artsXpose #4

Title of Event: Art Institute of Chicago Visit

Date & Time of Event: Saturday 4/19 11:00am

Location of Event: Art Institute of Chicago = Chicago, IL.

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.
Tour and Visit of the Art Institute of Chicago and surrounding areas (Millennium Park)

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?
This was the by far the most influential and prestigious museum I've ever visited. I was able to actaully see up close works by Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Pablo Picasso. Not only this but it also had a huge impact on me since I've been learning about these works in class since I can remember. I also happened to see Monet's paintings that I just learned about in 2D class not a week before.

3.) What information, ideas, images, etc. most impressed you and why?
I was most influenced and stricken by the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist galleries. Mostly because they contained all the works I've previously mentioned, but also just because I enjoyed that type of work the most because I know what was behind their thinking and experimentation. On a side note, I was very disappointed because the Edward Hopper exhibit cost extra and I wasn't able to see it.

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:
Like I said in my last artsXpose, Visiting any museum is always a valuable and worthwhile experience for anyone who has the chance, not just art students. Also this museum has some of the most renown works of art in the world and I felt extremely privileged to have seen them.