Jeffrey LuongAHS-007Professor Goux8/20/2014
Museum Report
For the exhibition report, I decided to choose the riverside art
museum. Once I entered, the receptionist at the front desk on the
left greeted me. I paid the admission fee and was offered a
visitors map. The first thing I noticed was the structural design
of the building. The structure was built like an exhibition two
stories tall, with the main attention focused in the center almost
like the buildings in Italy with balconies overseeing the streets.
In the center were two plastic wrapped human-shaped artworks, one
hanging from the ceiling in the air giving the intention of flying,
and the other in a stance as if drawn a rifle directed towards the
center. The description included the artist and his statement along
with a short biography of the artist, Gary Rainsbarger. He titled
the artwork, Assault on Liberty. In the back of the center was a
painting quite magnificent, as it depicted waves attacking the
rocks with a lighthouse overseeing the sea. Surrounding the center
were two halls along with the front, and a small shop. The halls
contained beautiful photographs, timelines, biographies, and
artifacts some even for sale, and in the end of the hallways were
interconnecting rooms leading to another room containing more art.
In the right room contained a room called the 2014 Members
Exhibition: Still life: Remixed 8/8-8/28. This room was by far my
favorite room. When I entered the exhibition, I was captivated by
the beautiful creations of art; paintings, sculptures, and
photographs with numerous types of mediums and techniques
surrounding me. I was pleased to have some sort of knowledge in the
techniques and mediums learned in class such as the oil on canvas,
pastels, acrylics, and sculpting but also impressed by the many
other mediums Ive never seen like watercolor, enamel on copper
cloissone, monoprint, and mixed media. All of these artworks were
an original art piece chosen by their members displayed for 2014
and most are available for sale in a catalog in the entrance of the
exhibition room. Some won awards such as the Best In Show Award, by
artist Jeff Owens, for his art piece Flaming Smudge Pot Tree. It
portrayed a beautiful tree with what I believe to be candles on the
end of the branches and contained a description in the art piece
itself. Most of the art in the room seemed to be abstract stylized
yet still could be able to contain a beautiful meaning. On the left
side of the hall connected an enormous room dedicated to the
collection of a professor who was obsessed with photography of
stadiums and shirt collections. The professor, Jim Dow, captured
amazing panoramic photographs of soccer stadiums and also
collections of baseball jersey shirts. Onto the second story, it
contained a youth class studio classroom and another very
interesting room. This room called, Building Imagination: The Art
of Garner Holt Productions, Inc, and this was particularly amazing
as it contained realistic costumes of humans. This company in
particular produces animatronic figures, special effects, show
action systems, parade floats, and many more for famous
organizations such as Disneyland. Inside the room had a life-like
costumes and rubberized faces. Despite the creepiness of the room,
it was fascinating to see and learn about this company that creates
amazing figures for well-known companys! Overall, my experience at
the Riverside Art Museum was fantastic. It was a fairly small
museum but definitely contained a tremendous quantity of amazing
art! With knowledge learned from our art class, I truly felt like I
could understand and appreciate art better.