Seen Art?

I loved this hilarious yet informational book about the subjective, expansive nature of art. The story is about a young boy who is looking for his friend Art. As he asks around for his friend, he is taken through an art museum called MoMA. As he is taken through this museum, he encounters many different forms of art and presented with many different reasons as to why these pieces of art are appreciated so much. The young boy eventually finds his friend named Art and proceeds to show him what art is all about. I loved the fact that this book contains actual art pieces to take the reader through the wide variety of art presented to the main character. The horizontal orientation of the book was really effective in a way that made the show more setting feel like a wide open museum. I also loved how the writing style changed along with the different pieces of art it was describing. This book was clever and fun, and I recommend it as an introduction to defining art for young children. show less

This book is about a little boy who is whisked throughout MOMA. He is looking for his friend named Art, but everyone thinks he's looking for paintings or sculptures. I love how real known artworks are shown throughout the book. This book would be good to use when teaching kids about various types of art and artists.

I thought this was an excellent book. I feel like a Dadaist wrote this children's book. Seen Art? is about a boy who is just looking for his friend whose name happens to be "Art". The entire book is a misunderstanding. People throughout the book show him famous works of art by famous artist, and humorously the boy says this isn't art. This book builds in art appreciation in a humorous way.

This book takes you through the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.Although the premise seems simple, ( find the friend named Art) the implications of everyone having a different definition of art is done with humour and wonder. The views of art as very individual, on behalf of the viewer and the artist, is presented beautifully.

I thought this book was neat, original and funny. I loved how realistic it was as it incorporated famous pieces of artwork. This reading informs and teaches you about interpretation of art in a silly way. This is a cute small book you can take anywhere. I think this can be introduced to elementary children and middle school in both an art or regular classroom. I would like to have this book in my classroom. I am a fan of art and looking at these pieces were interesting.

This story is about a boy that misplaces his friend named Art but he ends up in a museum filled with art concepts. I think this is a clever approach in which they use the name Art and mistake it for the concept of art itself. I think the messageis sometimes one ends up finding more than what one was looking for, maybe completely different. This was a good book.

Personal Response:
This was a cute book that started out with a play on words. I enjoyed this look into the Museum of Modern Art. I find it very interesting what is considered art. It makes the world an interesting place. It was nice that the names of the works of art were listed in the back of the book.

Curricular Connection:
This would be a great book for introducing an art history unit.