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Friday, December 17, 2010

Post 12: Jeff Koons Continued

Jeff Koons would be considered a postmodern artist because he himself said his work is, "mass cultural iconography." What this means is that he uses ideas, materials, and images from popular culture in order to create his artwork; what can also be called apporation. In addition he celebrates the, "banality of middle-class taste." Even though this modern artist is controversial, it doesn't set aside the beauty of his work. People describe him as the typical "postmodern artist" because, "Post-modern art’ is a reaction to the ‘consumerism’ that has been made possible by the fact that manufacturing of products, distribution and dissemination have become very cheap. However, instead of criticizing the ordinariness and commonness of all these products, post-modern art just accepts them, and in Koons' case somehow both celebrates and ironicizes them,"Dr. Mary Klages, Associate Professor, English Department, University of Colorado, Boulder. To me, this seems like re-contextualization because his artwork is very controversial and are characteristics of his work. Yes, I do believe Jeff Koons is a postmodern artist.

Post 11: Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons was born 1955 in York Pennslyvania. I chose this artist because his artwork was the most interesting out of the bunch. This artist didn't really catch my eye, to be honest, but it was all I had to work with given the options. The artwork by him was adorable. The dogs looks realistic and a little scary. Especially the one on the left. He looks like he's posses or something. Not a dog I would want to own. Anyways, here's my artist and a picture of his work.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Post # 10: Vampire By: Ro0t

This is a stereotype  because everyone perceive vampires as dark creature who loves to feed off of humans. As you can see in the picture, the artist created a vampire with blood all over its face and cold, unfathomable eyes. If you read books like Twilight or Vampire Diaries a lot of the vampires in these book are "vegetarians" and good hearted people. It's unfair to people who created the term vampire. In the dictionary it say, "A corpse supposed, in European folklore, to leave its grave at the night to drink the blood of the living by bitting their necks with long pointed canine teeth." As you can see, they aren't deadly creatures; they just feast off the living. And the living doesn't have to be humans, it could be animals. So vampires are a stereotype because they take the perspective of them to whole different and evil level.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Post #9: The Vodka Rabbit Lounge By UponThouFairCat


In this piece of artwork, the first thing I noticed was hybridity. I noticed this because of the media created within this artwork., to me, that creates conceptual statement. It's not really abstract, obviously, but I can sense some contradictory in this piece. I feel the illusion of the future with the mechanic arm. Also, I get a sense of  china with the various lanterns. From the girls in the picture, I sense popularity and high status from the environment.

The next strategy is layering. Combining all of these feelings into one piece of artwork creates a huge contradictory. From the piece, you can get of feel of being unwanted from the the girl is looking at the mechanic hand. Placing this mechanic hand in the high status and popular area shows layering to me because it's out of place.


Thursday, November 4, 2010

Post # 8: Reflection

First quarter art was something else!!!!!
 I had a lot of fun, but was also bored to death at times. 
Nevertheless, I did learn some vital information that helped me become a better artist. 
Some of the best parts about the first quarter would be drawing in general and looking at other artists' artwork. 
I was really amazed at how some people could really draw awing pieces. So cool to see! 
Another thing I like are the blogs. I love looking at the pictures people put up for their blogs. A lot of them out did mine! 
The people in the class made it fun too. There are tons of different personalities and styles. Putting them all together in one room was rewarding. I had plenty of laughs in that class! 
Some bad things about it would being the writing, cornell notes, and stuff in that area. It really made me tired, hungry, and put me in a worse mood if I already was in one. Besides that, it was fun. 
Can't wait for next quarter!!!!!!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Post #7: Element and Principle Book

Creating this book was a cool experience. I would have never thought  it would take all of the work that it required though. At the end, I can say it somewhat paid off because I wasn't all that satisfied with my book. However, I still had fun. The most enjoyable part about making the books were looking at other people and doing something out of the box. The most challenging part about it was making a design. To be honest, I had no clue what I was doing. Even to the end, I just added a few things here and there and I came up with this. If I could this over, I would have taken more risks. To me, my book doesn't have that wow factor, but it's acceptable for the first time. All in all, it wasn't a bad project.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Post #6:http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.68593147.jpg&i

I found this cover interesting because it's not an ordinary cover. In a lot of covers I found,  they were all abstract and about nature. As for this cover, it has some one eyed monster looking at a fake hanging star. This cover gives a different feel about it. Like even big softy people have feelings or dreams too. It could also symbolize how some things are always the slightest out of reach or that everything isn't what it really seems. So that leads to disappointment because the thing isn't what you thought it would be. Basically, I like this cover because it makes me think deeper about it and it's colorful.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Post #5: Vol_Du_Soir (Mmmmmmwaaaaaaaaah!!!!!)

In this abstract drawing with oil pastel, it looks to me as if  the ribbons or something similar to that are created around each other to form a tight bond.  It could also be some sort of ball up close like yarn, but more loose. To me, the theme of this drawing is unity. I saw unity because the ribbons or something similar to that are tightly together and over lap each other. Normally when things are so close together, you feel this sense of family, comfort, becoming one, and many more in that nature.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Post 4: "Sad Face"

In this drawing I noticed more elements of art than principles. However it could be the fact that I haven't fully grasped how principles of art are present in a work of art. Anyways, the two elements I noticed were line and value. I noticed line with the hair. As you can see, the artist sort of used the lines of her hair to cloak her face somewhat.
For value, I saw how the artist shaded certain areas to define them I'm thinking. As it gets closer to the middle of the painting, you see how it turns from black to completely white. The two principles I saw were emphasis and movement. In the painting, I thought the emphasis was in the eye and tears. Both the tears and the eye were really darken
and define since the drawing is called "Sad Face". I say movement because it actually looks like she's crying so I consider that movement.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

"The Monsters Within" By: Ryden Breeze

In this painting I see someone who's battling his monsters within. It likes he has all of these emotions caged inside of him that he's going insane.  The things from his past have hinder the way he live his life that the only thing he
wants to do now is just die because it'll be easier than living and life's a worthless game. He seems to be crying out for              help, but the demons inside silence his voice. So now he sits in fear as he ponders reality. It's like "insane silence", where he's trap in a dark, quiet world he can't escape. From the picture I can also get he's disgusted with himself, like he doesn't know himself anymore. As he's questioning who he really is, he comes to a conclusion. He's a living disaster, a murderer, the bitter cold,  the pain,  and the monster within.

I really like this painting because it reminds me of myself at one point in my life. When I see a drawing like this, I instantly grasp what I think the artist is trying to say.  I think everyone should analyze a drawing like this because
it makes you look at yourself on a different level.  Everyone have monsters within, rather it's sin, your conscious, or battles within your life daily. To me that's the whole meaning behind this drawing, "monsters within."

Questions:


  • What made you draw this drawing, your inspiration? 
  • Do/did you have monsters within or experience something within?
  • Have you ever felt caged or didn't want to live anymore?
  • What advice would you give to someone if  they felt that way?
  • Would art be a great outlet for such feelings?

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Race & Gender Criticism

I really liked the reading, it was informing and grabbed my attention.
As I was reading it, there were some things I couldn't relate to.
For example, the reading said that art is more towards white, male-dom-
minated Western art. Since I've never critiqued a piece of artwork,
I can't completely agree/disagree with what the reader says. Another thing
I noticed as I was reading was that I was shocked or surprised by
what was being told. I already know white males dominated our society and
women were some of the biggest minorities.


Questions:

Why do people criticise art so much?
Why can't people just accept artist work of art?
If you were an artist, what would you do if someone felt offended by your art work?

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

My Very First Art Experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some people don't call it art, but I think it would be my first food fight.
My siblings and I were goofing off  in the kitchen with the cake mixer and blender.
While we were playing "house", I turned on the blender without the top
on and all of the cool-aid splashed on us. My big sister, Ebony, said she was going
to tell grandman on me. Before she could, I threw the cake mix at her back.
Next thing I know, she grabs the frosting and shoved it down my back. After that, all
of us join in and cover the kitchen with food. When my grandma came back, she
frowns and say, "Young artists in the making, eh."