Vaporum VI

On a warm windy Friday in mid-February, I made a trip to the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. I ventured around the museum, first finding their featured exhibit. In here I found several interesting pieces of art including a large wooden table with Persian rug, and large chunks of some large butter shaped and colored rocks. A few minutes later I strolled into a room full of their permeant collections. There were probably twenty to thirty pieces of art in this midsized well lit room. I observed about half the art in the room, and some of the art vaguely interested me, but most of the art left me uninterested. Nearly all the other paintings in the room consisted of fairly simple concepts. When I look at a painting, I want to get something new
For the first several time of observing this piece I thought there was no possible interpretation. The shapes just create a convoluted image with no apparent theme. Then I started to notice a small pattern. The shapes form the vague outline of a tunnel. This tunnel led towards the tiny baby blue portion of the painting. One could say the classic “light at the end of the tunnel” interpretation could be made. While this is feasible, I see a deeper meaning. The baby blue still represents optimism and hope, but it also represents goals and possibilities in life. The confusing multiple dimensions and the ever-changing colors and shapes represent the difficult path of achieving your dreams. Looking into the complexity of the multiple dimensions reminded me of trying to get a clear picture of my future. Attempting this feat is nearly impossible. Everyone’s future is uniquely distinct, and at the same time trying to achieve you own personal goals sometimes looks like an intricate multi-dimensional array of stumbling blocks. I imagine endeavoring to walk across the painting. Each step would become more and more challenging. There is no real place to step. I draw this similarity between the painting and real life. From something as simple as writing an essay to something as complicated as figuring out how I will pay for my life. Vaporum VI evokes a sense of being overwhelming. At the same time, I feel perfectly at ease when viewing the painting. The geometric shapes have that type of depth, where you can view the painting from numerous angles and get a different read of emotions each time. Vaporum VI gave me the feeling of awe and wonderment. I appreciate some modern art. I find the futuristic and abstract pieces to be captivating. The art with 6 lines and each line is a different color, which is all the painting consists of, greatly fails to impress me. Claims can be made about