Sitting in my
chair at school knowing we were about to walk to the art gallery, I thought
quickly, and had a goal in my head of going there with a purpose, to find a
piece of art that intrigues me to write about with pleasure. As I walked out of the front doors; expecting
an art gallery full of unique art work and tons of eye catching artistic pieces
around the building. The sun was staring right at us as if it was following us
to give us an enjoyable journey to the art gallery. As we left the School
District 67 - Okanagan Skaha I started to think to myself what are other people
thinking right now and I looked around and saw people laughing and some
concentrating. Tristan was curiously kicking a rock while glaring down the
road, I assumed he was thinking about the art gallery but really he was
thinking about buying himself and Mr.Laven a burger from Burger 55.
Arriving at the
art gallery hoping I could quickly go in there and find a piece of work, write
a few things about it and leave. But I couldn’t, I just couldn’t. There where
bats on the wall directly as I walked in with inspirational words on every bat.
Around the corner where various paintings, statues, and this wall that has
people writing confessions, I could tell that every small note had a big story
behind it. Curiously I was still walking around the art gallery examining every
piece of art I just couldn’t help but read the story behind each piece of art.
There was this
one piece of art that caught my eye the moment I saw it. Get over It by Jeffery
Malcolm Sage. The Holocaust, a piece of art featuring 2 pictures of
concentration camps with a picture below, two arms, one holding a feather and
the other with a number code tattoo on the fore arm. It always amazes me how
cavalier society is when it comes to telling one that they just need to get over
it. The one exception to this seems to be survivors of the holocaust, who’s
tattooed fore arms, are a visible reminder of the horrors we are capable of. No
one would ever have the audacity of telling them that they need to suck up and
get over it. This explains the significance to the theme of the exhibition,
bullying.
I choose this
piece of art because did it not only catch my eye at first glance but it shows
so much relevance to the theme of the art gallery and to our society today. We
don’t say “get over it” to someone when they have been bullied or something
awful happens to them. In today’s society we help the one who has been bullied to
overcome what they have been through and give back to the people who serve our
country and have been through those awful times.
My goal was to go
there with a purpose and find a piece of art to write about with pleasure, and
that I did. Thinking of getting in and out of there quickly but this art piece
I found made me stay and examine this for at least 20 minutes. This trip met my expectations of going there
to learn something and I did learning about the severities of bullying.
