Gracie's Studio Blog

Little Dancer, aged 14 Edgar Degas, French 1834-1917 This sculpture was made of bronze with fabric and had so much personality when I first came across this in the middle of the first room we arrived in at the Baltimore Museum of Art. I looked and studied it for awhile because of the confusion I found myself in. I danced for 16 years; ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, modern, etc. Being pretty familiar with the dance world, this little dancer was in third position, and I loved the worn out pointe shoes she had crossing up her ankles so delicately. I was really confused on her posture though to be completely honest. In ballet, a ballerina must show poise by having her stomach in, chest aligned with her buttocks which should be tucked under her waist properly. Her head was designed to make the back of her neck cringe, which is a huge red flag in dancing. So, I came to the conclusion that Edgar sculpted her in this manner to show innocence. She quite literally is a ...

Perspective Through the Lens while watching the video, "ways of seeing" by John Berger, I picked up two particular insights that were pretty obvious to me, but never truly thought about until just now. The video presented was intriguing because Berger was talking about basic facts of how we see art through a camera lens, then on my computer itself which I loved that he addressed.  One insight that I picked up on was just that. An image can be delivered directly from the painting itself, onto a lens and from that lens, the image can be displayed anywhere thats everywhere and that is where it will belong once placed. Our perspective of something borders the lens, creating the image that can be transported to basically everywhere in which it can be held. I like that he spoke of how the image being displayed on my computer almost belonged to me in my setting, but then goes on to interpret how the image belongs to wherever it may be shown at this exact given time.  ...

The Art of Visibility September 14, 2017 For this particular reading, "Visibility", I appreciated not only its' content, but also its' context. I believed that Dante's way of explaining imagination basically was a bit over the top when he wrote how maybe imagination is just images sent from the heavens, although imagination is almost magical and it has its’ own little world that we all contain whether we are controlling it or not. Aside from that, I absolutely loved the explanation of the two types of imagination and visual images where either a word is read then the image appears, or vice versa. As I was reading how imagination acts as our "inner world", all I could think of was, "absolutely, but what about it?"  It was funny to see how Dante delivered the process of imagination and fantasized it to a certain degree. Imagination is definitely a gift that comes along side of the brain because the human mind is incredibly powerful, it...

Yes, art can change the world. September 5, 2017      Throughout the beginning of this article,I was not too sure about the concept that was being translated. "How did a ball of wax come into this?" I will say that I was intrigued by this "Strange Powers" group, so my attention was definitely caught from the first sentence of the article. As the question is held, "can art change the world?", i took a few seconds to think how far into the sensational feeling of art could possibly change the world?       As the article went on and the concepts and ideas were being drawn out, i was pretty mind blown how well they hit the spot basically with the translation of how art is emotional and can almost transport you into wherever it takes you even if it's for a split second. Salts said how the vision of this overwhelming feeling grants that pleasure is a form of knowledge and I could not agree more. To let yourself fall into art and its past is a gate of...