Hello everyone!
My name is Caitie, and I am so excited to be starting this course and further exploring my interests in art. I am in my second year at University of Alaska Fairbanks. I am majoring in social work and minoring in art. Currently, I live in Montana and have only taken online courses through UAF. I am really looking forward to this class and all that we will be learning through the course of the semester.
I would consider myself more of an admirer of art than an artist myself, but I still enjoy drawing and painting in my free time. I love when I am able visit art museums and galleries especially when traveling. My favorite way to experience art is through interactive exhibits and galleries such as Meow Wolf. My fiancé and I have been able to go to Meow Wolf exhibits in Denver, Colorado and Santa Fe, New Mexico. A few of my favorite artists are Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali, and Carvaggio.
The Wounded Deer, 1946 by Frida Kahlo is one of my favorite works of art. Kahlo's use of symbolic imagery is riveting, especially so in The Wounded Deer. Although there is an understanding of the events occurring in Kahlo's life as she painted The Wounded Deer which give meaning to the imagery, I believe this piece, as with many of Kahlo's works, underlines the deeper interpersonal conflicts she was experiencing. Kahlo's ability to showcase the innerworkings of the subconscious mind through surrealism produces a truly captivating viewing experience.
Insightful post! It's so cool to what artists you like and will be looking forward to more posts!
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ReplyDeleteYay 🎉 Love your post & your sharing about your adventures in art appreciation❣️
DeleteI love immersive art experiences. A friend of mine went to Las Vegas and raved about the immersive art exhibits there.
ReplyDeleteHi Caitie, I really like your selection of art to share. Frida Kahlo is such an interesting artist, and I was unfamiliar with this specific piece. I am also in my second year at UAF. I love that you are majoring in social work, such an important field. I am majoring in elementary education, so there are some ties in there. I think we are not alone in being more admirers of art rather than artists ourselves. Looking forward to a great semester with everyone!
ReplyDeleteFrida is a brilliant artist, and very fantastic choice for a favorite. I will say I always find it difficult to hear people say they are not an artist though, art is so much more than painting, or drawing, for me art is more about life, and living than about brush and ink, for example, I am an avid fisherman, and I will be one of the first to tell you that not only is it an art form to catch fish, and to use the rod and reel or many other techniques to do so, fish themselves are also a beautiful piece of art that was developed for millions of years through evolution!
ReplyDeleteSo whenever you think, "oh I am more of an observer, not an artist myself." remember, you put that amazing outfit together, or you are the one who decided the dope layout of your apartment, or you are the one who decided that the cat should get a blue collar because it matches his fur better, remember art is more than a brush, its more than ink, art is life and living.
Hey there Caitie! While I have never seen this piece before I find it so interesting! I did a quick google search about it and found out that Frida actually used her pet deer as the model for this painting. How cool! I have so many questions about this piece which I don't know if they can be answered. Why 9 arrows? Why her face on the deer? Why the fallen branch at the hooves of the deer? Why no leaves on the trees yet clearly some of the trees have leaves because of the branch! I love that this piece makes me think!
ReplyDeleteHi Caitie,
ReplyDeleteAll of Frida’s arrows pierce through. They leave their trace, their indelible and moving mark. Her work is a constant communion with pain, an intimate, heartrending communion. This painting has stirred something visceral in me; perhaps it is my own arrows sinking into my flesh. And yet, there is the serenity of the face, as if accepting with resilience the imposed, indelible fatum.
And in the midst of so much sorrow, there is the forest, the green, the lake, the sky, the lightning… beauty outside, growing, accompanying the pain within. The onslaught of life itself—and still, the certainty of not forgetting nature; what is beautiful, what is poetic, despite the arrow that at times attempts to break the will.
I identify with all of Frida’s paintings. Like her, I too was marked by a broken body, and those are lances one inevitably carries forever.
Ana Blum
Hi, I really love how you went more into the history of the art and went into detail about how you feel about it. I also really enjoy museums when I am traveling, it is very fun to learn new things about the place and see different cultures.
ReplyDeleteI've always known Frida's paintings through the unibrows she adds in them. She's a great artist
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