Ohr O'Keefe Museum
The class meeting was held at Ohr O'Keefe Museum of Art in downtown Biloxi. He is also known as the mad potter in Biloxi and the reputation and respect toward his pottery works were gained not to long ago. One of his pots, which were displayed on the second floor of the museum, grabbed my attention. It was called the George Ohr Lighthouse Pot. He used his skills to express the most famous landscape in this town, the lighthouse in Biloxi. Here is the description of this art work from the museum:"Takes its name from the historic Biloxi Lighthouse, which is depicted on one side. The unusual shape, fluted rim and use of incised designs are characteristics of George Ohr's art pottery style."The description of the landscape that was displayed on the surface of this
Number of pictures of George Ohr tells us his personality (weird, funny, The Mad Potter of Biloxi). My first impression of the museum was pretty shocking but once I saw his work and the video tape about him, everything made perfect sense. George Ohr tried to record the beautiful landscape of his town as real as possible. Unusual shaped interior of the museum shows the style of his art works. The curved lines, which were used to express the nature, and also on the shape of the pot, adds the smoothness to it. In my opinion, the color choice of the artist came from the image of his town. The selection of the green color as the main color also made me feel like I was taking a trip by myself. The main color that was used on this pot is green and the lines that he have created to express the scenery was yellow. I wish they had more works of George Ohr and hopefully they will be able to display some more whenever the construction of the new museum is complete. Is it just a coincidence? This work of art put me into relaxed and peaceful mood, so peaceful that I just wanted to lay down on the floor at the museum. I really enjoyed his works of art because of the extinguishable technique that he introduced to the world of pottery. The unusual shapes, which he created continuously throughout his career, were my favorite part about the artist because he was able to give out different characteristics to every single one of the pots. The color of green might have been perfect for him to express his peaceful town surrounded by beautiful nature. I think the artist chose the subject of light house because simply he was in love with this town.
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