1. My expectations were to be able to look at a piece of art and be able to remember the year, era or art period it came from. I think they were met because I had the opportunity to study new and paintings I've already seen before.
2. A couple courses I took this semester affected on how I decide if something is art. I think art can be something someone creates out of any material.
3. I am looking at my original posting and I don't see that I posted a favorite artist in it. My current favorite artist is a small town ceramicist.
4. In the beginning I enjoyed online classes, and I still do!
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Self Portrait
Mike Parr
26 untitled self portraits
mixed media on paper
Kayta Medvedeva
Snowdrops
No other information was found
- I chose the inspiration pieces because they were all different. I liked the broken lines in one, and the colors in the others.
- I chose charcoal because I haven't explored with that medium a lot and I wanted to.
- I wasn't able to achieve much value, I blended the charcoal with my finger.
- This piece shows my happiness.
- I applied line, value and scale.
- It was nice to work on this project to relax within the end of the semester.
- I wish it was more realistic, but it is more stylized than realistic.
Friday, December 1, 2017
Module 12 & 13
The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art
1. Before art pieces were being made and called Lowbrow, it was known as pornography. It was a manifesto when it started, it had to do with surrealism, nudity, and a cartoon look. It is cartoon like. Artists take old pieces of work and re-create them to influence comics.
2. Lowbrow actually can relate to my art exhibition. Not with the whole idea or concept, but just within the nudity. In most Lowbrow artworks there is a human figure, which relates to my entire exhibit.
Tate Modern Video did not work or load.
An Acquiring Mind
1. Throughout this video several pieces of art were talked about. There was so much information I can not even remember it all. Otto Dix is an artist who does significant portraits. The MET has a great collection of work. Before an artwork can even be put on display, it has to be reviewed by several people during the acquisition process.
2. The actual individual artworks don't relate to my artwork, but the exhibition does. The gallery in the video shows me how to set up a gallery, where to place things, where to hang paintings, sculptures, etc...
3. The films are very informative. A lot of pieces of art are covered in these videos that I've seen, learned about or heard about in the past. The third video added depth to the concepts I had to think about while creating my gallery exhibition PowerPoint. The placement of every piece is important to setting up a gallery. One piece can make a gallery look completely off.
1. Before art pieces were being made and called Lowbrow, it was known as pornography. It was a manifesto when it started, it had to do with surrealism, nudity, and a cartoon look. It is cartoon like. Artists take old pieces of work and re-create them to influence comics.
2. Lowbrow actually can relate to my art exhibition. Not with the whole idea or concept, but just within the nudity. In most Lowbrow artworks there is a human figure, which relates to my entire exhibit.
Tate Modern Video did not work or load.
An Acquiring Mind
1. Throughout this video several pieces of art were talked about. There was so much information I can not even remember it all. Otto Dix is an artist who does significant portraits. The MET has a great collection of work. Before an artwork can even be put on display, it has to be reviewed by several people during the acquisition process.
2. The actual individual artworks don't relate to my artwork, but the exhibition does. The gallery in the video shows me how to set up a gallery, where to place things, where to hang paintings, sculptures, etc...
3. The films are very informative. A lot of pieces of art are covered in these videos that I've seen, learned about or heard about in the past. The third video added depth to the concepts I had to think about while creating my gallery exhibition PowerPoint. The placement of every piece is important to setting up a gallery. One piece can make a gallery look completely off.
Monday, November 13, 2017
Module #12
Why did you chose the videos you choose?
I choose Hockney on Photography because I enjoy Photography, but didn't know what Hockney meant. After starting the video, I learned Hockney is a man. The second video I choose was Andy Warhol: Images of an Image. I choose this because I wanted my videos to be on related topics.
List/ discuss the key concepts you've learned.
David Hockney was a photographer in the 1970's. David took series of images and created them into one in a panel. In the beginning of his career he used a Polaroid camera to compose his images. He would take many images to construct one whole image. Through the polaroids he uses all different sizes too. He calls this drawing with a camera. I find this very interesting.
Andy Warhol worked from magazines to create his art. In his work you would often see cosmetic surgery, Coco-Cola bottles, and his most famous, Cambells soup cans. After Maryln Monroe passed away, Warhol produced a whole series of her with a printmaking technique. The printmaking and screen printing technique was a great way for Warhol to create his work because you can use the screen as many times as you want as long as you take good care of it. It was interesting to learn the process Warhol used to create his very famous works. The Cambells soup can work was made with stencils.
How do these videos relate to the text?
These video relate to the text right in the title of chapter 22 "from modern to post modern."
How do you feel about these videos?
I really enjoyed the David Hockney video because I love his process. He has inspired me to want to create one whole image with many small Polaroid images. He uses up to at least 50 images into one project, so it will be an expensive project for me, but I still want to try it!
I also enjoyed the Andy Warhol informational video because I didn't know the process that was used to create all his works. I knew the soup cans had to be with something with stencils, but I didn't know how. The screen printing process is also shown. It relates to a project I learned in ceramics with the ink and screen printing.
I choose Hockney on Photography because I enjoy Photography, but didn't know what Hockney meant. After starting the video, I learned Hockney is a man. The second video I choose was Andy Warhol: Images of an Image. I choose this because I wanted my videos to be on related topics.
List/ discuss the key concepts you've learned.
David Hockney was a photographer in the 1970's. David took series of images and created them into one in a panel. In the beginning of his career he used a Polaroid camera to compose his images. He would take many images to construct one whole image. Through the polaroids he uses all different sizes too. He calls this drawing with a camera. I find this very interesting.
Andy Warhol worked from magazines to create his art. In his work you would often see cosmetic surgery, Coco-Cola bottles, and his most famous, Cambells soup cans. After Maryln Monroe passed away, Warhol produced a whole series of her with a printmaking technique. The printmaking and screen printing technique was a great way for Warhol to create his work because you can use the screen as many times as you want as long as you take good care of it. It was interesting to learn the process Warhol used to create his very famous works. The Cambells soup can work was made with stencils.
How do these videos relate to the text?
These video relate to the text right in the title of chapter 22 "from modern to post modern."
How do you feel about these videos?
I really enjoyed the David Hockney video because I love his process. He has inspired me to want to create one whole image with many small Polaroid images. He uses up to at least 50 images into one project, so it will be an expensive project for me, but I still want to try it!
I also enjoyed the Andy Warhol informational video because I didn't know the process that was used to create all his works. I knew the soup cans had to be with something with stencils, but I didn't know how. The screen printing process is also shown. It relates to a project I learned in ceramics with the ink and screen printing.
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Module #11 (2nd)
Title: Anothony J. Sisti
Theme: A Dream World of Immagination
1. Dim lighting, not very bright in any areas, only directed to the artwork.
2. The walls are white and a dark grayish/ charcoal color.
3. Wood is used for basically all of the inner architecture seen inside the gallery.
4. The movement flows very well throughout the gallery, easy to navigate, and see all parts of the gallery. If you go in order you won't miss any pieces.
Art Work
1. The artworks are organized by which exhibit they belong in.
2. The artworks in specific galleries/exhibits are similar by which the dates they are created.
3. If they are donated artworks and not chosen ones for a specific exhibit, they are usually not the same concept or piece so that makes them different.
4. All artworks of different mediums are framed differently. If it's a fragile sculpture, it will be framed in glass, if it's a fine art piece it will have an basic frame on it, if it is a floor piece it will have the gallery barrier surrounding it.
5. The tags are the same color as the wall, but the writing is black for the while walls and it is white for the dark gray walls.
6. Depending on what type of medium the piece is, for example a sculpture or a painting, they range from what it looks like 5-10 feet apart.
Analyze (Steps 4 & 5)
I choose The Pine-Knot Home pencil, colored pencil and ink on paper piece because the subject matter interested me. The texture created by the pencils and ink creates a wood texture, which as an artist I am focusing on. The value in the foreground looks realistic but also has a semi-abstract feel to them. The style of the artist is very clear, a very fun, playful feel. This work also reminds me of my childhood because of the cute looking shed. I feel like this was a place that the artist felt relaxed.
The last artwork I choose is the Telegraph Music piece done in watercolor and ink on paper. I choose this piece to analyze because I love the movement throughout. There is movement and rhythm throughout the whole piece. The colors are very dark and gloomy which helps with the mood of the piece because it gives a dark and gloomy mood. This piece reminds me of a place I've been. I live in the country so this is a view that I see often. Again, I feel like this was a place that the artist often relaxed so that is why they choose it as their subject matter.
Theme: A Dream World of Immagination
1. Dim lighting, not very bright in any areas, only directed to the artwork.
2. The walls are white and a dark grayish/ charcoal color.
3. Wood is used for basically all of the inner architecture seen inside the gallery.
4. The movement flows very well throughout the gallery, easy to navigate, and see all parts of the gallery. If you go in order you won't miss any pieces.
Art Work
1. The artworks are organized by which exhibit they belong in.
2. The artworks in specific galleries/exhibits are similar by which the dates they are created.
3. If they are donated artworks and not chosen ones for a specific exhibit, they are usually not the same concept or piece so that makes them different.
4. All artworks of different mediums are framed differently. If it's a fragile sculpture, it will be framed in glass, if it's a fine art piece it will have an basic frame on it, if it is a floor piece it will have the gallery barrier surrounding it.
5. The tags are the same color as the wall, but the writing is black for the while walls and it is white for the dark gray walls.
6. Depending on what type of medium the piece is, for example a sculpture or a painting, they range from what it looks like 5-10 feet apart.
Analyze (Steps 4 & 5)
The Window by the Alley is a piece I choose to analyze by the Peter Findlay Gallery. It looks like a side of a shed with flowers and bushes surrounding it. The colors look like they are kind've a pastel palette look, creating a calming and relaxing mood. The values in the colors make it look like the time of the day when the sun is going down, when it's about to get dark. This piece reminds me of my dads barn that he does all of his building in. The side of the barn looks exactly the same. I think the artist had interest in the subject matter and that's why they created it.
The last artwork I choose is the Telegraph Music piece done in watercolor and ink on paper. I choose this piece to analyze because I love the movement throughout. There is movement and rhythm throughout the whole piece. The colors are very dark and gloomy which helps with the mood of the piece because it gives a dark and gloomy mood. This piece reminds me of a place I've been. I live in the country so this is a view that I see often. Again, I feel like this was a place that the artist often relaxed so that is why they choose it as their subject matter.
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Module 11
Why I chose these 2 videos?
1. I choose the impact of Cubism because I think it is an interesting way to layout your subject matter on a canvas. You really have to have an imaginative mind to do this. I picked the Expressionism video because I am currently learning/ discussing abstract Expressionism in my Arts In Living class, so I thought it would be nice to get a little more information on the topic that we're not discussing in class.
List/discuss key concepts learned from the videos.
2. Cubism had a great impact on art in Greece. Cubism can be created on almost any material, creating mixed media in the process. You see a lot of kitchen or food subject matters done in a Cubist style, perhaps because the subject matter in a kitchen already has more 'simple' shapes to create into a Cubist style.
The painting discussed in the Expressionism video has so much expression throughout every piece of the painting it is insane. The colors each man and woman are waiting expresses their emotions, their facial expressions shows how they are feeling, the placement of their bodies and hands shows their emotions also. Expressionism is a way to paint if you're stressed and would like to express how you're feeling to release those feelings.
How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
3. These two videos, The Impact of Cubism and Expressionism relate to the text because they both are styles of painting. Not only painting, but styles of art. The videos go into more depth with visuals than the textbook, obviously because the textbook is about the text mainly.
What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to the readings in the text?
4.The Impact of Cubism adds a lot of depth to the reading because it has a constant visual for me to connect what the speaker is talking about to an example also. This is wonderful because I am a visual learner. The Expressionism video shows more visual examples than the book does, giving me more history of the paintings that I may have learned about in the past, helping me make connections.
1. I choose the impact of Cubism because I think it is an interesting way to layout your subject matter on a canvas. You really have to have an imaginative mind to do this. I picked the Expressionism video because I am currently learning/ discussing abstract Expressionism in my Arts In Living class, so I thought it would be nice to get a little more information on the topic that we're not discussing in class.
List/discuss key concepts learned from the videos.
2. Cubism had a great impact on art in Greece. Cubism can be created on almost any material, creating mixed media in the process. You see a lot of kitchen or food subject matters done in a Cubist style, perhaps because the subject matter in a kitchen already has more 'simple' shapes to create into a Cubist style.
The painting discussed in the Expressionism video has so much expression throughout every piece of the painting it is insane. The colors each man and woman are waiting expresses their emotions, their facial expressions shows how they are feeling, the placement of their bodies and hands shows their emotions also. Expressionism is a way to paint if you're stressed and would like to express how you're feeling to release those feelings.
How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
3. These two videos, The Impact of Cubism and Expressionism relate to the text because they both are styles of painting. Not only painting, but styles of art. The videos go into more depth with visuals than the textbook, obviously because the textbook is about the text mainly.
What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to the readings in the text?
4.The Impact of Cubism adds a lot of depth to the reading because it has a constant visual for me to connect what the speaker is talking about to an example also. This is wonderful because I am a visual learner. The Expressionism video shows more visual examples than the book does, giving me more history of the paintings that I may have learned about in the past, helping me make connections.
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