week three!

We are all here for the art, to study, see, and basically live in it. For some reason forgot that one of the main purposes for art is as communication, it is a visual language the artist uses to share their unique viewpoint. Even though museums and galleries are full of people most likely not engaging with one another, you are all involved in a similar conversation. Heidi and I decided to stay and see the Odilon Redon at the Grand Palais on Wednesday. We got our tickets and walked into the exhibit, which is even quieter than most. Looking around just for a second we both were getting so excited about the amount of Odilon’s work was there. While working on my presentation I told her a ton of info on his life and art, so we immediately started talking about the images, and themes in the work. We were trying to keep to ourselves, but were apparently less inconspicuous than we thought. Heidi tapped my shoulder and pointed to a little woman standing off to my left, we caught each others eyes and smiled, she had obviously been listening to my conversation. After this, she continued staying close to us, so we turned and said hello. I think she understood English better than she spoke, but was eager to join in our discussion. Walking through the rooms of the exhibit we talked about what we knew about the work. How fascinating the transition from dark to vivid color, and the importance of his contribution to art. At the end of the show she smiled and walked off to join her friends, I’m not sure what she said to them but they all looked back and smiled at us and waked out the door.