People Places and Things

This art show was entirely 2-dimensional. The curator mentioned early on in her speech that the collection consisted of only prints, paintings, and drawings, diversified not only in their style or depictions, but in the background of the artists who captured them. She also noted how for many of the pieces the history of the artist can be very relevant to the piece itself. The curator spoke about how the majority of the pieces were purchased with the approval of a committee per her suggestions, as well as gifts to the show by private donors. She spoke about how the intentions of many of the donations was to expose the work to students who could appreciate and learn from it. I personally thought the show was a wonderful combination of new and old. At first glance of each wall (one representing "People," the other 2 representing "Places," and "Things") there was no rhyme or reason to the paintings, photographs or drawings chosen. Dated pieces next to modern photographs of amusement parks made for a plethora of color and subjects. Something specifically that I noticed was that each piece was either black and white, or just full of vibrancy and color, however there was nothing seemingly in between. All of the various people, places, or things were depicted in a way of intense over-dramatization or incredibly under-dramatization. In a way, I felt like the show was full of extremes. My favorite piece personally was the photograph of the yellow trailer home on the "things" wall.