Reno Public Art

The Public Art piece I would like to talk about is YAW Mural in Barbara Bennett Park in Reno. In the mural it shows an Indian holding the sun in his left hand and Earth in his right hand and electricity all around the Indian. To his left is a drawing of the planet Earth with a big tree. To the left of that there is another drawing of eagles faces and eagles flying around. In my opinion the art piece is saying that we got the power to save our environment. I could not find any information about the art piece, I googled all that I could to try and find information about the piece. I decided to talk about the piece because I like the way the colors were chosen it makes you get interested in the art piece.

For my drift project I chose to take pictures of different kinds of shadows. I chose shadows because I think that shadows sometimes cast cool images. First two shadows are of a bridge that has two different kind of shadows. Third shadow is of an umbrella that was in front of the post office. Fourth, fifth, and sixth shadow are about art pieces that are in front of the Reno Art Museum. Seventh and eighth shadows are of a trees and leafs that were on Hill st. Ninth shadow is a big shadow that was in the Arlington Park. The last shadow was a light post that was on Arlington st. I chose all these images because they are what most caught my eyes when I was walking around downtown Reno.

                        

Treaty Singing at Medicine Creek Lodge

 think that Treaty Singing at Medicine Creek Lodge by John Taylor is more representational.

Treaty Singing at Medicine Creek Lodge by Howling Wolf is the more abstract painting.

In the form that they are different from each other is that in Howling Wolf's painting seems

like a child drew it because of the way the trees, Indians, tipis, and horse are drawn. One

looks more personal than the other. In John Taylor looks like if he was there as the singing is

going on. Yes he describes it by showing that people gather around and that they are in the
wood. No I do not think that there is a greater cultural difference between the two, they simply draw a different point of view. Yes is suggest that John Taylor was at a Treaty Singing

before. John Taylor draws each Indian as maybe their actual self, they each have their own

face. In my opinion John Taylor's painting is more superior in all the detail that is put into it.

In my opinion I think that the role of the woman in the two society are different in Howling

Wolf's picture woman are not as important as in John Taylor's picture. John Taylor draws  woman in his picture in you can distinguish between the woman and the men. Howling

Wolf's has all the woman facing away only draws their backs and some he draws with

umbrellas and pinkish colors.

Artist Role 4

In my opinion i think that Albert Bierstadt painting of "The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, 1863" is part of Role 4. Albert Bierstadt born in Prussia 1830-1902. Albert came to America when he was two years old,
he was raised in New Bedford, Massachusetts. As he grew up he taught himself how to paint. Then he decided to go to Dusseldorf, Germany to study with a group of artists. They toured Europe. He took photographs and made sketches from which he later painted landscapes. sometimes put himself in dangerous situation to capture a particular scene. Bierstadt was part of a group of artists called Luminists, a term which comes from the word luminous which means radiating or reflecting light.

http://gardenofpraise.com/art35.htm

Artist Statements- “Worlds Apart shows a bustling metropolis congested with traffic and freeway overpass. Multiple clifftops are devided by a deep chasm crumbling beneath them-- perhaps an ominous warning to suggest that there is only so much the Earth can sustain.”

On Worlds Apart I see two clifftops with homes on top, the two homes do look some what different from each other the house on the left is bigger than the main house on the right. The house. On the right seems to have more money than the one on the left because of the construction that is being done to make the home bigger. Both homes seem to have the same amount of land but right side likes to have more in its land. Both sides of the cliff look peaceful.
The cliff on the right has skulls by the middle of the cliff with dark colors witch can suggest death. The other side has sewer water dropping to a city below the cliff, probably suggests that we are not careful with what we are spilling in our environment. The two homes on top of the cliff have nice green lawns witch could mean they like to maintain a nice green lawn but don't care of what they are spilling below.
on the bottom of the two cliffs there is a whole city with bridges, homes, and vehicles. City may be struggling or something bad is going on with it because the city looks all dry like if it was a desert. The sky looks very cloudy like if it was about to rain.