For my second event of the quarter I chose to attend The Hammer Museum in Westwood, something that I have drove by for four years, but had never been to before. I am glad that I got the experience to attend The Hammer Museum as I would have never gone had it not been for this class. Unfortunately, we could not take photographs inside the museum, but I was able to take some outside the museum and outside the gallery.
While at The Hammer Museum I went to two different art galleries, the first was James Welling's Monograph. His gallery was not just traditional photographs, as they contained an interesting take on his views of the world. Some of my favorite pieces were Gelatin and the Railroad photographs. The Railroad photographs provided an interesting take on ordinary trains as they showed the true beauty that these massive machines posses. The next gallery was Forest Bess' Seeing Things Invisible, which were paintings with oil on canvas or oil on wood. This was a different aspect of art than the photographs, but still just as interesting. My favorite pieces from this collection were The Penetrator and Thunderbird.
My experience at this event allowed for me to better understand art as a whole. Art can be found in many different forms and can be expressed in many different ways. Welling used photography, while Bess used oil on different canvasses. I would recommend this as an event for my classmates, because if you have not been to The Hammer, you must go. This museum has many different art forms, so you get a variety of different experiences all in one place. The creativity involved in Bess and Welling's work is inspiring and allows yourself to get lost in an alternate world of art.
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