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In high school, I remember going through the different art movements and trying to remember what characterized each. Dadaism was the odd, scrapbook–looking one. Abstract art was the one where nothing looked like you thought it would. Impressionism was the one on light and movement, freeing the contours of their brush lines. Realism was the one that was, well, realistic. And then, there was classicism.
Think back to any historical figure and the names that come up are either 1) political figures or 2) artists. Sure, Tom Brady may be a big name now, but in a hundred years time, who’s going to remember him? His legacy is incomparable to the legacy of artists; that’s why names like Dali and Picasso have endured. And while Penn is notorious for being the largest producer of billionaires, who’s going to remember them? It is the artists—the John Legends and Elizabeth Bankses—that will be remembered. Aside from these two, Penn has graduated a number of artists, important in creating cultural moments that will be remembered for years to come. Here's just a few:
There’s this stereotype of the artist: someone who works in a cramped studio of an attic, the room lit only by a single beam of natural sunlight, and clad in a smock splattered with paint. The artist is hungry, but the passion is there. But work–study students are doing away with this starving artist stereotype. Filling the fridge isn’t the only benefit of working in an arts related field; arts communities at Penn tend to be tight–knit and working within them is a way to both be a part of and support the community.
Who is Annie Mok? A trans woman? An artist? A writer? A musician? Also a movie producer?
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and we all know that the letter, not the gift, is the hardest part. To buy or make a gift—that requires shelling out some cash (plus a little thought). And yes, feeling the emptiness of the wallet hurts. But the letter is the part where feelings and emotions are verbalized and articulated. A lot of times, they can’t be. There’s something so inexpressible about love that words are many times not enough.
The Pennsylvania Players is Penn’s only student-run, professionally directed theater group. Founded in 1936, it is also the oldest performing arts group on Penn’s campus. Penn Players produces one play and one musical each academic year. Most recently, the group staged an adaptation of the musical Spring Awakening. 34th Street spoke with Board Chair Alicia Lu and Vice Chair Sarah Gold about preparations for their upcoming production, Sylvia, which is the lighthearted story of an aging couple whose lives are fundamentally altered after taking in a stray dog. The show will take place in The Bruce Montgomery Theater on April 5th, 6th, and 7th, 2018.
“At first, women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy. But once you got them going, you couldn’t stop them. Women secretly love to talk about their vaginas, mainly because no one has asked them before.”
Art is a difficult thing, as is computer science. The former is subjective, open to interpretation so much so that there’s never a right way to do something. The latter is rigid: set a goal. Code it. (Or at least that’s what I understand of computer science). But cross the two (or art with anything preprofessional really) and the mission is almost impossible. That’s what the Digital Media Design major is all about.
“Keep your butt tucked and your core engaged. Isolate movement in your hips—up down, up down. Now maintain a still upper body. Don’t forget to smile!”
Every day we walk past it, barely affording it a glimpse while every tourist flocks to it so as to sneak a peek at the marvel. It’s a prime landmark on campus—the LOVE statue. Right in the center of campus, surrounded by ivy–covered red brick buildings, the LOVE statue has as its backdrop a picturesque scene. Spring or winter, the tree–lined walk is always blanketed in either green or white. But the LOVE statue is so much more than another monument only tourists appreciate.
At Penn, a kiss these days too often means a sloppy DFMO in the basement of a frat house. It’s no wonder that so many people complain about finding love at Penn. But, of course, Penn is not to be seen a microcosm of society. A kiss in Italy is a friendly greeting. A kiss in China, a public declaration of love. Across cultures and time, the kiss has come to mean so many different things. Particularly in art history, the meaning of a kiss has been molded again and again, but the beauty of it never unwavering. To refresh your romantic side for this Valentine’s Day, here are some of art history’s famous kisses.
Valentine's Day always has a way of sneaking up on me. It feels distant until the day before and then suddenly, it’s a mad scramble. And even though I ordered a gift for my girlfriend weeks ago, there are two problems with what I ordered online: one, it's not coming on time, and two, it feels impersonal. If you've found yourself in a similar position, handmade gifts are the way to prove not just that you remembered the holiday, but that you put thought into it. Here are some ideas to help you get started.
Philadelphia is filled to the brim with interesting art galleries, exhibits, and installations that come and go so quickly that you only hear of them after the fact. This February, take in all the galleries on your bucket list with a date—the ones you’ll never get around to seeing to unless you pick a time, place, and person to go see them with. Show your date your mastery of high culture or laugh together at tasteful nudes. Museums and galleries are a great place to get to know the unknown about your potential partner—sometimes seeing how they react to Potato Jesus tells you all you need to know.
A picture is supposed to say a thousand words. But when the picture is of a person, does that mean the person can be reduced to ten thousand words? Surely not. What a picture does, or at least is supposed to do, is to say something inexpressible and incommunicable by language. It’s supposed to go beyond the constraints of our linguistic capacities. That’s exactly what Faith Cho (C ’20) does.
This past weekend celebrated the winter opening of the Institute of Contemporary Art (located on 36th and Walnut Streets for those unfamiliar). Marking the first show of its installations, the opening hosted three exhibits: Tag: Proposals on Queer Play and the Ways Forward; Cary Leibowitz: Museum Show; and Broadcasting: EAI at ICA. Open until August 12 for the first two and March 25 for the latter, there’s no reason to miss these extraordinary works of art.
Philadelphia: home of the Eagles, the Liberty Bell, and the good old Philly cheesesteak. What doesn’t come to mind, though, are the many art museums and cultural institutions that are responsible for the city's ranking as number one in its amount of outdoor sculptures and murals. These museums and institutions are precisely what make up the long grove that is the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the epitome of the arts culture in Philadelphia.
Jenn Tran (W '19) is the epitome of a Whartonite. Concentrating in finance, legal studies, and BEPP, and a member of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Club here at Penn, a career on Wall Street isn’t all that elusive for her. What makes her distinct from everyone else who only knows the buildings Huntsman Hall and Steiny–D, however, are her artistic ventures. A member of The Collctve and the local Philly Art Collective, Jenn has a passion that’s almost anything but the Dow Jones Industrial Average: art.
An all–expense–paid trip to anywhere in the world, from Paris to Beijing, is one of the lesser known perks of which fine arts and design students can take advantage. While a room at the Marriott and free international airfare sounds like a fairly cushy life for a college student, like most things at Penn, it remains elusive. This semester one such course is being offered: "Tiananmen Square: A Case Study For Fine Arts and Landscape Architecture."
Philadelphia's Kimmel Center is the closest thing the city has to Broadway. So save some money on a train to New York and go downtown to see what Avenue of the Arts has to offer.
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