The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA, ga) is located on Peachtree Street in Atlanta GA. The building is made of light gray stucco. Very contemporary in nature; high vaulted ceilings, while walls and gray stone floors. I found it very interesting that there are other companies that are housed in the same building. I guess financially that is a big help. MOCA, ga is the first of its kind to feature the work of artists from Georgia. They feature exhibits of artists that were born and raised here as well as artists that completed most of their work in the great state of Georgia. The contemporary style of this museum is not very welcoming. The ambience is sterile. Nothing inviting except the artwork that hangs on the wall. The featured artist today is Genevieve Arnold. The name of her exhibit is “A Genevieve Arnold Retrospective” Genevieve Arnold was a highly respected artist, curator and arts administrator. She dedicated her talents to contemporary arts and an avid supporter of other artists that resided in Georgia. She was born and raised in Covington, GA 1928 and died in Atlanta, GA 2005, she received her BFA from the Atlanta College of Art in 1951 and continued to further her education by taking classes at Emory University and Georgia State University. The exhibit spans her 50 year career.
Landscape, oil on canvas painting, which is part of the Collection of John Howard and Company, Atlanta, GA is an asymmetric painting that appears to run off the canvas. The painting is very bright. When I take a step a back I am reminded a sunset, with rainbow caused by the leftover rain. In this painting she uses various shades of orange, purple, gray, green, pink, yellow, black maroon and light blue. It also appears to be textured. I cannot be sure but it looks as if she may have glued canvas on top of canvas to give the painting a textured look. It also looks as if she made erase marks as she was working through the details to get to the final result. The picture is divided in sections. The left side begins with a bright orange color that fades as it goes downward. Then she introduces several shades of purple and finally green. Throughout the section there are straight lines that appear to highlight the changing of the colors. The main section of the painting is primarily green with faint hints of pink, yellow, blue and purple. Again, lines are drawn to separate the changes in color. The last section is re-introduces the oranges and purples. You can see a shapes in the background a circle and a rectangle at the very bottom. There is no beginning or ending to this painting. The painting is very inviting. You are forced to do a double take to make sure that you don’t miss anything that this painting has to offer.
Many of her paintings were bland in nature. A lot of brush strokes, but nothing that jumps out and grabs you. A perfect example of thisis the Miletus: Thales, Anaximenes, Anaximander. It was drawn on Mixed media canvas. It looks like swirls of paint. No particiular design. If you looks closely it looks like an animal in the background It consists of brown, grays and white paint. This was indicative of her style. Genevieve's designs were 100% authenticate based on her mood at the time. I thoroughly enjoyed The Landscape painting. It gives you a sense that the artist was very thoughtful. She out a lot of time and effort into her work and recognized that no one was perfect.
Landscape, oil on canvas painting, which is part of the Collection of John Howard and Company, Atlanta, GA is an asymmetric painting that appears to run off the canvas. The painting is very bright. When I take a step a back I am reminded a sunset, with rainbow caused by the leftover rain. In this painting she uses various shades of orange, purple, gray, green, pink, yellow, black maroon and light blue. It also appears to be textured. I cannot be sure but it looks as if she may have glued canvas on top of canvas to give the painting a textured look. It also looks as if she made erase marks as she was working through the details to get to the final result. The picture is divided in sections. The left side begins with a bright orange color that fades as it goes downward. Then she introduces several shades of purple and finally green. Throughout the section there are straight lines that appear to highlight the changing of the colors. The main section of the painting is primarily green with faint hints of pink, yellow, blue and purple. Again, lines are drawn to separate the changes in color. The last section is re-introduces the oranges and purples. You can see a shapes in the background a circle and a rectangle at the very bottom. There is no beginning or ending to this painting. The painting is very inviting. You are forced to do a double take to make sure that you don’t miss anything that this painting has to offer.
Many of her paintings were bland in nature. A lot of brush strokes, but nothing that jumps out and grabs you. A perfect example of thisis the Miletus: Thales, Anaximenes, Anaximander. It was drawn on Mixed media canvas. It looks like swirls of paint. No particiular design. If you looks closely it looks like an animal in the background It consists of brown, grays and white paint. This was indicative of her style. Genevieve's designs were 100% authenticate based on her mood at the time. I thoroughly enjoyed The Landscape painting. It gives you a sense that the artist was very thoughtful. She out a lot of time and effort into her work and recognized that no one was perfect.
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You write very well, Katonya... Again, I'd really like to see some of the photos you took during your visit there... I have no way of reacting to your analysis of her piece without seeing it. Pictures of the museum spaces and other works you saw would be helpful too...
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