Exhibition and Me By Edina Hurkecz

ANSEL ADAMS PHOTOGRAPHY from ANSEL ADAMS PHOTOGRAPHY from . . National Maritime Museum the MOUNTAINS to the SEA “His images of the American landscape are known and loved through the world and have influenced generations of photographers.” /by the brochura of the exhibition/ “-O, Ansel don’t give up the piano. The camera can not express the human. -I don’t think the camera can, but maybe the photographer could” /Ansel Adams/ www.theartflugblog.com

Mirror Lake, California, about 1950 I wasn’t interesting in the landscape photography before visiting Ansel Adams’ exhibition, but his images convinced me . Taking images from a mountain could be more complex then to shoot a portrait. Mirror Lake, California, about 1950 http://camerau.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/to-really-know-ansel-see-his-original-prints-in-person/

“We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.” /Ansel Adams/ The corals such as broken and shaped organized antlers lying on the seaweed. http://ccp.uair.arizona.edu/item/11757

I was impressed by the photo’s simplicity. The harmony in the disorder. http://artblart.com/2012/10/04/exhibition-ansel-adams-at-the-waters-edge-at-the-peabody-essex-museum-salem-ma/

TATE MODERN -Transformed Vision –the human figure after the world war -Poetry and Dream - Surrealism and the different way -Energy and process - simple, raw materials The photos were taken by me, the exceptions are referenced.

Alfredo Jaar video The room was dark when I stepped in, only a few light was reflected on the wall. People were sitting on the floor around the tables. I felt like I was 15 years ago in the Queen's Chamber of the Great Pyramid, where people set and meditated on the thousand years old stones.

Great Pyramid in Giza Queen’s chamber http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/secretchambers4.htm Great Pyramid in Giza Queen’s chamber

Marisa merz Untitleed (living sculpture 1966) It was my favorite piece of art on the exhibition. Marisa Merz used this cold and rigid aluminium as a flexible , easily shaping, material. Hanging from the ceiling give a airiness for the creation. I believed it is very light, and I was waiting for a breeze to blow it away.

The title could be: Jellyfishes

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“Experiment” /and Summary The giant door Is there a huge door on the left side of the first room of the Energy and Process exhibition? I wasn’t sure, when I first looked, whether or not it is a piece of art or it is just a door. Also, there is a small board on the wall, on the left side of the door. My friend went to read the text after our short conversation .It wasn’t a piece of art, but we started to look at and admire it as though it was. My friend stepped closer, but I stayed behind waiting for the people’s reaction. Slowly others started to look at the door as well, creating a smaller traffic jam. What is it art and who can state from an object it is a piece of art or it is not?