Event #3: Hammer Museum

As a senior I have rode my scooter passed this big gray building located across from 800 degrees for four years now. Thankfully, DESMA led me into this fascinating museum. I really enjoyed visiting the Hammer Museum. I have heard about the symmetrical rotational chairs located in the main area which needed up being an entertaining pit stop upon arriving. I had no idea that there was a restaurant and that you were able to eat food in the courtyard area. It seems like it would be a wonderful relaxing quiet place to study or do school work at. 

The first exhibit I went into was Provocations The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio. The lighting in the room of this exhibit was inviting and as little as a contribution it is go the art it made it more enjoyable. This exhibit was filled with different architectural designs of buildings that are around the world. I thought it was cool that there were also pictures of templates of what building would potentially look like in the future. Most of the buildings were very different and modern looking. For example the Learning Hub in Singapore caught my eye. This specific building design was an interesting piece of artwork. I thought it was interesting how much the architecture impacts art and the amount of thought that goes into the design of buildings. I liked how this exhibit had a bunch of models of future renovations and ideas alongside real life pictures of the actual places. The background and foundation of the building and what it looks like on the outside had a connection with its connection among the users. Art is expressed in a variety of ways and the architectural design of a building is one way that certain cultures express their traditions.
 
On the way out of the exhibit I was intrigued by Charles Gaines work. My favorite display at the Hammer had to do with what we discussed about in week 2 of class Math and Art. At first glance I thought it was just a colorful tree but rather when you get closer you realize it is composed of a bunch of numbers in small square boxes. This portrays the many impacts that math has on art culture. Charles Gaines studies the relationships between aesthetics, systems and cognition. He experimented with different ways that systems of shape vision and representation are involved with the things around us. On his grid he would experiment with things such as trees, faces, people and plants primarily through the efforts of photography. His intentions to interpret the impacts that photographs have on aesthetics is an interesting topic I didn't think much about before. I enjoyed my time at the Hammer Museum and enjoyed the interactive pieces of artwork that were presented.