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
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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)
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