Attendance :D

9/20 Street art Georges Boulos Emmanuel Trejo

9/27

Public-Georges Boulos Emmanuel Trejo Josh Taylor Daniel Moran

10/04 Fist Juries-Georges Boulos Emmanuel Trejo Josh Taylor Daniel Moran

10-11 Folk-Georges Boulos Emmanuel Trejo Josh Taylor Daniel Moran

10-18 Georges Boulos Emmanuel Trejo Josh Taylor Daniel Moran (and some random guy)

10-25 folk Georges Boulos Emmanuel Trejo Josh Taylor Daniel Moran

11-1 MFA  Georges Boulos Emmanuel Trejo Josh Taylor Daniel Moran

11-08 Juries 2 Georges Boulos Emmanuel Trejo Josh Taylor Daniel Moran

11-15 Holocaust Georges Boulos Emmanuel Trejo Josh Taylor Daniel Moran

11-22 Galveston Georges Boulos Emmanuel Trejo Josh Taylor Daniel Moran

Fine Arts Museum: Josh Taylor

What to say about the Fine Arts Museum....How about AMAZING? The museum made me appreciate my religion far more than I ever have before. When we arrived at the museum, like always I was expecting something boring. Well, my view on that was completely changed immediately! I went into a deep culture shock because of the fact that I have never seen actual paintings of Lord Jesus before. I couldn't believe that someone so historically huge could be painted so visually. The paintings really told a story.

 The story that I got from them is that Jesus went through so much pain and agony just so that we as people may live a better life after death. May he forgive our sins and lead us to everlasting life. This was definitely an enormous blast of a spiritual journey for me.

 These beautiful paintings really took me by surprise!The Last Supper being put into perspective is crazy. It goes to show that everyone has a different outlook on things. The three little angels above the table are calling Jesus back to his kingdom of Heaven. They are telling him that the supper they are enjoying, will none the less be the last. So "take the bread" and "take the wine" because it is now Jesus' time. Everyone at the table has a grand purpose in life and whether its good or bad they must fulfill it.

I like this picture A LOT! I like how it shows that Jesus and God are the almighty beings and that us mortal humans are sheep while they are shepherds. God put every individual on Earth to serve a sole purpose. Those who disobey shall be punished. Sounds like normal day society right? When I came across all of these pictures in the gallery, I took a moment, stopped, and starred. The reason for that was because I have been raised and taught that God is important, but just like every other human being on Earth, I had a right to be skeptical. It wasn't until this moment that my personal skepticism was freed and I became at peace with myself.

HUGO1301: Georges

Scars and Art: A metaphor for society

Georges Boulos

Scars and Art

          What are scars? A remnant from skin, your flesh and muscle, rendered and torn, leaving nothing but some hideous deformity or discoloration in your skin once it has healed. That is a common conception. Society shows magazines with scantily clad women and men, covered in makeup, airbrushed, using only whichever camera lenses, angles and lighting make them look the absolute best. We are shown the ‘Hollywood’ version of perfection, actors and models that make up far less than one percent of the world, and we are pressured to look that way and act and dress as they do. This is the reality of our society. So how these would admires of these magazines, of this illusion of society, look at the women of the Scars Program? Would they see an operation such as a mastectomy as a lifesaving necessity or would they call it a mark on the beauty that is expected of women. Most people do not have the capacity to see scars as beautiful, to see the meaning behind the marks, and as people cannot literally or figuratively see scars with any sort of beauty, then, except to the few who make the attempt to see and expand their vision, the program will be seen in the same way.

             Our society’s vision of beauty has changed. How can we ask people to see scars as beautiful or as having a beautiful meaning if people cannot appreciate what has been considered traditionally beautiful for centuries? If not for our class and few other groups such as our being guided through then the art museum would have been largely devoid of life. People aren’t independently venturing to places, such as the museum of fine arts, to look at beautiful things. We have come to a world where we are so used to instant gratification with the use of Google and other information sights, our social media, television and the pressures it has invaded our rooms, homes and places of leisure with. It has brought us to a time where we are now quick to judge and due to the availability of information, we don’t take the time to understand. Only a few people today look at a painting, a Picasso, a Rembrandt, Monet, and don’t see beauty or value, either intrinsic or extrinsic, the rest don’t see beauty at all.

                Don’t pity the women of the Scar’s project, they are strong, have endured through constant tribulations, and made decisions that would adversely affect their lives in ways that most will never have to consider. Pity the rest of the world, the youth, my and our peers and constituents for they are the ones who are losing out in life. If I was forced to make the decision of losing a part of myself that endeared me to my peers, who are fleeting anyways in every aspect of their attachment to my life, or if I could have my eyes opened to how much beauty exists everywhere, in lighting, shading, brushstrokes, photographs, nature, the city, buildings and lack thereof, and every overlooked minuscule aspect of life, then give me the scar. Let the world think I’m deformed and give me the ability to look among that world, see what my accusers ignore as they look ill upon me, and see life and beauty.

November 15. Holocaust museum

Josh Taylor, Daniel Mora, Emmanuel Trejo, Georges Bulous

november 8

Emmnauel Trejo. Georges Boulos. Daniel Mora. Josh Taylor

Museum of fine arts Daniel Moran

Before arriving at the museum of fine art in downtown Houston i expected to see great pieces of art. The trip seemed normal like any other trip we've taken. As soon as we arrived there was amazing artwork like id never seen up close and personal. There were amazing sculptures in the outside of the museum that would blow anyones socks off.

The first piece that truly captured my eye was this Greek sculpture. Although missing both hands the level of detail in this sculpture is undescribable, for the artist in his days to achieve this it must've took weeks if not months to complete. they were modeled after Roman statues but they werent made with bronze which can oxidize and completley ruin the artists work. they were made with stones found around the area.

As we carried on through the museum The artwork everywhere just sought to capture my atention. We ended up walking through the painting gallery and my jaw dropped at some of these paintings and sketches. One could tell how precious these pieces of artwork are, not just because how beautiful they are but also its because the artist painted or sculpted what he or she wanted to do. Art is a form of expressing oneself, Abstract art leaves the mind questioning ourselves trying to figure out what the artist was going for when making that piece of art.

The Houston Experience (EMMANUEL TREJO)

Countless years of living in this great city of Houston and never have I stopped to appreciate the artistic nature that is found with it streets and walls. Every tour we took and my eyes witnessed the talents of local Houstonian.  We got to see art not found in any other corner of the world. I felt a sense of pride in my city such art is just masked by the Juggernaut of the petrochemical industry.  

            Through our venture of Houston I admired the fact that not all art is simple or is found on a mural in some five star facility, but I can be found anywhere and be anything that catches the imagination of a person. We came across a wall of collection of arts. Each section of the wall pertained to a different artist. They each depicted their own imagination. The one that caught my zeal was a top hat armadillo playing a guitar. So much work devotion had gone into the detail of the armadillo. He seemed human like in size but realistic in the detail of his appearance. The guitar was vibrant with color and well finished.

            My personal favorite spot to date was off the highway. It was a simple yet majestic center for pieces of art made of cold steel and human ingenuity. The pieces where gigantic in size and structure. Each piece appeared to weigh in the tons and the hard word and labor to build such magnificent creations is inconceivable. Every piece was a testament to the industrial might of this city. It portrayed a lighter side to the cold hearted nature of steel industry. The spider was the center of attention to me. It was very elaborate and colossal in size. 

            On our final tour we went a place more in touch with traditional art. The paintings sculptures in the art gallery all told tales of times past. Many famous artist through the ages had come to one place to show what human creativity could accomplish. Many paintings portrayed important battles or just simple portraits of important historical figures. What caught my enthusiasm was an eagle trophy celebrating the defeat of an enemy. The eagle was made of copper and made to appear made of gold. It was very impressive with the appearance that the eagle was coming to life. Such art is very rare and was truly appreciated that day.

EMMANUEL TREJO

Houston art gallery trip. November 1

                            Emmanuel Trejo,Gorges Boulos,,,Josh Taylor, Daniel Mora,