I viewed the required videos in preparation for our project as a curator. The Lowbrow Art video piece was interesting to me on how this term came about and showed the various artists responsible for making this type of art popular. The production of album covers really put this movement out there along with the help of the internet. I learned how unacceptable this kind of narrative art was until about 10 years ago. Juxtapoz magazine gave it worldwide exposure as well. The Pop Tarts knew they can create nude women better than any man can, making lowbrow art famous in Canada and eventually bringing it to the US.
Displaying Modern Art: The Tate Approach explained the method used by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, white walls and chronological order of each art movement, and the 1970’s busy and noisy display. It then revealed The Tate Method of 4 sections used: Landscape/Matter/Environment, Still Life/Object/Real life, History/Memory/Society and Nude/ Action/Body to display the artwork. The biggest controversy being the Monet art piece in the same room as 3 of Richard Long’s work. The Joseph Beusy’s room was a church like atmosphere and the next room full of waste and junk, showing abrupt transition between displays. Half way thru this video, it went black and I tried clicking onto individual segments with the same result.
The Bones of Contention: Native American Archeology video was informational about the repatriation issue that The Lakota Sioux were always here and did not want scientists history. They did not want any digging up of graves and demanded return of bones to the ancestors. Construction must even be redesigned if it is involving Indian burial grounds. After some changes, studies not only revealed what we know is true with all Americans that the diet and inactive lifestyle leads to diabetes, but skull size indicated amount of intelligence. In the end, it is evident that we all must work together to get results.
The George Eastman House - Picture Perfect video was the most interesting. I did not realize how many artifacts were on display there or just how significant he was in the art world. The video showed the beautiful home here locally in Rochester, N.Y. that is the museum, that also displays the Daguerrotype collection, the first to use light reflective technology. I learned he had 32 patents in his name and discovered 35 mm film with Thomas Edison. This also houses motion picture archives that I was unaware of and the restoration that takes place. I remember the brownie camera and flash cube cameras from the past and always enjoyed photography. I would like to now attend this museum in the near future.
I have not decided on a topic yet for the project and do not know how these videos will play a role in creating the power point until I move along. I am sure somehow this information especially the Tate display will help.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Videos on Abstract and Modern Art
I chose the first 4 videos to view because They seemed to be the most interesting to me. The first one Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of 50”s & 60”s showed the work of "Action Painters”, and their concepts. Abstract art is physical, sensual and intellectual. The figurative art’s filled space is different than non figurative that is egocentric. Kline did black and whites in the 50’s , Helen Frankenthjaler’s work was feminine and mystical. This video also showed Andy Warhol in depth with his works and posters and badges gave him the name “Father of Pop Art”. I liked the work of Ray Lichtenstein best. The dots used to create the comic book like characters were emphasized and how he did the black outlines with lips half opened to show seduction was very informative.
The next one, Power of Art:Rothko, explained his work in the Seagram Building, using expressionism, stemming from his childhood, using feelings of human tragedy. His paintings showed assault on rich patrons. He even offered to paint for free if German curator built a chapel explaining the Holocaust.
Uncertainty: Modernity and Art video was about the abstract expressionist. The Industrial Revolution changed from focus on religion, because there is not one God in our culture anymore, to work and science values. The response to modern life, uncertainty is the message in modern art. Pop Art used disillusionment, the opposite of what was happening in life to create art work. The Chinese art was among those that changed from their representation to more of the western civilization influence.
Hockney on Photography went in to depth of David Hockney’s life as a painter and photographer, He discovered the Polaroid camera. To him it is the chemical process of a painting. In the video, they compared a picture of flowers next to the painting, to see which one was more real.
It was very hard to view these videos, they kept crackling and I even tried to replay them. I tried to listen as close as possible to get the facts as I viewed them. They really gave more insight than the text as far as information on the individual artist as well as the modern art in it’s purpose.
The next one, Power of Art:Rothko, explained his work in the Seagram Building, using expressionism, stemming from his childhood, using feelings of human tragedy. His paintings showed assault on rich patrons. He even offered to paint for free if German curator built a chapel explaining the Holocaust.
Uncertainty: Modernity and Art video was about the abstract expressionist. The Industrial Revolution changed from focus on religion, because there is not one God in our culture anymore, to work and science values. The response to modern life, uncertainty is the message in modern art. Pop Art used disillusionment, the opposite of what was happening in life to create art work. The Chinese art was among those that changed from their representation to more of the western civilization influence.
Hockney on Photography went in to depth of David Hockney’s life as a painter and photographer, He discovered the Polaroid camera. To him it is the chemical process of a painting. In the video, they compared a picture of flowers next to the painting, to see which one was more real.
It was very hard to view these videos, they kept crackling and I even tried to replay them. I tried to listen as close as possible to get the facts as I viewed them. They really gave more insight than the text as far as information on the individual artist as well as the modern art in it’s purpose.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Art project #4 Burchfield Penny Art Center
On Wednesday, I walked through the art center for the first time. I was amazed at the displays there. The Sensory Crossovers- Synesthesia in American Art was the latest exhibit. I could not take pictures, so I tried to uploaded images from Google, I could only find one. Burchfield did not have any pictures on their site. Here is a video I found about the exhibition.
As I entered the exhibit, the piece, Oriental- Syncronizing in Blue and Green, 1918 Oil on canvas by Stanton MacDonald Wright, used on the brochure, was eye level and centered on the wall. I was very colorful with geometric shapes, using bold lines in a pattern to resemble a music scale. The blue/green colors represent coolness to start a scale in color. The rhythm of shapes show movement of color comparing it with music.
I strolled around to the left, continuing to admire the other works with the music/color in art being equivalent theme. My daughter and I were both drawn to the Blues for Charlie Parker by Sam Scott 1988. The acrylic on canvas was approximately 8’ by 4’. The black background gave great value and was emphasized by the bold bright color arches, splashes, and circle type lines using balance and rhythm to make this piece stand out. This piece reminded me of the magic boards that when drawn on, reveal different colors or black paper drawn on with gel pens. It was placed in the center of the wall with a monochromatic beige art piece only about 3’ by 2’ on each side of it. It was placed also across the room from another art work, Musical Notes, that also was done with very bold lines and colors. The music correlation in all the works displayed was enhanced with a display of Sketches 9 Wagners Music: Abstract (Hieroglyphics) enclosed in a glass case in the center of the room.
A Color-Music Expression of an Excerpt from Richard Wagner's 'Prelude to Lohengrin', by Ira Jean Belmont,1933 Oil on canvas, 34 x 36 in. This piece is done with pastel colors that blended in areas to give illusions of other pictures, like when looking at clouds. My daughter and I saw a face when we observed this work. This picture is in the video, also. The color scale gives movement to the picture, the longer you look, the more you can see different interpretations.
The walls were painted off white and the lighting was overhead and very bright. The walls did not all go to the ceiling for better light on the art work. In the Sensory exhibit, the movement was spacious and visible from all angles.
The artworks were similar in theme, different in sizes and color, some were bold colors, others were monochromatic or pastel. They were framed in various wood, metal and color frames. They were identified with a plaque to the side with the information listed and some had a story about it on a plaque to the other side of it. The proximity of the artwork to each other were one after another along the walls placed far enough apart to observe, but close enough to relate one to the other. The large Blues for Charlie Parker, our favorite, was spotted from the beginning of the exhibition, although it is placed on a wall kind of in another area several feet from where we stood.
The exhibition was organized by the Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, curated by Sharyn Udall, Ph.D., and expanded by Nancy Weekly with art from the Burchfield Penney Art Center and Albright-Knox Art Gallery. The exhibition and accompanying scholarly catalogue provide an unprecedented opportunity to consider synesthesia through the work of some of the 20th century’s most significant artists"luminaries such as Charles E. Burchfield, Arthur Dove, Joseph Stella, Georgia O’Keeffe and Adolph Gottlieb.
I had observed a few other art works that I enjoyed at this attendance to use but thought it was best to stick to one exhibit for this project.
Artists Videos
I chose to watch the videos that examined the works of individual artists. The first one was Matisse and Picasso video. It compared the two to show how opposite they were in their ideas. Picasso was impulsive and born in to a family interested in art, Matisse’s family thought it was scandalous to be interested in art. Matisse painted real images, whereas, Picasso used imagination and memory for his works.
The Dance at the Moulin de la Galette referred to the artist Renoir. His work was done in 2 sizes using idealism and exhibited fun. It was about what happens on Sunday at the Dance Hall. This piece romanticizes the actions and was sold at at a record price.
A Sunday on Ka Grande Jatte, done in 1884, discussed the work created by George Seurat and his use of dots. I was amazed at the results of arranged dots of color in a pattern to create this picture. It revealed that the monkey in the final piece was added to the original after viewing x rays showed no monkey. The video also showed how the original work was just the riverbank, grass and trees. The 48 characters were added and re arranged a little at a time. The painting was about prostitutes. I learned french words that meant flesh or fish, what was she fishing for? and what millions of non blended dots of color can become.
The last video I viewed was Expressionalism. This showed the ideas and techniques used by several artists that influenced many in the future. Edward Munch was pessimistic, Franz Marc was a "Blue Rider", Ernst Kirshner opposed tradition, created "The Bridge” group and Anselm Kiefer used textures and geometrics to create his works, explaining one must have knowledge in history to understand his art.
I enjoyed learning more in depth about the various artists, especially Renoir and Seurat. The text explains only briefly some of the accomplishments, the videos goes into their whole life and art work in detail, as well as their death.
The Dance at the Moulin de la Galette referred to the artist Renoir. His work was done in 2 sizes using idealism and exhibited fun. It was about what happens on Sunday at the Dance Hall. This piece romanticizes the actions and was sold at at a record price.
A Sunday on Ka Grande Jatte, done in 1884, discussed the work created by George Seurat and his use of dots. I was amazed at the results of arranged dots of color in a pattern to create this picture. It revealed that the monkey in the final piece was added to the original after viewing x rays showed no monkey. The video also showed how the original work was just the riverbank, grass and trees. The 48 characters were added and re arranged a little at a time. The painting was about prostitutes. I learned french words that meant flesh or fish, what was she fishing for? and what millions of non blended dots of color can become.
The last video I viewed was Expressionalism. This showed the ideas and techniques used by several artists that influenced many in the future. Edward Munch was pessimistic, Franz Marc was a "Blue Rider", Ernst Kirshner opposed tradition, created "The Bridge” group and Anselm Kiefer used textures and geometrics to create his works, explaining one must have knowledge in history to understand his art.
I enjoyed learning more in depth about the various artists, especially Renoir and Seurat. The text explains only briefly some of the accomplishments, the videos goes into their whole life and art work in detail, as well as their death.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Mask Project
I finally completed this project that I thought was going to be easy. Creating the mask was the most fun and easiest. I started by viewing the links on Angel, viewed a how to video on marthastewart.com and www.scissorboy.com that would not copy right in the blog. It stated that the tag was broken. I then searched for images and decided I am drawn to the masquerade style the most. I chose the white face mask because of the assymetrical balance of feathers (texture) and the eyes emphasized with glitter color, I also liked the offset of beads on one side for more texture and color. The small mask was used for the light feather look on both sides and the peacock feathers giving the mask a line and balance as well as color. The third one was used for the balance and mardi gras colors. I then sketched one as best I could with the general idea that I was going to complete, using some color and a rough draft.
Gathering my materials, I found mardi gras type glitter colors and beads. I purchased peacock feathers for height and line to add as they are my favorite. I had a clear mask for the three dimensional effect and spray painted it for the face color. I then added the red lips and glitter paint around the eye for color and emphasis on the eyes with balance. I glued the feathers, beads and hair swatches to the mask for texture and value as well as depth. The final shape was slightly assymetrical with more feathers and beads on one side. On the whole, this was a fun project.
This is when the problems began. I snapped the pictures, put them on photobucket and tried to upload to the blog account. For some reason, they came out too large and I could not get them to add at once. After a few tries of things, I made a slide show and added my critique. This being the most time consuming part of the project.
I finally completed this project that I thought was going to be easy. Creating the mask was the most fun and easiest. I started by viewing the links on Angel, viewed a how to video on marthastewart.com and www.scissorboy.com that would not copy right in the blog. It stated that the tag was broken. I then searched for images and decided I am drawn to the masquerade style the most. I chose the white face mask because of the assymetrical balance of feathers (texture) and the eyes emphasized with glitter color, I also liked the offset of beads on one side for more texture and color. The small mask was used for the light feather look on both sides and the peacock feathers giving the mask a line and balance as well as color. The third one was used for the balance and mardi gras colors. I then sketched one as best I could with the general idea that I was going to complete, using some color and a rough draft. Gathering my materials, I found mardi gras type glitter colors and beads. I purchased peacock feathers for height and line to add as they are my favorite. I had a clear mask for the three dimensional effect and spray painted it for the face color. I then added the red lips and glitter paint around the eye for color and emphasis on the eyes with balance. I glued the feathers, beads and hair swatches to the mask for texture and value as well as depth. The final shape was slightly assymetrical with more feathers and beads on one side. On the whole, this was a fun project.
This is when the problems began. I snapped the pictures, put them on photobucket and tried to upload to the blog account. For some reason, they came out too large and I could not get them to add at once. After a few tries of things, I made a slide show and added my critique. This being the most time consuming part of the project.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Videos on African Art, Buddhism, and Hinduism
I enjoyed viewing these videos because they gave more details of the cultural facts given in the text. I have always been familiar with African art, but now know why their sculptures look like they do. They are conceptual art using imagination and ideas, versus perception art using humanlike features like other sculptors we learned about. There are several cultures in the Congo region and have all influenced African art with such things as dance, hairstyles and dance.The second video I watched, The Legacy of Oppression told how masks were used to scare off people and each one had a purpose. This video also showed the living exhibit of people actually in museums posing until sickness and death.
Buddhism explained some of the same facts as the text, with more emphasis on the Bodhi Tree, their symbol. The Buddah was the god and their belief was to extinguish desire. The enormous temple was built around the large statue with no pillars to obstruct its view. It also explained the 2 groups, Hinayana and manhanyana. Their monuments are built to be heaven on earth.
Hinduism explained how the River Ganges is their symbol of life, death and rebirth (reincarnation). It showed a live cremation that may be moving to those who believe, but disturbing to Non Hindus, as it was to me. They have many statues depicting sexual activity, but Kumasatra is creation in their minds and not shameful as some might think. The architecture is elaborate and decorative. Their motto is “you can’t take it with you”.
I wished I had viewed these videos before I visited the temple in Hawaii with the Buddah. I would have appreciated it more and understood the reasoning behind the art and architecture.
Buddhism explained some of the same facts as the text, with more emphasis on the Bodhi Tree, their symbol. The Buddah was the god and their belief was to extinguish desire. The enormous temple was built around the large statue with no pillars to obstruct its view. It also explained the 2 groups, Hinayana and manhanyana. Their monuments are built to be heaven on earth.
Hinduism explained how the River Ganges is their symbol of life, death and rebirth (reincarnation). It showed a live cremation that may be moving to those who believe, but disturbing to Non Hindus, as it was to me. They have many statues depicting sexual activity, but Kumasatra is creation in their minds and not shameful as some might think. The architecture is elaborate and decorative. Their motto is “you can’t take it with you”.
I wished I had viewed these videos before I visited the temple in Hawaii with the Buddah. I would have appreciated it more and understood the reasoning behind the art and architecture.
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