Milwaukee Art Museum - Haunted Screens
I've lived in Milwaukee for 11 years now and the Milwaukee Art Museum is one of my favorite places in the city. The cycling of new and exciting galleries provides constant inspiration for my personal works and I've taken several summer classes there as well. "Haunted Screens" is an exhibit of German Expressionist films, posters, set design drawings, and concept art in a space designed to reflect the dark and angled era of German Expressionism. One piece that caught my eye was this poster from the movie "M" directed by Fritz Lang. I've never seen "M" but the simple display of the red M on the pale hand gives me an idea of what it's about. It feels very ominous and slightly threatening. |
Stevens Point Student Gallery
The Stevens Point gallery of student work was a look into college-level art and was a real motivator for me to do some personal work on my own. They were setting up the artwork at the time we went in and looked around so it wasn't the full show, but it was impressive and made me want to get home and get to work! My favorite piece was the block print in the 6th image, as I've been working on making block prints outside of class and this one has a unique design.
The Stevens Point gallery of student work was a look into college-level art and was a real motivator for me to do some personal work on my own. They were setting up the artwork at the time we went in and looked around so it wasn't the full show, but it was impressive and made me want to get home and get to work! My favorite piece was the block print in the 6th image, as I've been working on making block prints outside of class and this one has a unique design.
The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art
The Haggerty Museum was somewhere I hadn't been before, which was nice as it allowed me to see new collections of work. The galleries I saw were Roualt's Miserere, Gendron Jensen's series on Resurrection in Nature, and various other works displayed throughout the facility. My favorite sculpture was "Cage in Cage", the 6th picture of a white wooden bird cage with multiple small screens in it, playing John Cage's "4:33" on repeat. My favorite painting was from Miserere, featured in the second picture.