Joselyn Art Museum

This weekend I was lucky enough to go back home for the weekend and visit the Joselyn Art Museum. I love going to this museum because all throughout Senior year I was able to teach art classes there after school. Visiting the Joselyn Art Museum this time was the first time that I was able to actually walk around and enjoy the scenery.

The most interesting piece that I saw when I was walking around was "The Eye" by Cassandra J. O' Hollaran. This particular artist was my art teacher. I was very shocked to see her art piece because I saw her make it throughout my Sophomore year of high school. I never asked what the meaning was behind the art piece, but the explanation next to it gave the meaning to all of her work.

"The Eye" as she calls it represents the eyes of the lonely. When you look closely at the picture you can see the reflection through a mirror. The eye looked like the eye of a girl and the reflection showed only herself in the mirror. Clearly she looked sad because the eye showed tears but I wasn't really sure what Cassandra was truly trying to show the people. I'm not sure if she was trying to portray every little girl who cries or if it's just one person in particular but I thought of it as representing girls with low self asteem issues. Since the girl was looking at herself in the mirror through the reflection, it looked as if she was maybe criticizing herself. Unfortunately, I was unable to take a picture for my blog since there are no pictures allowed at the museum, but I think Cassandra’s piece is truly amazing. I feel that even though the title of the painting is just called “The Eye” , it has a lot of meaning behind it. When you first look at the picture, the only thing you see is the eye. The more you look at it you see the reflection. Then it’s almost as if you feel what the character in the painting is feeling. The painting of the eye itself was really cool. It looked like a realistic eye, made out of acrylics. I think Cassandra’s style in art is pretty cool since it is like no other piece I have ever seen by her. I also think “The Eye” is different from her many other pieces. She usually just paints pictures of her family members or other fun themes but this one takes a serious tone. There is almost no sense of humor in it like she usually has.
All in all I would say her art piece was truly unique. Cassandra captures more than just one main object but she captures two main subjects through one. You have to look at the first object, the eye, to see the second object, the girl in the mirror. This art piece is by far my favorite piece and if I could, I would show it to everyone so they could see how amazing of an artist Cassandra is.

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