Still prowling around the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts...
From the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
This piece of art work drew me in. I found it fascinating from any distance, any angle.
Some artwork from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art...
These multimedia pieces were striking - although I admit that the description was not something I could really follow. But I found myself circling the installations to view them from different angles. I am not knowledgeable about art, especially pieces like these, but they were able to "draw me in". Perhaps that is what the artist was striving for.
A peek behind the scenes...
Again quoting from PAFA's website, "Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is refocusing on its core mission to tell the story of American art and to provide arts education for the full lifecycle of the artist. Our blueprint for the future includes a dynamic new vision of PAFA as the center of an 'arts ecosystem' that will inspire the next generation of artists and art lovers. Today’s rapidly changing and increasingly complex higher educational environment requires PAFA to evolve and adapt its educational goals. Although we are incredibly proud of our time as a degree-granting institution and the achievements of our distinguished faculty, staff, students, and graduates, PAFA will wind down its Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees, graduating its final class in 2025... Alumni of PAFA include Mary Cassatt, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, William Glackens, Barkley L. Hendricks, Violet Oakley, Louis Kahn, David Lynch, and Henry Ossawa Tanner."
These pieces are plaster casts of many classical works of art and have been used as a means of educating students on form and sculpture. This part of the museum is generally not open to the public, but we were fortunate to be able to see them while on tour.
Inside the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
To quote from their website, "As the first art school and museum in the United States, PAFA celebrates the transformative power of art and art-making." The artwork which you will see in the next few posts is something to look forward to, but it would be a shame to ignore some of the architectural features that make this building a thing of beauty.
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