The Arts in London and Week 3: A Reflection
Week 3 was a little bit slower for Carol's class.
Monday and Tuesday mornings held a workshop with Stephen Wright. Stephen Wright is an independent, creative, outsider art-inspired artist. During the workshop, he challenged us to come in with no idea what we were going to do on the paper and moved the paper around as we worked. It was an incredibly freeing, relaxing, and enlightening experience. Below is the link to Stephen Wright's House of Dream and two, of four, pieces of work that I did.
http://www.stephenwrightartist.com/houseofdreams.php
Stephen Wright's outlook on life, death, and art forced me to re-evaluate my own. My own definition of art has been expanded and I believe that art should be done for yourself. Anyone can make art and can easily be considered an extension of yourself. The two pieces here are certainly not what I considered "traditional art," but I believe that this is a lesson that I will take forward with me.
This idea was only reinforced while visiting the House of Dreams museum. It was an incredibly cool place and every time I walked into one of the rooms, I found something new that I didn't see before. I had to look carefully, but at the same time, looking at the big picture showed me something as well. This house forced me to take my time and contemplate many images.
After the House of Dreams, we visited a French Gypsy Swing restaurant called Le Queucumbar. They had live music and the most amazing pecan roulade (think pecan vanilla swiss roll). The garden was gorgeous once the sun went down and was a nice relaxing end to the evening.
Wednesday was our last class day for the week and we spent the time at the Victoria & Albert museum. Despite the fact that I have been here before, I had never visited the Theatre exhibit. It was fascinating to see the layout of stage-managing/handling and costumes. The museum had Elphaba's (Wicked) dress and costumes from The Lion King. My favorite part of the exhibit was the video that showed the stage managing required for the theatre to host a performance with live flame! The stage directions were amazing and everything turned out perfectly; but that is one job that I consider too stressful.
I also visited the Ironworks and Contemporary Glass exhibit as I moved towards the Architecture exhibit. As I mentioned previously, art can easily be considered an extension of yourself and this shows in everything - ironworks, glass, and architecture. The current culture is clearly reflected in the architecture built during that time and is especially seen when you compare houses from Japan, China, and Britain.
In all, week 3 was a little more relaxed step-wise, but was very heavy on contemplation. Until next time!
Monday and Tuesday mornings held a workshop with Stephen Wright. Stephen Wright is an independent, creative, outsider art-inspired artist. During the workshop, he challenged us to come in with no idea what we were going to do on the paper and moved the paper around as we worked. It was an incredibly freeing, relaxing, and enlightening experience. Below is the link to Stephen Wright's House of Dream and two, of four, pieces of work that I did.
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| Tues. Art Piece |
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| Mon. Art Piece |
This idea was only reinforced while visiting the House of Dreams museum. It was an incredibly cool place and every time I walked into one of the rooms, I found something new that I didn't see before. I had to look carefully, but at the same time, looking at the big picture showed me something as well. This house forced me to take my time and contemplate many images.
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| Le Queucumbar door to garden |
Wednesday was our last class day for the week and we spent the time at the Victoria & Albert museum. Despite the fact that I have been here before, I had never visited the Theatre exhibit. It was fascinating to see the layout of stage-managing/handling and costumes. The museum had Elphaba's (Wicked) dress and costumes from The Lion King. My favorite part of the exhibit was the video that showed the stage managing required for the theatre to host a performance with live flame! The stage directions were amazing and everything turned out perfectly; but that is one job that I consider too stressful.
I also visited the Ironworks and Contemporary Glass exhibit as I moved towards the Architecture exhibit. As I mentioned previously, art can easily be considered an extension of yourself and this shows in everything - ironworks, glass, and architecture. The current culture is clearly reflected in the architecture built during that time and is especially seen when you compare houses from Japan, China, and Britain.
In all, week 3 was a little more relaxed step-wise, but was very heavy on contemplation. Until next time!
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