AWAW at Grey Art Museum
- jwingate44
- Apr 15
- 1 min read
Thank you for visiting Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years at the Grey Art Museum. Please use this site to post a reflection about your visit. Identify and illustrate your chosen artwork (use the photograph you took at the Museum) and tell me something about your experience and what you learned. What was it like to see the art in person? Feel free to use the questions on the handout as a jumping off point for your reflection, and/or to include information from the Museum label. You may further research your artist, if you wish. Please cite all sources that your reference. (Please also see the the tips for writing about art on Canvas).
Above: students viewing Valeska Soares' For To (X) (2017), Carrie Moyer, Flamethrower (2010), Elia Alba, Oscuras & Red (2022)
When I first saw Elia Alba’s Ocuras and Red (2022) and Bond Bless (2020), I noticed their simplicity as just hands. But the more I looked, the more human they felt. The detail in the texture and positioning made them seem alive.
Reading the descriptions helped me see them differently. The red glitter in Ocuras
and Red feels bold, almost historical, like it’s telling a story through color and texture. The beads in Bond Bless feel quiet and intimate, like an offering or a symbol of community.
These pieces aren’t just sucplture peices, they tell stories and showcase how even something so simples as a hand can hold deep meaning, emotion, and history.
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