Event #1

Event #1

     For Event #1 I visited the Hammer Museum in Westwood with my friend Zach Sweeney. We met a wonderful guide named Gabrielle that helped us to understand every bit of artwork that was on display. After looking at the artwork that the museum had to offer, it helped me to realize how much the concepts we have been discussing in lecture apply to these works of modern art. The amount of mathematics that goes into these works of art is truly stunning. 

     The art shown below is a piece by Darren Bader. He took a piece of art from Louise Lawler and drained it of color and any figures to leave a black and white sketch looking work of art. The work of art looks like it has been carefully measure out and drawn perfectly to scale to the brick wall and other drawings inside.


   
     As we were leaving the museum, we saw this chair that was on display and thought that it was just amazing. To get this chair to work properly I am sure that it took a lot of measuring and testing to get this chair to work. It is my favorite work of art from the museum and I think it is great for showing how math needs to be used when trying to make a work of art.

     In my 2nd blog post I talked about how mathematics and art work together and how no artist can avoid using math in their artistic career. These works of art and many of the other ones that I saw on exhibition are examples of that.