The MOA (BYU Museum of Art located on North Campus Drive) is the right place to go if you are in an artsy mood! The atmosphere there is very relaxed and peaceful. At the MOA you get to escape the real world for a while and lose yourself in several artists created worlds. Every month or so they get new artists to display there work. So you get to experience new ideas frequently.
Right now the MOA is displaying pieces done by Dan Steinhilber. Dan uses everyday things such as balloons, florescent lighting and garbage bags to create his art. We may take these average things for-granted but Steinhilber finds ways to give those things more value to us. Even though I wouldn't qualify his works as beautiful, they are still very unique and pleasant to view.
My favorite piece of his was one that he did with garbage bags. For this piece he melted black and white garbage bags onto a piece of wood. The bags melted to create a very abstract piece of art. His completed piece covered almost an entire wall!
To me, his pieces showed what our modern world is like. There is trash everywhere and almost everything in existence is man made. But even though this is the current state of our world, it doesn't mean that it is ugly. Steinhilber shows us that with a little persistence and a lot of creativity you can have the ability to turn things int the world into something truly breathtaking.
The museum is welcoming to people of all ages. There is also no admission fee! You should definitely consider checking out Steinhilber's truly inspiring pieces of work!
- Chelise Marie
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