San Diego Museum Of Art

I forgot the gallery number, but it’s the one with the European Art Collection…I like going in there when it is completely silent to admire the paintings and the only sounds I hear are the creaky floorboards as I (and other visitors) walk around the gallery…

Edit: It’s gallery number 18.

One of the current exhibits at the San Diego Museum of Art is Animated Painting, which will be there until January 13, 2008. One of my favorite artworks in this exhibit is the Motion Barn by the Barnstormers. It is shaped as a small house/barn and on its 4 walls and roof (2 sides) are 6 animated films projected onto it. The films are of the artists painting pieces of art from the beginning to the end. These films may be watched from outside the barn or viewers may also enter the barn and watch the films from inside the walls and ceiling. I thought the inside was much cooler and it seemed like a nice place to just lie down and watch the films all day. Music was also played inside the room that the barn was located in, which added to the entertainment.

Other artworks that I liked at this exhibit were the three digital animations by Robin Rhode. While walking by it, the first digital animation was playing (The Shower). It showed Rhode in a shower, but instead of water coming out of the showerhead…it looked like charcoal was pouring down. It looked very realistic, but it really was just an animated painting. The other two digital animations were called Harvest and The Stripper…

I went to the San Diego Museum of Art to see the Annie Leibovitz exhibit (it is going to be there until April 22, 2007). The collection of photographs presented was larger than I expected it to be and I wasn’t disappointed. Many of her candid snapshots and posed photographs were amazing! There was an equal amount of Leibovitz family photos and photos of celebrities. Many of her family/personal photographs inspired and reminded me of why I took up this goal. The photos in the exhibit were separated between the years of 1990-2005, so it was displayed sort of like a timeline. Some of her family photos that I can still picture in my mind are those of her children (she gave birth to one of her daughters when she was in her 50s) and sister. The famous pictures of Demi Moore pregnant were at the exhibit…as well as many other recognizable ones, such as Chris Rock wearing make up (white) all over his face. I thought the photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono was going to be there, but it wasn’t. There were also photographs of celebrities that I’ve never seen before. There was a section of the exhibit that had Leibovitz’s photos in a smaller size posted on a wall (behind glass casings) and I felt like I could’ve stayed in that room forever because all of the pictures were interesting!