Art To 2018 - My Review

A piece of art that challenged you to think about an issue

The woman who is pouring water onto the girls face looks indigenous or aboriginal to me. I think that the police or SWAT team harmed the woman laying on the ground. I think that these women are protesters, they might be protesting for land or water.

Kent Monkman 'Washing Mary's Tears'

A piece of art that reflected someone’s identity

I think that the photographer has a passion for basketball. The piece is called ‘One of The Boys’. I think that this photographer stands up for women's rights or is a feminist. I honestly love this photograph. It shows someone in a dress and holding a basketball. I feel like it has a deeper meaning than just a really nice dress. It shows that girls can do things that are usually defined as “boy” things.

Esmaa Mohamoud 'One of The Boys'

A piece of art from an Indigenous artist and why that piece might be important

A wolf means strength, courage and loyalty to many indigenous tribes. A bird represents magic in many indigenous tribes. Some sort of bird is always at the top of all totem poles. That is because birds are the rulers of the sky.

Kenojuak Ashevak 'GREY WOLF AND BIRDS'

A piece of art you found ‘shocking’ and why

This art piece makes you think twice about what it is. From far away it looks like a painting, but when you go closer you realise that it is actually different colours of thread. That was really interesting because had I not gone close to it I would’ve just thought it was a painting and I probably wouldn’t have been able to remember it.

Emil Lukas 'optic cleaning'

The ONE piece of art you would buy and why

The first one is made of 24,000 gems! That’s so amazing! It looks beautiful and expensive. I can’t remember the price but I know it was very, very expensive. This piece just never gets old. It will look shiny and expensive like it was born to look. The second one is so amazing as well. When I saw this I was so confused. I didn’t know what it was. It looked like a baby and a seal and pig ears ad real human hair! I’m not entirely sure what the ears are, but my first guess was a pig. When I looked closely I saw all the detail the artist put into it. There were veins under the skin and the shine on the nails. I was going so crazy. This piece is just breathtaking. The more you look at it the more you notice. There's always something you didn’t see. I couldn’t decide which one I’d rather buy because they are both so amazing.

Patricia Piccinini 'Inter-natural'

Metis Atash 'Marilyn VI'

A piece of art that used materials in an interesting way

This artist used concrete to recreate things that already exist. I don’t think I saw anything like this. I saw many sculpture/statues made from concrete but nothing that was an object that wasn’t alive.

Laura Moore 'Blackberry Bold'

A piece of art that connected to your own life

I don’t exactly think that the purpose of this artwork means this but it’s how I interpret it. To me, it expresses my life because sometimes life is rainbows and sunshine, other times it is just trash.

What you learned from an artist or curator (interview)

I learned how these art pieces are made. The glass is broken and then put back together to make an art piece.

John Kiley 'Amber Thermal Fractograph'

Your favourite collage

This piece is a photograph that is layered with maps and newspaper. I’m pretty sure all the newspaper articles and maps are somehow connected to the person in the photograph, in this case, Gord Downie. The newspaper articles could be about Gord Downie. The maps could be about where he was born or raised. This collage is different from every other collage I saw at the gallery. This collage wasn’t different heads and bodies on someone.

André Monet 'Gord Downie'