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....
Sunday, August 30, 2009
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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