The Great Museum Experience-The Blanton (2)

I chose a piece by Matias Duville he was born in Buenos Aries, Argentina in 1974. He likes to depict landscapes and nature in his art. The art he displayed at the Blanton is called, Guardian spirit. It was a forest scene, with a bunch of trees but they had no leaves. There was a lake, a car, a few cabins and there wasn’t much grass. I think a natural disaster happened in the painting. The effect of a mighty wind could be seen in the way the items were painted on the wood. The painting looked like the aftermath of a storm. It made me feel calm like a light breeze against my face. It made me want to jump in the painting and live in one of the cabins.

The Great Museum Experience-Blanton Museum of Art

I went to the Blanton Museum of Art. The piece of art that stood out to me was called, How To Build A Cathedral. It was made of 600,000 pennies, 2,000 cattle bones and 800 communion wafers. The artists’ name was Cildo Meireles.  He is a Brazilian, Contemporary artist born in Rio de Janeiro in 1948. He wants people to interact with his art. I got to touch a handful of the 600,000 pennies. At first, I thought the communion wafers were plywood chips. After I read about the piece it made sense why wafers were used. 

I felt like I was on a cruise ship with sweet tea and lounge chairs and Jazz music playing in the background.

Mission/Missions/How To Build A Cathedral
By Cildo Meireles
Photo by: Chandra Brown

This particular installation is a permanent exhibit at The Blanton in Austin, Texas.

Fun Facts About The Artist:

Cildo Meireles is also known for his political statements through his Coca-Cola Project and re-stamping bank notes with politcally charged messages and inserting these pieces of "propaganda" secretly back into the population. A clever way to voice against the censorship of government and promote free speech. Although these clever antics are not considered art, they are highly sought after by museums.