Week 8

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale 

1 E Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
(954) 525-5500
nsuartmuseum.org/

Today the Thursday class will meet at the NSU Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale at 12:30-40 in the lobby area.  Friday class will be as ordinarily scheduled, in class at Ai.

I will take roll up front and stay throughout to answer any questions and greet latecomers. The current main exhibit is Kahlo, Rivera + Mexican Modern Art, and there are several others. Your field report should identify the exhibit and particular work by title, artist, size and medium being presented for discussion.  Bring a tool to take notes with.  Photographs may not be allowed.

Parking is available in several municipal garages just east and west of the museum.

See you there!

Several postings below may help you get a feel for writing about the visual arts:

On the current show:  http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/frida-kahlo-and-diego-rivera-overcome-lackluster-presentation-7530498

On Frida:  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/style/frida-kahlo-is-having-a-moment.html?_r=0

Note the "label" text in the following collection piece descriptions, which gets at the theme(s) and historical and social contexts:

On a celebrated photographer's images:  http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/view?exhibitionId=%7bFEC4D35C-3D1C-4C17-A03F-2AB1FB4C1F47%7d&oid=680618&pg=1&rpp=20&pos=4&ft=*

http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/view?exhibitionId=%7bFEC4D35C-3D1C-4C17-A03F-2AB1FB4C1F47%7d&oid=682811&pg=1&rpp=20&pos=10&ft=*

Friday class assignment (extra credit): We are watching The Diving Bell and The Butterfly (2007), directed by Julian Schnabel.  The screenplay is based on the 1997 book by Jean Bauby., which required some 200,000 eye blinks to compose, according to the site Wikipedia.

You are to write a 350-500 word response/review of the film, the story it tells and the imagery used to convey its central concerns.  Introduce the film by title and director and year of release, as written above.