Ryan Quirke Event Post

For my event, I went to the Museum of Contemporary Art. I found that "For Chicago, 2007" by Jenny Holzer to be really interesting because of the way the led lights that reflect how messages move around quickly. It is relatable to how we consume mass media today in which there is an abundance of information thrown at us and it is difficult to discern what advertisements are actually saying.
"For Chicago, 2007" Jenny Holzer

My next work of art that intrigued me was "We construct the chorus of missing persons, by Barbara Kruger. This piece intrigued me because of its ambiguity. What is the meaning of "chorus of missing persons"? Who is Barbara referring to as we? Who are the missing persons? Why is her hair covering her entire face? This image is very peculiar and leaves the audience with a mystery. 


"We construct the chorus of missing persons" Barbara Kruger

Another piece of art that I found interesting was "Unfinished Collage" by Arnold R. I found this work of art to be very interesting because it reminds me of Robert Rauschenburg's collage on John F. Kennedy. These unfinished collages allude back to John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, two prominent figures from our past with stories that were left unfinished because of their assassinations. 
 
"Unfinished Collage" Ralph Arnold


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