Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Final Notes for Last Project
I enojoyed making this art work sooooooo much. I loved the fact I was making it for my boyfriend because I don't know how I would survive UNCC without him. I felt that my piece being in a frame looked like one of the most complete pieces out of the critique on Monday. But then again I know that I have had trouble with people thinking my art looks crafty but I have come to the conclusion that I don't care. I feel the art and that's what comes out so I don't care what anyone says I am going to continue doing what I do.
My photos for Wearable Project and final thoughts
I had never thought of making any clothing before this project but now I am seriously considering working with fabric. This piece felt very fluid when making it. I didn't get snagged on any details of the concept. It was a start and finish all in one sitting and that was fabulous. I love this piece and will be making more.
Project Notes for Final Project
I decided very early on that I wanted to make a piece for David, my boyfriend. He is a major inspiration in my life and keeps me going when I feel my creativity is running dry. I also wanted to incorporate the materials and odds and ends I picked up and used from my first semester at UNCC. I feel at need to use and reuse everything I can to save and conserve so I used my palettes and wax paper with paint on them in my piece.
Materials
1.cardstock
2. scrapbooking paper
3. peeled paint
4. wax paper with paint
5. fortunes from a fortune cookie
6. lock from $.50 prize machine at grocery store
7. magazine clippings
8.ribbon
9.metal cupcake tins
Materials
1.cardstock
2. scrapbooking paper
3. peeled paint
4. wax paper with paint
5. fortunes from a fortune cookie
6. lock from $.50 prize machine at grocery store
7. magazine clippings
8.ribbon
9.metal cupcake tins
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Alfredo Jaar Lecture 11/18/09
Alfredo was born in 1956, the same year as my mother, and has been making art for the last 30 years. He divided his art work into three main areas and only 1/3 of the work fit into the mainstream gallery work seen at the time. The other 2/3 of his works are called public interventions. In his public interventions he considers himself an architect making art. He feels for the essence of each location he works at and in turn makes art to interpret what he feels and observes.
First started work in Chile and used trash can lids and flags to show his opinion of the disappearances of people in Chile who were rebelling politically. He then did the piece in Manhattan were he showed text and symbols of the U.S. and America. He stated that people would assume if you say America that means the United States only and Jaar wanted to put it out there that there is more to America than the United States.
After that contract Alfredo went to Sweden for the paper mill project. He designed the first museum for this small city and it was made out of paper. On the grand opening he had students display art with direct correlation to paper. A popular display was the origami table for children. In the plan the Alfredo created the museum was to be burnt down in a short amount of time and town members came to him and wanted Jaar to changed his mind and not set fire to it but Alfredo was against it. Even though there are now plans for him to build a permanent museum there which will be open around 2012.
Another piece done in Europe was Finland where they have very strict immigration rules so Alfredo was able to get one million passports printed off and set them up in a gallery space to show the significance of blending and melting cultures together. They would have that many more people who would be artists, geniuses, and millionaires.
My favorite piece was the museum made from handing out 1,000 disposable cameras to the public and then around 740 camera were turned in so he had to go in and decide how to display the images. The ones he thought had some real artistic value got blown up but every single photo was shown in the museum and every single person was given credit. I enjoyed this piece so much because no one in the community wanted this museum, they would have preferred a sports complex but in the end they all loved it because they were the artists. Also I enjoyed this because it made the area look better for this community considering there was a dangerous prison located adjacent to a park where small children would play.
Alfredo Jaar then accepted to go back to South America where he worked in Venezuela on a piece of art for former President of Chile Salvador Gossens. In a park he set up multiple canvases in a park beside a school. You could go to the school ask for paint and then go create anything and share it with the world. It enabled so many to be creative when they did not have the funds to paint.
He then did a piece about the killing of people trying to cross the American border. It consisted of a stringed band playing music, people reading poems, biodegradable balloons set off into the air from the “cloud,” and then the lonely musician playing a stringed instrument on the other side of the border. It was as if the two sides were communicating by music. This piece was very sad for me and I felt a small amount of what the families were having to go through.
In former East Germany this Art Council bought a broken down church and wanted Alfredo Jaar to come there and make a piece of art to reflect on the disintegration of that area economically. He cleaned up the building some what like the stained glass, chairs and chandelier. He first drew attention to the center by turning on the chandelier and moving it up and down which was effective to get people in the building. But he then decided to make it a town meeting location and this plan failed completely. No one even talked when they came much less about saving the community.
Finally he showed us a public intervention he did in Montreal making a statement about the amount of homeless people in this area. He first talks about how this one building was burnt down 5 times before the people decided to more this government building. So they had Alfredo come in and for a long time he couldn’t figure out what to do with the place. One day he was walking and saw this trucking delivering food to a homeless shelter and thats where the idea originated. His plan was to fill the location with red lights and buttons at two homeless shelters and every time someone walked in to stay for the night they would push the button and the dome building would light up bright red. This piece got lots of attention from the TV, newspapers, and magazines.
First started work in Chile and used trash can lids and flags to show his opinion of the disappearances of people in Chile who were rebelling politically. He then did the piece in Manhattan were he showed text and symbols of the U.S. and America. He stated that people would assume if you say America that means the United States only and Jaar wanted to put it out there that there is more to America than the United States.
After that contract Alfredo went to Sweden for the paper mill project. He designed the first museum for this small city and it was made out of paper. On the grand opening he had students display art with direct correlation to paper. A popular display was the origami table for children. In the plan the Alfredo created the museum was to be burnt down in a short amount of time and town members came to him and wanted Jaar to changed his mind and not set fire to it but Alfredo was against it. Even though there are now plans for him to build a permanent museum there which will be open around 2012.
Another piece done in Europe was Finland where they have very strict immigration rules so Alfredo was able to get one million passports printed off and set them up in a gallery space to show the significance of blending and melting cultures together. They would have that many more people who would be artists, geniuses, and millionaires.
My favorite piece was the museum made from handing out 1,000 disposable cameras to the public and then around 740 camera were turned in so he had to go in and decide how to display the images. The ones he thought had some real artistic value got blown up but every single photo was shown in the museum and every single person was given credit. I enjoyed this piece so much because no one in the community wanted this museum, they would have preferred a sports complex but in the end they all loved it because they were the artists. Also I enjoyed this because it made the area look better for this community considering there was a dangerous prison located adjacent to a park where small children would play.
Alfredo Jaar then accepted to go back to South America where he worked in Venezuela on a piece of art for former President of Chile Salvador Gossens. In a park he set up multiple canvases in a park beside a school. You could go to the school ask for paint and then go create anything and share it with the world. It enabled so many to be creative when they did not have the funds to paint.
He then did a piece about the killing of people trying to cross the American border. It consisted of a stringed band playing music, people reading poems, biodegradable balloons set off into the air from the “cloud,” and then the lonely musician playing a stringed instrument on the other side of the border. It was as if the two sides were communicating by music. This piece was very sad for me and I felt a small amount of what the families were having to go through.
In former East Germany this Art Council bought a broken down church and wanted Alfredo Jaar to come there and make a piece of art to reflect on the disintegration of that area economically. He cleaned up the building some what like the stained glass, chairs and chandelier. He first drew attention to the center by turning on the chandelier and moving it up and down which was effective to get people in the building. But he then decided to make it a town meeting location and this plan failed completely. No one even talked when they came much less about saving the community.
Finally he showed us a public intervention he did in Montreal making a statement about the amount of homeless people in this area. He first talks about how this one building was burnt down 5 times before the people decided to more this government building. So they had Alfredo come in and for a long time he couldn’t figure out what to do with the place. One day he was walking and saw this trucking delivering food to a homeless shelter and thats where the idea originated. His plan was to fill the location with red lights and buttons at two homeless shelters and every time someone walked in to stay for the night they would push the button and the dome building would light up bright red. This piece got lots of attention from the TV, newspapers, and magazines.
Project 4 Notes for Humorous Piece of Clothing
Brainstorming:
ankle bracelet-bracelet made of ankles
toe ring- ring with toe on it
diaper bag of of diapers
Having an eye on your watch
Charm Bracelet with actual charms on it(beauty, personality, sexuality, confidence, intellegence)
Choker- necklace with little people choking the person wearing the jewelry but not really.
Decide on bubble wrap corset
Got my sizes for construction.
I was at a friends house telling them about the assignment and they remembered they had these fasteners that worked perfectly and I made the whole back part at their house in about an hour.
Materials:
Small bubble wrap
yarn
ribbon
tacky glue
fasteners
eyeball stickers
oxygen nose thingy
ankle bracelet-bracelet made of ankles
toe ring- ring with toe on it
diaper bag of of diapers
Having an eye on your watch
Charm Bracelet with actual charms on it(beauty, personality, sexuality, confidence, intellegence)
Choker- necklace with little people choking the person wearing the jewelry but not really.
Decide on bubble wrap corset
Got my sizes for construction.
I was at a friends house telling them about the assignment and they remembered they had these fasteners that worked perfectly and I made the whole back part at their house in about an hour.
Materials:
Small bubble wrap
yarn
ribbon
tacky glue
fasteners
eyeball stickers
oxygen nose thingy
11/18/09 Daily Notes
Go to Drive By Press lecture. drivebypress.com
I really enjoyed this lecture and listen to their story. I believe his name was Joseph and he did a wonderful job at being real and kickin it but also having so much information for us I couldn't even write everything down.
I was very excited about the printing of the shirts and got one for me and my boyfriend.
I got him the huge skull print because he is into zombies and I got the tree/brain print.
I thought it was super awesome that they let the customers spin the wheel and the fact it was a chain link wheel like a gangsta.
I really enjoyed this lecture and listen to their story. I believe his name was Joseph and he did a wonderful job at being real and kickin it but also having so much information for us I couldn't even write everything down.
I was very excited about the printing of the shirts and got one for me and my boyfriend.
I got him the huge skull print because he is into zombies and I got the tree/brain print.
I thought it was super awesome that they let the customers spin the wheel and the fact it was a chain link wheel like a gangsta.
11/16/09 Daily Notes
This weekend humor:
1.Yellow latex gloves
2.Accidently driving to exit 75
3.Drawing on pong table while people are beer ponging
4.Covering up Conan’s drawing on the beer pong table.
5.Taking a bunch of people in my car driving around campus to figure out what’s wrong with my 6.car and then the car was mysteriously not messing up when I have a car full of people inspecting
7.Making music with latex gloves
8.Conan, Hugh, and Jacob messing with dumpster raccoon.
9.Looked up Chinese Zodiac with Davids roommate-scornfully truthful
What is humor?
Difference between: sarcasm, satire, irony
Last humorous work of art you saw?
Sarcasm-Assholes playing around but really telling the truth/ have a sharpness/ saying the opposite of what you mean
Irony-Reverse of what it is/Romeo and Juliet
Satire-human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improvement
Thinking maybe vacuum cleaner shirt
1.Yellow latex gloves
2.Accidently driving to exit 75
3.Drawing on pong table while people are beer ponging
4.Covering up Conan’s drawing on the beer pong table.
5.Taking a bunch of people in my car driving around campus to figure out what’s wrong with my 6.car and then the car was mysteriously not messing up when I have a car full of people inspecting
7.Making music with latex gloves
8.Conan, Hugh, and Jacob messing with dumpster raccoon.
9.Looked up Chinese Zodiac with Davids roommate-scornfully truthful
What is humor?
Difference between: sarcasm, satire, irony
Last humorous work of art you saw?
Sarcasm-Assholes playing around but really telling the truth/ have a sharpness/ saying the opposite of what you mean
Irony-Reverse of what it is/Romeo and Juliet
Satire-human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improvement
Thinking maybe vacuum cleaner shirt
11/11/09 Daily Notes
Class goes to The Mint Museum. Lauren picks me up
I was really wishing the Julie Heffernan painting was going to be there but it wasn't.
I enjoyed looking at the shoe gallery, couture clothing gallery, and the Loïs Mailou Jones gallery.
This one painting of someone buttering a bagel was so amazing. I can not believe so many colors could go into just one bagel.
I love the red and cream shows that had a sort of spiral design on them and then all of the vintage clothing that sparkled.
I was really wishing the Julie Heffernan painting was going to be there but it wasn't.
I enjoyed looking at the shoe gallery, couture clothing gallery, and the Loïs Mailou Jones gallery.
This one painting of someone buttering a bagel was so amazing. I can not believe so many colors could go into just one bagel.
I love the red and cream shows that had a sort of spiral design on them and then all of the vintage clothing that sparkled.
11/9/09 Daily Notes/Art 21 Videos
Art 21 Videoss for humor
Margaret Cho starts it out by talking about 4 humors
Eleanor Antin
-turning Pompeii into L.A.
-obsessed with the Metropolitan and Mythology
-does Paper doll art
-use paper doll/live action/ marching band video
-feminist/Jewish
-did shadow ballet video
-was actress
-book about 100 boots
-video about swan penis and ballet dancers
Raymond Pettibon
-uses text and images
-very messy kinda like my friend eric
-very eccentric(mind goes many places)
_uses baseball in art
-uses a larger than life feeling
_uses trains
-reuses motifs
-makes horrible things funny
-creates alternate universe
“my depression lasted only five chambers”
Elizabeth Murray
-using foam board as palette and palette knife
-cuts out shapes and lets colors fall where they want
uses intense color
she feels like a lock breaker-keeps painting til it clicks
-went to Art Institute of Chicago-changed her life-wanted to be unique like those artists
-teachers were there to tell you you will never make it as an artist
-she would go see the excavation everyday and dance with it
-once you let your arm do the painting you can let your brain be creative and flow
-children critique her and tell her the truth
-love it hate it love it hate it
Margaret Cho starts it out by talking about 4 humors
Eleanor Antin
-turning Pompeii into L.A.
-obsessed with the Metropolitan and Mythology
-does Paper doll art
-use paper doll/live action/ marching band video
-feminist/Jewish
-did shadow ballet video
-was actress
-book about 100 boots
-video about swan penis and ballet dancers
Raymond Pettibon
-uses text and images
-very messy kinda like my friend eric
-very eccentric(mind goes many places)
_uses baseball in art
-uses a larger than life feeling
_uses trains
-reuses motifs
-makes horrible things funny
-creates alternate universe
“my depression lasted only five chambers”
Elizabeth Murray
-using foam board as palette and palette knife
-cuts out shapes and lets colors fall where they want
uses intense color
she feels like a lock breaker-keeps painting til it clicks
-went to Art Institute of Chicago-changed her life-wanted to be unique like those artists
-teachers were there to tell you you will never make it as an artist
-she would go see the excavation everyday and dance with it
-once you let your arm do the painting you can let your brain be creative and flow
-children critique her and tell her the truth
-love it hate it love it hate it
11/4/09 Daily Notes
Critique day for other groups:
The only one that stuck out in my mind was the life size cut outs going around the Belk Tower.
I think it really stated a message and it was so awesome when people started adding to it by painting the rainbow scheme on paper and posting it up. Also I believe there was a message wrote out in chalk by other groups.
Then to top it off the super annoying preacher was out there which drew in lots of attention.
Super affective piece, good job to the Gay Rights Group
The only one that stuck out in my mind was the life size cut outs going around the Belk Tower.
I think it really stated a message and it was so awesome when people started adding to it by painting the rainbow scheme on paper and posting it up. Also I believe there was a message wrote out in chalk by other groups.
Then to top it off the super annoying preacher was out there which drew in lots of attention.
Super affective piece, good job to the Gay Rights Group
10/28/09 Daily Notes Guest speaker
10/28/09
Daily Notes
Sonja Hinnchsen
Business of Being an Artist
Resume
-Education
-Awards/Fellowships
-Solo Exhibitions
-Group Exhibition
-Artist Residence
-Performances/Screenings/Festivals
Teaching
Different kinds of residencies
-usually out in BFE to give time without distractions/like artist retreat
-in the city working with the community/ lots of fundraising to keep the center up
-some pay you, some charge you for being there
www.resartis.org
www.artistcommunities.org
www.transartist.nl
www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm not updated
www.nyfa.org
New York Foundation for the Arts-current-classifieds
Daily Notes
Sonja Hinnchsen
Business of Being an Artist
Resume
-Education
-Awards/Fellowships
-Solo Exhibitions
-Group Exhibition
-Artist Residence
-Performances/Screenings/Festivals
Teaching
Different kinds of residencies
-usually out in BFE to give time without distractions/like artist retreat
-in the city working with the community/ lots of fundraising to keep the center up
-some pay you, some charge you for being there
www.resartis.org
www.artistcommunities.org
www.transartist.nl
www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm not updated
www.nyfa.org
New York Foundation for the Arts-current-classifieds
10/26/09 Project Notes/ Advising Day
Advising Day! CRAZYNESS!
Met with Lauren to work On project.
Project Notes
Brainstorming:
Decide we want to do installation piece in Rowe on the legalization of marijuana.
Need to get pros and cons of legalization.
Maybe do a 50’s style Reefer Madness with a modern twist.
Possibly use text in the piece.
People are close minded and need to pull back the vail
Need to get stats on marijuana compared to alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription medicine.
Pro
Medical
Alcohol/Cigarettes/Addictive Prescription Medication are all worse than pot
We could pay off the National debt quicker and more efficient
Is being a little paranoid really that bad?
Con
Illegal
Mind Changing
Lack of Motivation
Gateway to other drugs
Can’t tax it or control it
Your influence makes you choose which side you want to be on.
Our thoughts- The masses don’t know the true overall average effects
Everything else vs. Marijuana
Alcohol
Cigarettes
Crack/Cocaine
Meth
Prescription pills
Caffeine
Ecstasy
Legal Substances vs. Marijuana
pills
alcohol
cigarettes
cigars
caffeine
Need to get stats on marijuana compared to alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription medicine.
Stats on Rehab for addictive medicine and alcohol
Money spent on all three.
Alcohol kills this many/ Cigarettes kill this many/ Pot contributes some but need to out weigh the good and bad qualities and overall more beneficial
Imagine a doctor in a dark alley pushin the pain medicine.
Us as a group need to show our opinion and action
Marijuana Policy Project www.mpp.org
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Why does it matter when I am chilling in my own personal paid for space not hurting anybody.
We know we want to use two globes the good earth and trashy earth.
Using installation
Need to collect trash to add to piece.
Need branches, leaves, hemp to show opposite
Either have the globes on same axis or diagonal from each other.
One earth will be pretty, lush, and healthy, airy
One earth will be trashy, wilted, dirty, covered
Met with Lauren to work On project.
Project Notes
Brainstorming:
Decide we want to do installation piece in Rowe on the legalization of marijuana.
Need to get pros and cons of legalization.
Maybe do a 50’s style Reefer Madness with a modern twist.
Possibly use text in the piece.
People are close minded and need to pull back the vail
Need to get stats on marijuana compared to alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription medicine.
Pro
Medical
Alcohol/Cigarettes/Addictive Prescription Medication are all worse than pot
We could pay off the National debt quicker and more efficient
Is being a little paranoid really that bad?
Con
Illegal
Mind Changing
Lack of Motivation
Gateway to other drugs
Can’t tax it or control it
Your influence makes you choose which side you want to be on.
Our thoughts- The masses don’t know the true overall average effects
Everything else vs. Marijuana
Alcohol
Cigarettes
Crack/Cocaine
Meth
Prescription pills
Caffeine
Ecstasy
Legal Substances vs. Marijuana
pills
alcohol
cigarettes
cigars
caffeine
Need to get stats on marijuana compared to alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription medicine.
Stats on Rehab for addictive medicine and alcohol
Money spent on all three.
Alcohol kills this many/ Cigarettes kill this many/ Pot contributes some but need to out weigh the good and bad qualities and overall more beneficial
Imagine a doctor in a dark alley pushin the pain medicine.
Us as a group need to show our opinion and action
Marijuana Policy Project www.mpp.org
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Why does it matter when I am chilling in my own personal paid for space not hurting anybody.
We know we want to use two globes the good earth and trashy earth.
Using installation
Need to collect trash to add to piece.
Need branches, leaves, hemp to show opposite
Either have the globes on same axis or diagonal from each other.
One earth will be pretty, lush, and healthy, airy
One earth will be trashy, wilted, dirty, covered
Daily Notes 10/21/09
Today in class we looked at the artist James Nachtwey at www.jamesnachtwey.com
His first encounter with photographs were from the Vietnam war as a child and that started it all.
Whose decision is it to have violent/government/war photos out in the public?
He shows images of war, human struggle, the suffering, and industrial pollution.
He is a very simple and organized man, is known to be very cleanly.
No time for a relationship. Committed life to his work and how could he have relationship when _no one could relate.
Some of the pieces I that left an impression in my mind:
Young Men Rite of Passage
Somalia Famine Victims
Prisoner of a Chain Gang
-important to have pictures including United States so we can relate to other images.
Indonesia- Homeless Washes children
He studied art history and political science.
Vietnam made him want to be photo journalist.
Art is gritty-How would you go about showing this? What if physical location for images being _displayed wasn't welcoming? What if the location of shoot had actual guns slinging bullets __everywhere?
I don't know how he can be there witnessing all these horrible things and how has he still made _out alive?
His first encounter with photographs were from the Vietnam war as a child and that started it all.
Whose decision is it to have violent/government/war photos out in the public?
He shows images of war, human struggle, the suffering, and industrial pollution.
He is a very simple and organized man, is known to be very cleanly.
No time for a relationship. Committed life to his work and how could he have relationship when _no one could relate.
Some of the pieces I that left an impression in my mind:
Young Men Rite of Passage
Somalia Famine Victims
Prisoner of a Chain Gang
-important to have pictures including United States so we can relate to other images.
Indonesia- Homeless Washes children
He studied art history and political science.
Vietnam made him want to be photo journalist.
Art is gritty-How would you go about showing this? What if physical location for images being _displayed wasn't welcoming? What if the location of shoot had actual guns slinging bullets __everywhere?
I don't know how he can be there witnessing all these horrible things and how has he still made _out alive?
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Art 21 Videos: Robert Adams and Jenny Holzer 10/19/09
Robert Adams
-Takes photos of deforestation/ urban settings and acts(smog, housing developments, smoking billowing out of factory)
-He thought he was taking images of things he hated but ended up being glorious to him
-He looks for the perfect frame where everything fits
-Started in Colorado then southern California and moved to North Midwest
-Also does wood sculpture influenced by his father
-You feel the sorrow for the trees and think how can you not want to touch it?
Jenny Holzer
-Uses text and visual poetics for art
-Uses other poets work and prints or projects the words at a gigantic scale.
-Artist personally loves horses to calm herself from her work because she uses government documents and is pissed from whats going on in the world
-She proves a point with a small punchline
-"Protect me from what I want"
I love this quote because usually what you want isn't actually what you need.
-Takes photos of deforestation/ urban settings and acts(smog, housing developments, smoking billowing out of factory)
-He thought he was taking images of things he hated but ended up being glorious to him
-He looks for the perfect frame where everything fits
-Started in Colorado then southern California and moved to North Midwest
-Also does wood sculpture influenced by his father
-You feel the sorrow for the trees and think how can you not want to touch it?
Jenny Holzer
-Uses text and visual poetics for art
-Uses other poets work and prints or projects the words at a gigantic scale.
-Artist personally loves horses to calm herself from her work because she uses government documents and is pissed from whats going on in the world
-She proves a point with a small punchline
-"Protect me from what I want"
I love this quote because usually what you want isn't actually what you need.
Daily Notes for 10/19/09
-For project 3 need to do research= internet, talk to people, get statistics to develop piece
-Find out the pros and cons to each side of story without bias
-Once you gather all information you need to make a stand/point/action/activity
Decide to go with Lauren and the legalizing of marijuana
We want to do an installation piece in Rowe, filling the space with the collection of the ideas and opinions we choose
Possibly use text
Possibly put a 50's theme with it and Reefer Madness
-Find out the pros and cons to each side of story without bias
-Once you gather all information you need to make a stand/point/action/activity
Decide to go with Lauren and the legalizing of marijuana
We want to do an installation piece in Rowe, filling the space with the collection of the ideas and opinions we choose
Possibly use text
Possibly put a 50's theme with it and Reefer Madness
Video Notes on Guillermo Gomez Pena 10/14/09
-He juxtaposes high and low cultures
-He shows "pre Colombian vatos in his box"
-Reversed anthropology
-"Performance artist is an artist who wears many hats to show many different attributes
-Uses performance art because he and others in his group can become chameleons
-Did Crucifixion piece in San Fransisco to be shown as public enemy of San Fran to Cali to US
-Mexercise: Smoke in/ Smoke out
-Impromptu pulling over by police
-Made Aztec jello mold man
-When looking at him in the box you would think he is a witch doctor but up close you actually see non ritualized material and props
-Visitors can and do confess to Pena by kneeling and speaking into microphone to talk about racial issue or stories they have encountered
-He believes he can do more than activists as a performance artist because of freedom with art.
-He shows "pre Colombian vatos in his box"
-Reversed anthropology
-"Performance artist is an artist who wears many hats to show many different attributes
-Uses performance art because he and others in his group can become chameleons
-Did Crucifixion piece in San Fransisco to be shown as public enemy of San Fran to Cali to US
-Mexercise: Smoke in/ Smoke out
-Impromptu pulling over by police
-Made Aztec jello mold man
-When looking at him in the box you would think he is a witch doctor but up close you actually see non ritualized material and props
-Visitors can and do confess to Pena by kneeling and speaking into microphone to talk about racial issue or stories they have encountered
-He believes he can do more than activists as a performance artist because of freedom with art.
Daily Notes for 10/14/09
Introducing Project 3- Group Project on art and activism
Can art influence others?
Can art change peoples minds?
What issues do you care about?
What are concerns or problems for you?
What issues do you want to talk about in this project?
Who is the audience?
Who are you trying to talk to?
Can your art make a difference?
This project needs to connect to YOU
http://www.guerillagirls.com/info/index.shtml
Do women have to get naked to get into US museums?
"Less than 3% of the artists in the Met. Museum are women, but 83% of the nudes are female"
Guillermo Gomez Pena
Temple of Confessions
http://www.pochanostra.com/home/
Brainstorming what I want to talk about...
1. Society wrapped up in media=overload
2. Environment as a whole= us and Earth
3.People living off the system/unemployment/economy
4.Kids growing up too soon...the Britney Spears generation(me)...Hannah Montana now
5. No community effort= everyone is individualized to their home/car/same group of friends
6. No one dances at wedding anymore= too concerned with self-image
Can art influence others?
Can art change peoples minds?
What issues do you care about?
What are concerns or problems for you?
What issues do you want to talk about in this project?
Who is the audience?
Who are you trying to talk to?
Can your art make a difference?
This project needs to connect to YOU
http://www.guerillagirls.com/info/index.shtml
Do women have to get naked to get into US museums?
"Less than 3% of the artists in the Met. Museum are women, but 83% of the nudes are female"
Guillermo Gomez Pena
Temple of Confessions
http://www.pochanostra.com/home/
Brainstorming what I want to talk about...
1. Society wrapped up in media=overload
2. Environment as a whole= us and Earth
3.People living off the system/unemployment/economy
4.Kids growing up too soon...the Britney Spears generation(me)...Hannah Montana now
5. No community effort= everyone is individualized to their home/car/same group of friends
6. No one dances at wedding anymore= too concerned with self-image
Text Notes for Wenda Gu and Daniel J. Martinez
Wenda Gu
3 questions.
1. Why why why?
2. Is that real?
3. Whats the purpose?
-Celebrates common aspects of human experience as the physical origins of life
-Mission is devoted to reconciling contrasting cultural practices, thereby promoting universal accord
-Gu seeks unity through art
-Devotes his art career to unifying a planet beset by quarrels and conflicts
-Envisioning international reconciliation required an art purged of evidence of any nation tradition
-the magnitude, medium, and presentation are all global
-Language separates populations
-All people share knowledge of their body and its functions
-First installation: Oedipus Refound
Different attributes to menstruation:
-embodies evil spirits/ embodies benevolent spirits/ celebrated/ dreaded/ reviled/ revered/ taboo/ and accepted
-Gu got sixty women from different nationalities to participate with Oedipus Refound
-The Oedipus myth conjures the situation in which a person succumbs to one's destiny and then suffers the agony of its consequences.
-United Nations piece borrows language from English, Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, and so forth.
-No one can decipher them so it puts all viewers on the same level
-Creates pseudo-scripts to imagine the universe which is beyond the reach of human knowledge.
-Dedicated to creating a world in which political alliances and social harmony replace violence and strife.
-Language and knowledge are artificial. The human body is authentic and natural
-There are cultures that believe that human vitality and life force are located in their hair.
-Impregnation Piece- to impregnate one women from each continent so the art will "live on"
-He describes himself as living on a horizontal axis between Marxist and capitalist ideologies.
-The vertical axis extends from his Chinese heritage to his acquired international attitudes.
My thoughts:
My boyfriend and I had lots of discussion on this artists and whether he was actually getting the message to everyone. You think of the average Joe and what is he going to get out of a pillowcase with bloodstains and tampons in a framed box? I totally understand the concept and why he is making this art but I believe in the Renaissance style also where if the majority of viewers can't get what the image is about without having a class on it, is it really that effective?
Daniel J. Martinez
3 questions.
1. Is the Quality of Life piece shown in Beverly Hills or Long Beach and Manhattan or the Bronx?
2. What is the race of this artist?
3. What are the minis signs he made the Second Movement from?
-Prefers not to be known as an artist
-Instead he prefers to be known as a Tactical Media Strategist
-The tactics and strategies he employs falls into two categories: Martinez defies rules, and he disrupts conventions
-These methods are designed to expose insidious concentrations of social, political, and economic power.
-The gap between privileged and privation persists
-"the production of hatred and division is a disease that is killing this country"
-Success is determined by his ability to shame the offenders and empower the victims.
-Martinez only exhibits when he receives an official invitation to present his work.
-"I take small opportunities and turn them into something important.
-He used the strategy of confusion to get what he wanted at Cornell like Hannibal with the Romans
-He wanted to keep The Castle is Burning a permanent fixture but the university turned him down probably due to the controversy.
-He considers it one of his most successful pieces because its effects still reverberate on campus.
-"From artistic standpoint, it is to create absurdist situations to show people how they have been socialized to see things in a certain way. I show them how ridiculous that is."
-He grew up in tiny Mexican neighborhood in L.A.
-Grew up worrying about gangs making him join or thinking he was a snitch. Also had to worry about all the harassment from police because of race and gender.
-Public impact is the goal of his adult activities.
-The Museum Tags were very successful in that they stirred up so much discussion. Martinez didn't care if it was good or bad just the fact that people were talking about it and creating conversation.
-Since the late 1990's he has been creating graphic photographs of himself with virtual wounds
My thoughts:
I think this artists has a lot of courage to put his images out to the public the way he does. I like the fact that he is pushing the envelope way over what is allowed and then is denied but told he can "tone it down" and end up getting what he wanted originally. Playing with the system is an approach that more artists should use because their are so many of us and very few positions open as far as employment, galleries, studios, shops, and respect.
3 questions.
1. Why why why?
2. Is that real?
3. Whats the purpose?
-Celebrates common aspects of human experience as the physical origins of life
-Mission is devoted to reconciling contrasting cultural practices, thereby promoting universal accord
-Gu seeks unity through art
-Devotes his art career to unifying a planet beset by quarrels and conflicts
-Envisioning international reconciliation required an art purged of evidence of any nation tradition
-the magnitude, medium, and presentation are all global
-Language separates populations
-All people share knowledge of their body and its functions
-First installation: Oedipus Refound
Different attributes to menstruation:
-embodies evil spirits/ embodies benevolent spirits/ celebrated/ dreaded/ reviled/ revered/ taboo/ and accepted
-Gu got sixty women from different nationalities to participate with Oedipus Refound
-The Oedipus myth conjures the situation in which a person succumbs to one's destiny and then suffers the agony of its consequences.
-United Nations piece borrows language from English, Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, and so forth.
-No one can decipher them so it puts all viewers on the same level
-Creates pseudo-scripts to imagine the universe which is beyond the reach of human knowledge.
-Dedicated to creating a world in which political alliances and social harmony replace violence and strife.
-Language and knowledge are artificial. The human body is authentic and natural
-There are cultures that believe that human vitality and life force are located in their hair.
-Impregnation Piece- to impregnate one women from each continent so the art will "live on"
-He describes himself as living on a horizontal axis between Marxist and capitalist ideologies.
-The vertical axis extends from his Chinese heritage to his acquired international attitudes.
My thoughts:
My boyfriend and I had lots of discussion on this artists and whether he was actually getting the message to everyone. You think of the average Joe and what is he going to get out of a pillowcase with bloodstains and tampons in a framed box? I totally understand the concept and why he is making this art but I believe in the Renaissance style also where if the majority of viewers can't get what the image is about without having a class on it, is it really that effective?
Daniel J. Martinez
3 questions.
1. Is the Quality of Life piece shown in Beverly Hills or Long Beach and Manhattan or the Bronx?
2. What is the race of this artist?
3. What are the minis signs he made the Second Movement from?
-Prefers not to be known as an artist
-Instead he prefers to be known as a Tactical Media Strategist
-The tactics and strategies he employs falls into two categories: Martinez defies rules, and he disrupts conventions
-These methods are designed to expose insidious concentrations of social, political, and economic power.
-The gap between privileged and privation persists
-"the production of hatred and division is a disease that is killing this country"
-Success is determined by his ability to shame the offenders and empower the victims.
-Martinez only exhibits when he receives an official invitation to present his work.
-"I take small opportunities and turn them into something important.
-He used the strategy of confusion to get what he wanted at Cornell like Hannibal with the Romans
-He wanted to keep The Castle is Burning a permanent fixture but the university turned him down probably due to the controversy.
-He considers it one of his most successful pieces because its effects still reverberate on campus.
-"From artistic standpoint, it is to create absurdist situations to show people how they have been socialized to see things in a certain way. I show them how ridiculous that is."
-He grew up in tiny Mexican neighborhood in L.A.
-Grew up worrying about gangs making him join or thinking he was a snitch. Also had to worry about all the harassment from police because of race and gender.
-Public impact is the goal of his adult activities.
-The Museum Tags were very successful in that they stirred up so much discussion. Martinez didn't care if it was good or bad just the fact that people were talking about it and creating conversation.
-Since the late 1990's he has been creating graphic photographs of himself with virtual wounds
My thoughts:
I think this artists has a lot of courage to put his images out to the public the way he does. I like the fact that he is pushing the envelope way over what is allowed and then is denied but told he can "tone it down" and end up getting what he wanted originally. Playing with the system is an approach that more artists should use because their are so many of us and very few positions open as far as employment, galleries, studios, shops, and respect.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Daily Notes for 10/7/09
Critiques for group A were today.
There were a couple of pieces that really spoke to me.
The CAUTION piece was important for me, not because of the artists original meaning, but the word caution and where it was placed on campus. I live in Hunt Village and I walk through the woods to class very close to where the artist had displayed the work. The artist had meant to say caution with the materials that humans use. I took the piece as a reminder of not letting your guard down in places like the sparsely trafficked path through the woods. It was a slap in the face to not to be engulfed in the cell phone, ipod, or even my own thoughts and always be aware of your surroundings.
On the other hand, I had issues with some of the pieces that were shown today because I was not sure the artist was actually conveying their personal consumption or intake.
I understand that they could have been making a statement on the world today but I think you as the artist should be able to relate the work directly back to yourself. It gives the art more of a backbone and instead just saying "I made this just to make it, this doesn't really define me in any way, I just made it because..."
There were a couple of pieces that really spoke to me.
The CAUTION piece was important for me, not because of the artists original meaning, but the word caution and where it was placed on campus. I live in Hunt Village and I walk through the woods to class very close to where the artist had displayed the work. The artist had meant to say caution with the materials that humans use. I took the piece as a reminder of not letting your guard down in places like the sparsely trafficked path through the woods. It was a slap in the face to not to be engulfed in the cell phone, ipod, or even my own thoughts and always be aware of your surroundings.
On the other hand, I had issues with some of the pieces that were shown today because I was not sure the artist was actually conveying their personal consumption or intake.
I understand that they could have been making a statement on the world today but I think you as the artist should be able to relate the work directly back to yourself. It gives the art more of a backbone and instead just saying "I made this just to make it, this doesn't really define me in any way, I just made it because..."
Monday, October 5, 2009
Daily Notes 10/5/09
Today was critique day for me on project 2. I was extremely happy that people were pushed to speak more and it makes the class so much more interesting and less awkward when the teacher doesn't have to keep say "OK who else has something to say."
The pieces my group critiques were the trashcan made from cans and the propaganda piece on McDonald's and the hungry.
I enjoyed the trashcans because it was in the form of a trashcan with trash bulging out the top. My group couldn't tell who the piece was directed to because of the environment the cans were sitting in. This piece also made me think of Fight Club and the note on single serving packets where lots of people buy 4 20oz sodas a day instead of just buying a 2 liter. or the same with the fruit cup and chips seen in the piece of work.
My group really talked about this piece a lot and we tried to debate whether the perspective was messing with the piece or not. We also thought that there needed to be something with the text at the bottom because you start at the bottom and work your way up to the McDonald sign and then get stuck there. The message was very powerful however in that it showed ignorance on Americas part and the convenience and availability that probably all Americans take for granted.
One of my favorite pieces today was the wire figure that was multicolored and the shape of the body had lots of curvature. in it
The pieces my group critiques were the trashcan made from cans and the propaganda piece on McDonald's and the hungry.
I enjoyed the trashcans because it was in the form of a trashcan with trash bulging out the top. My group couldn't tell who the piece was directed to because of the environment the cans were sitting in. This piece also made me think of Fight Club and the note on single serving packets where lots of people buy 4 20oz sodas a day instead of just buying a 2 liter. or the same with the fruit cup and chips seen in the piece of work.
My group really talked about this piece a lot and we tried to debate whether the perspective was messing with the piece or not. We also thought that there needed to be something with the text at the bottom because you start at the bottom and work your way up to the McDonald sign and then get stuck there. The message was very powerful however in that it showed ignorance on Americas part and the convenience and availability that probably all Americans take for granted.
One of my favorite pieces today was the wire figure that was multicolored and the shape of the body had lots of curvature. in it
Project 2 Final Picture/Self Evaluation
I was extremely happy with the outcome of this project and the process of making it. The project before was not executed well as far as time but this project was planned and executed in around 10-12 hours in contrasting to the 25+ hours spent on the first project. I am glad that I chose to show music as my consumption piece and just read the comment from the professor wondering if I was going to have music playing. Now that I think about it that would have concreted my idea even more but I don't know if I like the mysterious sense about it more. Where the viewer doesn't know what kind music gives me such motivation. I was happy with the comments in class today.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Daily Notes for 9/28/09
In class we watched parts of the Super Size documentary and bits and pieces of a biography about Annie Leibovitz.
Out of the two videos I preferred the Annie bio over the Super Size video.
Even though the McDonalds thing was super interesting seeing how the french fries just didn't break down after weeks and weeks of sitting there while all the other food was getting all moldy and icky.
I also found it interesting how public schools say they are looking out for our kids health by providing P.E. and health classes and then feeding them horrible junk food.
Then they claim that kids usually bring their sandwich and buy fries at school when in reality they just order two things of fries or two bags of chips.
Also giving them lemonade which has just as much sugar as a soda.
It is very possible that public schools are ruining our kids bodies, egos, and health.
Now switching to something completely different.
Annie Leibovitz
I think this video hits home to me because my Mother is a photographer and
Out of the two videos I preferred the Annie bio over the Super Size video.
Even though the McDonalds thing was super interesting seeing how the french fries just didn't break down after weeks and weeks of sitting there while all the other food was getting all moldy and icky.
I also found it interesting how public schools say they are looking out for our kids health by providing P.E. and health classes and then feeding them horrible junk food.
Then they claim that kids usually bring their sandwich and buy fries at school when in reality they just order two things of fries or two bags of chips.
Also giving them lemonade which has just as much sugar as a soda.
It is very possible that public schools are ruining our kids bodies, egos, and health.
Now switching to something completely different.
Annie Leibovitz
I think this video hits home to me because my Mother is a photographer and
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Daily Notes for 9/30/09
We went over the text notes for Thomas Kincaid and Vanessa Beecroft.
It seems people(myself included) got pretty flustered over what he has done throughout his career.
On the other hand when we went over Vanessa Beecroft it wasn't quite the same reaction, more like a mystery to most of us.
We then went and saw the foundations show and I loved looking at the wire work since I use a lot of wire in my own work. I also noticed that a lot of pieces came from one of Kristin Rothrock's classes. I definitely think she has the ability to inspire. I hope to take another one of her classes.
We then went to Storrs and saw the architecture show which was really interesting to see what the students do abroad and how they handle actually learning in the not so normal environment for the average U.S. student
It seems people(myself included) got pretty flustered over what he has done throughout his career.
On the other hand when we went over Vanessa Beecroft it wasn't quite the same reaction, more like a mystery to most of us.
We then went and saw the foundations show and I loved looking at the wire work since I use a lot of wire in my own work. I also noticed that a lot of pieces came from one of Kristin Rothrock's classes. I definitely think she has the ability to inspire. I hope to take another one of her classes.
We then went to Storrs and saw the architecture show which was really interesting to see what the students do abroad and how they handle actually learning in the not so normal environment for the average U.S. student
Final Picture For First Project and Self Evalutaion.
I love the final project and I love making that kind of art.
I like to imagine the sculpture 10 feet tall or taller and imagine people being able to walk under and around it.
I would like to make it feel more substantial or more like a fine art.
Honestly I could make those sculptures day and night and be perfectly happy with that (of course as long as I had my basic necessities and materials for my art)
I wasn't really happy with the feedback I received from this project. It wasn't what they said it was the fact that nothing was said really.
In my art classes I am used to being required to comment on something good or bad.
Once again I was very happy with my ending project and hope to have it a life long project of mine to grow and evolve into something massive.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Project 2 Consumption Notes
Once again I apologize for the notes being late.
-I would like to show the relationship between mt art and music.
-When I am working on anything I like to have music playing to create this flow from my brain to my hand.
-I would like to do another sculpture of a head with a boom-box hat.
-I am also going to put magazine and scrapbook paper to cover the sculpture.
-I am going to make the boom box out of foam board and the head from a foam piece that is used to put fake flowers in a vase.
-I would like to show the relationship between mt art and music.
-When I am working on anything I like to have music playing to create this flow from my brain to my hand.
-I would like to do another sculpture of a head with a boom-box hat.
-I am also going to put magazine and scrapbook paper to cover the sculpture.
-I am going to make the boom box out of foam board and the head from a foam piece that is used to put fake flowers in a vase.
Text Notes for Thomas KIncaid and Vanessa Beecroft
Sorry this is a little late, I accidentally went to sleep at 7:30 pm last night, but at least I am sleeping.
Thomas Kincaid
3 questions to ponder:
1.Why did the artist make this?
2. What is the artists' TRUE reason for making this KIND of art?
3. How did he decide on the settings or locations of his art and are these real places?
Notes
-He is associated with a corporate empire that is devoted to creating art that appeals to the majority.
-He is dedicated to making his art a presence in every American household.
-1 out of 20 households have a piece in their home.
-self-proclaimed "Painter of Light"
-Only artist whose work is traded on the NY Stock Exchange.
-He received 5% of net sales and is a very wealthy man.
-He concurs with a popular assumption that "pretty" is a component of art and has a predictable cluster of visual qualities that include colors that are rich but not garish and compositions that are orderly but not rigid.
-The av-ant-garde dismiss him as sentimental, not to mention irrelevant to the serious world of art.
-If he is considered exceptional this is because he represents the values that many people share.
-The narrow street painting started at a value of $425,000
-He wants to remind the viewer "its not all ugliness in the world.
3 questions after reading.
1.Did he try anything different besides landscapes or something a little more edgy in his own personal studio space and would e ever show it to the public?
2. Why was he the first artist talked about in this book?
3. Why did he baby proof the adult viewers from the thorns and ivy and give us a cushion from all the harsh realities of what these images would look like in real life? Real life has thorns and ivy, even splinters, so get over it. Sometimes art has to be dirty.
4.I wonder if anyone would agree with the theory that Thomas Kincaid is the Britney Spears of art?
Vanessa Beecroft
3 questions to ponder:
1. My first thought, why only 1 image displayed in this book?
2. What is the purpose of showing this composition or ever the women in real life?
3. What is she trying to say?
Notes
-Constructs her image of "self" according to criteria valued by contemporary society.
-She shows the exalted legacy of depictions of female nudes in art and the stringent criteria for female beauty promoted in the popular media.
-She has pissed of the Woman's Action Coalition and the Guerrilla Girls.
-"Beauty creates Shame" is the text for the show
Thomas Kincaid
3 questions to ponder:
1.Why did the artist make this?
2. What is the artists' TRUE reason for making this KIND of art?
3. How did he decide on the settings or locations of his art and are these real places?
Notes
-He is associated with a corporate empire that is devoted to creating art that appeals to the majority.
-He is dedicated to making his art a presence in every American household.
-1 out of 20 households have a piece in their home.
-self-proclaimed "Painter of Light"
-Only artist whose work is traded on the NY Stock Exchange.
-He received 5% of net sales and is a very wealthy man.
-He concurs with a popular assumption that "pretty" is a component of art and has a predictable cluster of visual qualities that include colors that are rich but not garish and compositions that are orderly but not rigid.
-The av-ant-garde dismiss him as sentimental, not to mention irrelevant to the serious world of art.
-If he is considered exceptional this is because he represents the values that many people share.
-The narrow street painting started at a value of $425,000
-He wants to remind the viewer "its not all ugliness in the world.
3 questions after reading.
1.Did he try anything different besides landscapes or something a little more edgy in his own personal studio space and would e ever show it to the public?
2. Why was he the first artist talked about in this book?
3. Why did he baby proof the adult viewers from the thorns and ivy and give us a cushion from all the harsh realities of what these images would look like in real life? Real life has thorns and ivy, even splinters, so get over it. Sometimes art has to be dirty.
4.I wonder if anyone would agree with the theory that Thomas Kincaid is the Britney Spears of art?
Vanessa Beecroft
3 questions to ponder:
1. My first thought, why only 1 image displayed in this book?
2. What is the purpose of showing this composition or ever the women in real life?
3. What is she trying to say?
Notes
-Constructs her image of "self" according to criteria valued by contemporary society.
-She shows the exalted legacy of depictions of female nudes in art and the stringent criteria for female beauty promoted in the popular media.
-She has pissed of the Woman's Action Coalition and the Guerrilla Girls.
-"Beauty creates Shame" is the text for the show
-Viewers were the art world because she knew that these people were used to just looking at the art and not touching or interfering with the scene.
-All of the girls were tall, young, slender, and had the same skin tone and hair was the only thing different.
-Purpose was to individualize them how mannequins are individualized.
- Refers to the "girls" as her "army," a term that reflects the qualities she most admires: they are fit, trained to follow orders, and homogeneous
-They represent physical standards of loveliness at the end of the twentieth century.
-She shows real people because representing them on canvas did not show the viewers what Beecroft wanted to explain
-She describes herself as a post-feminist.
-She has had lots of other installations.
-In each she arranges her stand-ins so they externalize some aspect of her reconciliation of ideal womanhood with the real-life experience of her own body. Each performance explores a female type that has been assimilated from the history of art, cinema, advertising, or fashion.
-The showgirl, schoolgirl, working girl, virgin, dominatrix, suburbanite, and stripper.
3 questions to ponder:
1. Are these women objectified?
no because as time wears on these girls in the performance they begin to smear and slump which brings out their true form.
2. How more real can you get?
The figures in real life was pretty real but could you go further into the realness?
3. One person in class brought up what would happen if you put the girls mixed in with mannequins?
Would this demonstrate the point even more or take away from it?
-All of the girls were tall, young, slender, and had the same skin tone and hair was the only thing different.
-Purpose was to individualize them how mannequins are individualized.
- Refers to the "girls" as her "army," a term that reflects the qualities she most admires: they are fit, trained to follow orders, and homogeneous
-They represent physical standards of loveliness at the end of the twentieth century.
-She shows real people because representing them on canvas did not show the viewers what Beecroft wanted to explain
-She describes herself as a post-feminist.
-She has had lots of other installations.
-In each she arranges her stand-ins so they externalize some aspect of her reconciliation of ideal womanhood with the real-life experience of her own body. Each performance explores a female type that has been assimilated from the history of art, cinema, advertising, or fashion.
-The showgirl, schoolgirl, working girl, virgin, dominatrix, suburbanite, and stripper.
3 questions to ponder:
1. Are these women objectified?
no because as time wears on these girls in the performance they begin to smear and slump which brings out their true form.
2. How more real can you get?
The figures in real life was pretty real but could you go further into the realness?
3. One person in class brought up what would happen if you put the girls mixed in with mannequins?
Would this demonstrate the point even more or take away from it?
Monday, September 7, 2009
Final Form Project Notes
This is a very rough sketch of the sculpture I am going to make for my first piece. Over the weekend I did some thinking and completely changed my concept. My materials will include:
Wire for frame of figure and limbs
Paper Mache to cover the wire and give solidity to piece.
Crayon wax to cover the wire where the tree limbs are
Scrapbook paper for covering the figure and texture
Spray fixative or mod podge to seal everything
This piece will be stored inside because of possible damage from using paper.
The size of the piece will be anywhere from 14 to 18 inches tall and no longer than 8 inches for width and depth.
Depending on how fragile the piece is I will hopefully bring it into class but can photograph if needed.
I am also considering my colors to be pink, green, and black to help better explain me and why this project represents me.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Rough Draft Project Notes
Material: gray duct tape, crayons, and paint on canvas
Actions to materials: strips of tape and melting of crayon in droplets and other forms
Elements: color, texture, and line
Principles: Unity, Balance, and Harmony
Incorporating: fabric folds, femininity, individuality, and nature(tree)
Actions to materials: strips of tape and melting of crayon in droplets and other forms
Elements: color, texture, and line
Principles: Unity, Balance, and Harmony
Incorporating: fabric folds, femininity, individuality, and nature(tree)
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Class Notes Day 1
What is art?
Why do we make art?
Who do we make art for?
Can art make a difference?
Has art influenced you? YES
How? When?
My aunt Leila used to paint curled up cats on river rocks and I was astonished when I was a kid.
Andrew Wyeth, 1948, "McVey's Barn"
Peter Paul Rubens', 1600's, "Fall of the Damned"
What do you want to do with your art?
What do you want to say?
Project 1
Does NOT want a representational self portrait...
Who are you?
What groups are you apart of?
Do you fit in those groups?
Did you choose to be friends with that group?
10 page bio and pick 5 impressionable things....
Why do we make art?
Who do we make art for?
Can art make a difference?
Has art influenced you? YES
How? When?
My aunt Leila used to paint curled up cats on river rocks and I was astonished when I was a kid.
Andrew Wyeth, 1948, "McVey's Barn"
Peter Paul Rubens', 1600's, "Fall of the Damned"
What do you want to do with your art?
What do you want to say?
Project 1
Does NOT want a representational self portrait...
Who are you?
What groups are you apart of?
Do you fit in those groups?
Did you choose to be friends with that group?
10 page bio and pick 5 impressionable things....
Text Notes Nan Goldin
When I first looked at the pictures only, I thought:
Who are these people?
Why so informal?
How could these people let the artist take photos of them having sex and after being beaten?
Shortly after reading, I realized that the third question was answered because it was the artist in photos.
I am similar to the artist because at one time it was my life to take photos of my friends and catch everything on film. Luckily I invested in a digital camera because I take a lot of nonsense photos and I was wasting money on film.
Also I learned that the subject of the photos is actually the photographers close friends. They lived in Manhattan and indulged in everything the city had to offer(parties, booze, sex, drugs, and people who liked to do the exact same thing.)
Nan went through hard times with boyfriends abusing her, her own addictions, and watching the people closest to her suffer and even lead to death.
I learned the reason the photos were so informal was because she was documenting life and not setting up for a photos shoot, or consulting with hair and makeup, or trying to find the perfect location. She liked the way everything looked and felt so she went with it.
Nan took photos of herself beaten to remind her never to go back to that situation. She took photos of her ill friends to let herself and others know they were worthy of remembering.
I deeply enjoyed the raw quality of the work and looking at the photos you can get a deep sense of everything going on in her life. For example, "Self-Portrait Making Love With Brian" you can see a lamp in the background with no shade on it and that gives me a sense of what her necessities were at that time in her life. It feels grungy and dark but very real at the same time. I enjoyed looking at her photos(even though some are hard to look at) better than looking at the same old bland studio work.
3 ending questions
I wonder what the statistic is overall of people who think her work is good or bad?
How many people actually think she was taking advantage of her friends?
Finally, I wonder what colors mean to the artist(i.e. the use of red in clothing, lighting, and even lipstick?)
Who are these people?
Why so informal?
How could these people let the artist take photos of them having sex and after being beaten?
Shortly after reading, I realized that the third question was answered because it was the artist in photos.
I am similar to the artist because at one time it was my life to take photos of my friends and catch everything on film. Luckily I invested in a digital camera because I take a lot of nonsense photos and I was wasting money on film.
Also I learned that the subject of the photos is actually the photographers close friends. They lived in Manhattan and indulged in everything the city had to offer(parties, booze, sex, drugs, and people who liked to do the exact same thing.)
Nan went through hard times with boyfriends abusing her, her own addictions, and watching the people closest to her suffer and even lead to death.
I learned the reason the photos were so informal was because she was documenting life and not setting up for a photos shoot, or consulting with hair and makeup, or trying to find the perfect location. She liked the way everything looked and felt so she went with it.
Nan took photos of herself beaten to remind her never to go back to that situation. She took photos of her ill friends to let herself and others know they were worthy of remembering.
I deeply enjoyed the raw quality of the work and looking at the photos you can get a deep sense of everything going on in her life. For example, "Self-Portrait Making Love With Brian" you can see a lamp in the background with no shade on it and that gives me a sense of what her necessities were at that time in her life. It feels grungy and dark but very real at the same time. I enjoyed looking at her photos(even though some are hard to look at) better than looking at the same old bland studio work.
3 ending questions
I wonder what the statistic is overall of people who think her work is good or bad?
How many people actually think she was taking advantage of her friends?
Finally, I wonder what colors mean to the artist(i.e. the use of red in clothing, lighting, and even lipstick?)
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