The Art of Posters

The University Center (UC) on campus was a hopping spot this afternoon.  Frankly, it could always this bustling and I would never know as it is on the opposite end of campus as the rest of my classes.  Forgive me, I am a science major, not a liberal-arts or botany student. I digress.  In the main atrium of the UC a poster company had put together and art gallery of sorts.  They hung-up on walls and stacked on long tables posters of photographs, pop-art, classic paintings, impressionistic paintings and local-indie art.  Museum on the cheap.  The best part was all of the posters are for sale sans museum pricing.  Yay!  All of art-works range between $5.00 to $20.00 plus and extra $15.00 if you fancy to frame your new art-piece.

Here are a few of my favorites:

 This one reminded me of something my brother would appreciate.  It is an allegory for "on the shoulders of giants."  I think it’s rather humorous that the giants are Behemoth (who is usually depicted as an elephant and/or as the "pet" of god during the creation of the world) as Behemoth is the beast of chaos. Haha. I might be having fun reading tooooooo much into this one.

Van Goh's "Almond Blossoms".  There were many other Van Goh’s in this particular stack, but this one I found to be the most striking.  (It is in one of my folder-collages I posted a few months back.  Go on a scavenger hunt and see if you can find it!!! hehe).

 A Central Park landmark for all New York would-be-goers.  Check it out in person if you can make it through the mob of hippies paying their respects.  

 Next two are from a local Missoulian artist.

 So true.  A woman without a man is EXACTLY like a fish without a bicycle.  Not dissing the XY chromosomes out there... but even Casey, my lab partner, will be the first to tell you that he needs me to get through the lab and not the other way around.

This makes me want to go back to France.  

Outside the UC today the flowers are still blooming and the Students for Economic + Social Justice had a booth set up with different knitted items from alpaca and llama wool.  Their project is to help bring free-trade items to the greater Missoula area by teaming up with companies that practice fair labor and wages in South America.  Cool stuff.  The items are both pretty and practical when you consider the impending winter season!  I had some fun perusing the mittens while waiting for my philosophy class to let-in.

As a final commentary, yesterday was the first annual(hopefully?) Undie-Run on the UMT campus.  It is a rather clever way to make stripping "classy"--if I dare use that adjective.  All participants start off fully clothed and begin a    dash from campus to the river stripping of clothing items along the way save the knickers.  All garments left on the ground between campus and the river are donated to the homeless shelter and woman's relief program in Missoula. 

  Needless to say, only participated in spirit for two legitimate reasons: 1) All my clothes are an essential at this point.  The only thing I can really spare for charity is an old I <3 NY shirt and socks. 2) I was boiling 60ml vials of water with varying masses of salt in lab from 3 to 7 to determine the relationship between boiling point and increased concentration of electrolytes. 

If anyone wants me to pick up a poster, the poster-gallery will still be open tomorrow.  I am willing to take orders!!!!

Cheers, kaite ;]