"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off your souls. - Pablo Picasso"
I was able to travel to the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, last night. I knew it would be a good night from the beginning because it was FREE. For an artist such as myself going to museums always inspires me to continue to express myself through my work. However, the experience I had last night was so powerful I think I may even have to go back again to just take everything in.
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| Installation that is outside until November! |
Accompanied by my sister, Jaya, we started by taking a look at the “Coca-Cola Exhibition.” This exhibition really gave us a lesson in branding. In order to make a product recognizable I truly learned as a designer, you have to think about how you are going to make your particular design different from the other designs used in the world. Coke thought about all of these different aspects when creating not only the Coca-Cola Bottle but the later advertisements associated with the company. While walking around this exhibit I was just inspired in a way I hadn’t been inspired before. It’s a beautiful thing to see that in 1915, The Coca-Cola Company, was thinking about “... a bottle which a person could recognize even if they felt it in the dark and so shaped that, even if broken a person can tell at a glance what it was.”
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| THIS WAS SO AMAZING!! |
I truly did not think the museum could get any better after checking out the Coca-Cola Exhibition. However, it did. After taking the elevator up another floor I was able to step inside, “Gordon Parks: Segregation Story Exhibition.” Gordon Parks work was featured in the Life Magazine. Parks made the artistic choice to use color within his photography. Which is something we do not see used often in 1956. However, the way it was used benefited his work. Although, color can sometimes take away from photography if not used correctly Parks use of color made a more powerful piece. The message he was trying to convey was strong. It is so crazy to see where we used to be as a country when it comes to segregation. Although, some of the pictures we saw in the exhibition are resurfacing today as history repeats itself I know we have come along way as a nation. Parks captured his time period in a unique way and I am so glad he was recognized for it.
The next exhibition was in the main building and it was called, Imagining New Worlds. This exhibition featured work made by Wifredo Lam, José Parlá and Fahamu Pecou all three which are amazing artist. These three artist left a positive and powerful mark. I suggest you go see this exhibition yourself. It was so powerful I can not even put in words all the things in which my eyes were exposed to. I respect all three of them for the messages they were trying to convey. ESPECIALLY Fahamu Pecou!!! Please research him, he’s amazing.
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They also had a jewelry exhibition which made my soul super happy. Jaya is a jewelry designer and it was so amazing to see her various reactions to the work of her fellow designers.
Overall, I really LOVED this experience. I think I may even go back in a few days so I can really take everything that I saw in. I encourage all in the Atlanta area to check this museum out. It really has some amazing pieces. Sometimes you need to escape all the stress that comes with life and just enjoy yourself. By seeing the talents God has given people to help them be heard is a perfect way to step back and remember how small your worries really are.
xoxo,
-MorganBrittani
