3 Artist, 3 Artworks and 3 Reflections

Arch of Hysteria, 1993

This is a piece is by Louise Bourgeois. I find it enchanting, beautiful, gross, torturing, sad, painful and very interesting. The choice of position for the sculpture clear reflects the name. The body is making an arch and it is just a radical position, it over the top and hysterical. The material is appealing because of it shininess so you are drawn to it, only then you see how boney it is and if it was a real human you would be repulsed by the thinness of it. I think it is a beautiful piece it captures the moment of hysteria and you feel the movement of the body. It has something very joyful about it but at the same time because it is so skinny you do not want to look at it.

Hoffmann von Fallersleben auf Helgoland

This is by Anselm Kiefer. I actually saw this in a gallery in Berlin. At first I thought it was just some paint splashed about, until I saw the perspective that Kiefer had painted into the canvas. It has a great texture, which makes it aggressive. But high lights in the middle of the painting give it a sense of hope. It reminds me of the trenches, with the destruction all around and the sun rising for a new day. It is a huge piece that engulfs you with its aggressive texture.

Woman descending the staircase

This photograph is by Gerhard Richter. The first thing I think of is how ghostly it is. The colour pallet is limited and the the woman is the centre piece. It is a simple portrait but Richter has made it into a piece of art by making ghostly. The woman is glamorous and dreamy and it is reflected in the photograph with the smudgy edges and the dark colours.