artsXpose #3

Title of Event: Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art Visit

Date & Time of Event: Sunday 4/20 10:00am

Location of Event: Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art

Type of event (Only the events listed below fulfill the artsXpose requirement):
Please Bold and Underline the event attended:
Visiting Artist Lectures Exhibition* (non-course related)
Films** Plays
Arts Related Field Trips Recitals***
Poetry / Literary Readings Arts Related Conferences
Arts Related Symposia, discussion/reading groups or workshops
Attendance of Art Club Meeting****
*Exhibition visits must not be course-related (for example, if we visit an exhibition as a class you may not count this exhibition as an artsXpose event.
**Films must be part of a Univ. dept. sponsored film series—Not films sponsored by the Student Union.
***University Sponsored Recitals only.
****Clubs may only count as one event regardless of the number of clubs or the number of meetings attended during a term

1.) Provide a brief detail-oriented technical description or summary of the event you attended. This section should remain journalistic and should not be reflective of your opinion.
Visit and tour of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, IL.

2.) Use the section below to write a well-structured paragraph focusing on your personal critical insight / response to the event. How did you interpret or react to what was presented to you?
I really enjoyed this museum visit for many reasons. First of all, I love going to art museums in general, but most art museums have a rather small contemporary art gallery, so being in one that is entirely contemporary was very exciting. Also among many other artist's work, I was able to see the Alexander Calder exhibit which included many of his mobiles and stabiles as well as some 2-dimensional work.

3.) What information, ideas, images, etc. most impressed you and why?
There is no end to the amount of ideas and thought that was caused by looking through the galleries in this museum. It is always refreshing and thought-provoking to see any large collection of contemporary art. Mostly I liked it because it made me think about my own art from a different perspective and it gave me a lot of inspiration for new ideas th at Ican apply to my own work

4.) Overall, how would you rate this event (10 being the most worthwhile)?
(10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 )

5.) Justify your rating in the question above:
Visiting any museum is always a valuable and worthwhile experience for anyone who has the chance, not just art students. Not only that, but this is the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago where you can see work from such prestigious artists that it may even be the best art you could have seen to date.