Time passes by so quickly and what we have of the past is present in this gallery. The Doug Lofstrom Exhibit celebrates a milestone birthday for Doug Loftstrom, a faculty member of Columbia College Chicago. It shows all of what he has done in the past in his career starting from the late 1960s to the present. He has made musical compositions for orchestras such as Metropolis Symphony Orchestra and many others. He plays bass and composed orchestral, chamber and theatrical music. This exhibit shows his success throughout his career and to celebrate his birthday since he is working at Columbia College as a faculty who is a part of the music department. In this exhibit there is a collection of posters, photographs. as well as some samples of his work. It is interesting to see what people the faculty have had done throughout there career instead of always focusing on the students and this exhibit has done just that.
Since this is my second review on a gallery that was taken place at the first floor of the library at Columbia College I would like to compare and see if this time the gallery did a little more for me. Overall I think that it was a pretty good gallery that was set up in the library. I would say that compared to the other gallery (Chicago Anti Apartheid Movement Collection) it did a much better job activating the space. Although I would still say that it may not be the best place to hold a gallery. Even though this is true the collection of pieces we good. The one that I liked the best was the poster of a band with each person displayed in a colorful box and it was all set on a black background. That one seem to stand out to me. I believe that there was supposed to be samples of his music but when I arrived there it was not working so I am not sure what kind of music he had or how to even describe it. That was also another problem with this gallery.
What this gallery shows Columbia College as the creative school that it is. From the students to the faculty members people will come to see this gallery and know what Columbia has to offer. It has great faculty that are successful and then they come to teach at Columbia to help students become successful themselves. They come and bring what they know and help students on their way to the career of their choice. In this case it has to do with the music department and how this man helped to shape Columbia from how long he has been here. To see into Columbia you can see this exhibit and see what Columbia is all about as well as into the life and success of the man who works at Columbia College Chicago. The exhibit is being held in along side the Doug Lofstrom and the New Quartet April 9th concert at noon in the Music Department Concert Hall at 1014 S. Michigan Ave.
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(Chicago Anti Apartheid Movement Collection) it did a much better job activating the space. I would use this idea and elleborate on it for the bigger picture.
ReplyDeleteHi Elizabeth, first off a word of advice: to do the best possible work on the final essay, you should branch out in the kinds of things you review. Two reviews of the library lobby seems like a little bit of a cop-out. and 2) including a link to colum.edu isn't helpful.
ReplyDeleteBut, I will say, you have a very good idea, as Nick points out, to compare the way the space is "activated" (great word) in the two shows. I wish you'd done a little more with that, actually--I'm not completely clear -why- the space was more active in this case.
I do like your last paragraph here, which really gets after the specific issues of this assignment. Maybe, if you think about it, the space isn't a liability? It may not be the greatest for displaying art in a formal way, but perhaps that liability is more than made up for by making a statement about creative work and everyday life? This is the kind of idea you could really use to thread together a review essay.