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Apr 8, 2011

Installation art and politics

Installation art uses three dimensional architectural or open natural spaces to impact the viewer's perception of space

Installation art and politics

Installation art uses three dimensional architectural or open natural spaces to impact the viewer's perception of space while experiencing the art piece. It uses the architectural space that the viewer is in, bringing the viewer into the art, pulling them inside. The question that I want to ask is “How do art installations help us confront and process emotionally and politically challenging topics differently than other kinds of art?” This question will help us understand how installations can be used to discuss difficult topics and why it is chosen above other methods.

Apr 7, 2011

Sculpture

*All of the media we have learned, are two-dimensional except perfomance of art.* Why should we turn to a discussion of three- dimensional media and their relation to the time and space we ourselves occupy?*

Arts and Politics

Whenever you turn on your TV, you have to watch many commercials. Everyone understands that they are trying to make us like whatever product they advertise. In my opinion, politicians are like those products and try to advertise themselves.

Apr 5, 2011

The Value of Art

The Value of Art- Art & its perception What is the value of art? The value of art can help understand arts' diverseness, history, technicalities and terms. I will also explore the types of art programs that are funded, by reseaching the importance of art funding and how art has had an enormous impact on people since history began. The monetary value of works of art is closely tied to the business of art and from a business point of view art works are commodities to be bought and sold, some at a high end, for profit. But ultimately, it is interest of the audiences’ and their perception that will determine the success of a piece. Should tax dollars support art? Depicting the value of art will either convince you of its importance, or not; but it definitely effects even our tax dollars so this will even be of interest to an average joe that does not appreciate art as much. There are all types of art, literature, museums/visual arts, dance, musical theater, art education. The arts apply to the value of art and its inspiration and creativity of people all over the world. Art has been very controversial lately due to budget cuts, I would really like to learn the very importance of art and how people’s perception of art will ultimately affect art and its future with next generations.

Mar 25, 2011

MOST YOUNG KINGS GET THER HEAD CUT OFF


Jean-Michel Basquiat offers an image of nonrepresentational art named Charles the First, 1982. The essence of this piece and my reason for choosing to analyze it is Basquiat’s intent to communicate in this form of translation. That you may be able to link the relation among the words, images and objects; of Visual Art. The content leads to question the meaning of the images and symbols and the analysis of this essay will study how he connected with what was encoded in his art.
The abstract is in the content in Jean-Michel Basquiat’s oil painting named Charles the first.
History shows Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 1625 until his execution in 1649. The left top corner of the image “HALOES FIFTY NINE CENT” suggests martyrdom; a suffering of death “for sale”; placing a price for the crown, his head.

The Lovers, 2005, Bill Viola

Closer Look: Eadweard Muybridge, Annie G, Cantering, Saddled

Odessa Steps clip: Battleship Potemkin (1925)

Mar 23, 2011

CYNTHIA ANGEL: LINES


Key Terms:

Line is an element in art, which can head in many directions, can be different sizes, different textures, and different shapes.

Mar 20, 2011

Lisa Pearson

Humanity will never be done making art, ever. As soon as we find the most durable materials, making it last, the most efficient mediums for circulation, making it far reaching, or painting techniques, so that it can rival creation itself; we must start again. I wonder at our collective compulsion to make and experience art, considering this futility, but I do not question that the compulsion is there, and how it speaks, this compulsion, about our need to find community while we express and experience the divine.
I order to achieve a desired effect in art, you must sacrifice, allowing many, many things to go unexpressed. Other artists will become “spiritually bothered” by the vacuum that has been created by that which is unexpressed, and once again, will be enticed into inspiration. They will want to create new works that communicate something true, essential, universal. In the act of this creation, the artist begins the eventual materialization of their own transcendent insights,and began to entropy. It is mysterious and beautiful, this futility; forever thwarted, forever hungry and yet we all still strive for a renewal of understanding and expression.

Mar 15, 2011

Annunciation – Thu Ton


The painting of the Annunciation was completed when he was only 21 years old. The specific painting which Leonardo used aerial perspective. He also used light and color perfectly in this work.