Area 5: Introductory Post

Welcome to Area 5 an art gallery brought to you by Pod 5.  We were located in the Inland Empire, but moved soon after development to New York City, after inspiration from Herb and Dorothy, you know the Vogals.  We set up shop with the help and support of all Pod 5 members.  Each pod member takes a role as curator for the gallery and exhibition.  Area 5 is an open gallery that wants to reach the masses.  We accomplish this by having in open door policy for artist, and mediums.  The purpose of our gallery and exhibitions is to provoke thought through emotion.  Area 5’s current exhibition is on display right now titled AFFECTUS. 

AFFECTUS is Latin for “Affected by Emotion.”  The theme of our exhibition is Emotion.  We have chosen particular artists, and mediums that display a wide variety of primary emotion through their work.  This work is arranged in a manner to stimulate thought and incite emotion between subject and audience.  The artist showcased in Area 5’s exhibition AFFECTUS are *Joanna Mialkowska, *Rene Magritte, * August Rodin, *Brigit Wudenka McMullen, *Andy Jones, *Dan Hoogkamp-(Dantooine), *Barbara Kruger, *Vincent van Gogh, *Leonardo DaVinci, *Caravaggio.

Self Portrait

Artist: Vincent Van Gogh
Title: Self Portrait
Media: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25 1/2" x 21 1/4"
Date: 1889

"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."

 

"I dream of painting and then I paint my dream."

 

"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."

 

  

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Untitled (I shop therefore I am)

Artist: Barbara Kruger
Title: Untitled (I shop therefore I am)
Media: photographic silkscreen/vinyl
Dimensions: 111" x 113"
Date: 1987

"I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work."

 

"I mean, making art is about objectifying your experience of the world, transforming the flow of moments into something visual, or textual, or musical, whatever. Art creates a kind of commentary."

 

 

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Attackin' The Kraken

Artist: Andy Jones
Title: Attackin' The Kraken
Media: Digital Art
Date: 2010
Fear Emotion 

"...Pirates Of The Caribbean doesn't have the rights to sea monster imagery." 
 

Wookiee Rage

Artist: Dan Hoogkamp (Dantooine)  Title: Wookiee Rage
Media: Digital Art
Date: 2005   
Anger Emotion



"I was driving through some heavy snowfall tonight and just wanted to know if anyone else out there pretends that they are Han Solo making the jump to lightspeed while driving through flurries at night. The snow really does look like the stars streaking by like in Star Wars. This is normal behavior right?"

Battle of Anghiari

Artist: Leonardo DaVinci
Title: Battle of Anghiari
Media: Black Chalk and ink Heightened with lead white over-painted with water color on canvas
Dimensions: 24.8" x 17.72"
Date:  1550-1603

Judith Beheading Holofernes

Artist: Caravaggio
Title: Judith Beheading Holofernes
Media: oil on canvas
Dimensions:  56 3/4" x 76 3/4"
Date: 1598 

Danaid

Artist: August Rodin
Title: Danaid
Media: Marble
Dimensions: 13"x 19"





    
"The artist must make a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, he artist must be ready to be consumed by the fiee of his own creation"

Despair

Artist: Brigit Wudenka McMullen
Title: Despair
Media: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 32"h x 32"w



"Artistic expression of an artist are, just as life, ever evolving and changing. our surroundings change, we move to different places, maybe different cultures. we meet new people and see new colors"





                         






         


              

          
   


           














  















      


     

The Lovers

Artist: Rene Magritte
Title: The Lovers
Media: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 54x73cm
Date: 1928

Pain of Man

Artist: Joanna Mialkowska
Title: Pain of Man
Media: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 41x51cm
Date: 2009

Conclusion

• In Conclusion, we all enjoyed creating an exhibition that we can all personally connect to. The process of organizing this exhibition posed a few challenges like trying to find work that related to an overall theme. Choosing the theme “Emotion” helped each one of us curators to pick pieces that spoke to us on a personal level. Every person can relate because we all feel and express emotion daily. Even though this process posed a few challenges, most of the tasks came naturally. We all feel that finding the right piece may be time consuming, but finding a piece that connects to the viewer comes naturally. This is because they may feel an emotional connection to the piece that can spark a memory or even just a positive feeling.

•  Having a job of a curator is not always easy. We all enjoyed being a curator because the result of the task is exactly what we envisioned. We chose this specific theme because it was broad enough that we can reach a variety of peoples’ interests. We feel that the result of the works’ chosen do reach a broad audience and we can all connect emotionally to any form of art displayed in our exhibition.