Maragarita_Cabrera’S_“Yellow_Hummer”

I visited the Nevada Museum of art in Reno Nevada. My father lives there and I visit him frequently so I thought that I’d share the experience with him by taking him as well. When I got there I saw a lot of artwork that caught my eye. I saw a lot of bright colors and bold pieces of work. There were some pieces that were dull black and white and they were also very interesting but it didn’t stand out to me very much. The one painting that did stand out to me was the artwork of Maragarita Cabrera. Her piece is titled “Yellow Hummer”. I enjoyed this piece a lot. It kind of reminded me of Jurassic park and the cars getting all tangled up in the leaves and branches. It’s sort of dented in and it looks like it has been through a car accident or a really cool adventure. That’s probably why it stood out to me was because I remember scenes and clips from movies very well and it definitely caught my eye. Another reason why I love this piece so much was because it’s so mysterious. When I first saw it I just started wondering in my head...who is in that hummer' Was it a family, were they stranded' Was it an adventure, what’s it suppose to happen, is it a ride somewhere' All these crazy thoughts just started in my mind about how that hummer got in that situation. I saw a little bit of line variation on the top part of the car. I mostly saw a lot of texture, color, space, and shape. It has a full figure shape to it and you can see a lot of space with the white background. I also liked the actual motion that I felt from it. It reminded me of Calder’s “Big Red” because it looks like it is actually moving, like there’s actual creativeness that it brings to life. Another thing I really liked about this piece was the texture of it. Now, I didn’t feel it but I definitely felt the realness of it and it was so lively and bright that I felt like the texture of it would have been rough or bumpy and if you can imagine in your head what it might feel like then I believe the artist did very well at her job. In this specific piece she didn’t really show much unity and variety, but how can you blame her if she just was using a vehicle and some leaves. Her balance was very good as well. I see a lot of balance from the vehicle to the ground. This piece is asymmetrical which means if you were to cut it in half it would not be the exact same on both sides. There is some sort of repetition in this piece, she uses the leaves and vines over and over again in the same spot to make it go all the way around the hummer. My experience at the Nevada museum was 100% better than I had expected. I feel like I can put my own thought and my own story to other peoples artwork. A painting doesn’t have to have a specific purpose, it can be whatever you want it to be. Sometimes even the artist has no idea what they want to do with their work but they always make something that can tell stories or that people can look at it and make up their very own story for it. Everybody can think differently about your artwork and that’s ok, and that is what I learned going to this museum.