist born 1881 and lived through 1962. When i saw this painting, i was immediately drawn closer to it like a magnet. Why? First, The woman looked like she was wearing a filipiniana dress and i was wondering if the woman in it was a filipina. Unfortunately to my disappointment, the title of the painting was "Spanish Dancer" which brought me back to my history, that Philippines has been colonized multiple times that it wasn't surprising to find a similar dress on another country's fashion. Putting this thought aside, i found my second reason. Looking closely at the painting, I was utterly surprised to find out that the details on the brush strokes were definitely amazing! If you looked at the woman's dress in this picture it looks like that edges and colors are just plainly from the paint. But i'm telling you this, that's not the case. Those things becomes evident because of the brush stroke that the painter used. That's how the painting became rather amazing than just being plain.
I have so many other captures of the painting, but i would be posting it were else. I was planning to include Picasso's work in here... but i didn't find his painting that fabulous and i wouldn't want to ruin my taste of art by including one of his works just because he is famous. But if i find an artwork he made that really blows me away, i would definitely post it up. We had so little time to look around the institute because it was late in the evening when we got in. So basically these are only my favorites that is worth blogging in.
-biniBningPunkista
