Art assignment TOK Essay

1. As you approach the art gallery, you will checker a large, spindly sculpture come forthside the main doors. It is of a spider with a sac of eggs under its abdomen.(a) What is your initial response upon seeing this bandage?What the Heck? What is gods name is this doing here? Thats interesting(b) Do you think initial reaction is a very important quality in art?Yes I think initial reaction is very important, because if a person viewing the piece or art is not moved or interested in any way, that person will have no desire to continue ceremony it and therefore will never really understand the piece. Every good piece of art has original or impacting aspects that standout and make a person turn out to find its inner meaning.Be sure to walk around the melt, under the work and to touch the work.(c) Has your reaction to this work changed?By getting closer I actually got goose bumps and found it a little repulsive as I stood under it, but when I saw the eggs I observe the sculpture was a female spider and had a whole different meaning, it was not to scare the viewer but to attract it and want to find out more about it, which is what I was determined to do.Louise Bourgeoise is the artist of this piece. Look beside wizard of the main doors to find out what it is called.(e) Do you believe the piece is appropriately name? Why or why not?I believe that Maman is a great title for it because it represents Bourgeoise view of her mother and not only that but the blood-and-guts love of motherhood towards its babies (in this case the eggs). Also im not sure of this but I found out that Bourgeoise mother actually love knitting stuff, much(prenominal) as a spider knits its own web, might be a metaphor to express this love of knitting.(f) Do you believe that having possible varied responses to this work is a weakness or a strength?I think that having varied responses to this work in specific is a weakness because it shows that the meaning honk into the work wasnt commu nicated in a good way a human creates art to express emotion or a meaning and if you foundert interpret it like they meant it means they didnt do it correctly, it might be a strength for other works of art but for this one its a weakness.(g) What if the work inspires an emotional response completely different from the intentions of the artist? Does this make the artwork more or less successful? apologize your answer.Generally I think that the artwork would be more successful if the emotional response from the person is different from the intended message. This is because as long as it inpiries an emotion the artist has done their job, have it been the original message or a completely different one this is interesting for an artist if people see the artwork in ways he/she never even imagined.Go into the museum, pay your admission. After paying, walk up the ramp to the atrium. Go into gallery A101- first base FLOOR- Canadian Art.