Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Bench Artists
Monday, December 12, 2011
Bench Artists
Bench Artist Research
Eric Fischl (March 9th 1948-Present)
Movement: Neoexpressionism
Fischl is considered one of the most important modern artists for his unique consistent style that has influenced the course of modern art since he began painting.
Paul Gaugin (1848-1903)
Movement: Post Impressionism
Gaugin is important because his bold color choice was a direct influence on the style commonly seen in modern art today, as well as his incorporation of meaning into the paintings he created. He inspired primitivism.
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
Movement: Post Impressionism
Van Gogh is an important artist because his work had a wide impact on 20th century art. He set the stage for conveying raw emotion through artwork.
Keith Haring (1958-1990)
Movement: Graffiti
Haring is an important artist because his work was a direct response to the culture on the streets of New York City, carrying a common message of unity in life throughout his artwork as well. His work spoke to the people.
David Hockney (1937-Present)
Movement: Pop Art
Hockney is important because his work sets out to speak the truth that a photograph no longer can communicate in the modern technological world. This is an important message in our current society. He believes in seeing the world in a different but honest way.
5 Artists
My Bench Artists
- Born in 1928 and is 82 years old
- Associated with Pop Art movement
- Known best for his work of short words, especially LOVE
- Born in 1930 and is 81 years old
- Abstract Expressionism, Neo-Dada, and Pop Art
- Known for his artistic use of classic iconography (American flag)
- Born in 1907 and died in 1954 at the age of 47
- Surrealist painter
- Known for her many self portraits that were inspired from events in her life
- Born in 1866 and died in 1944 at the age of 78
- Expressionist and abstract painter
- He considered the central aspect of his art 'inner necessity', which consisted of inner beauty, fervor of spirit, and spiritual desire
- Born in 1862 and died in 1918 at the age of 55
- Part of the Art Nouveau and Symbolism movements
- Began his career painting interior murals and ceilings
My 5 artists
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
· Lived from 1527- July 11, 1593
· Arcimboldo was apart of the Mannerism period.
· Arcimboldo is known for his painted portraits of people in fruit and vegetable form.
Mary Cassatt
· Lived from May 22nd, 1844-June 14th, 1926
· Cassatt’s work was said to be impressionism.
· Her paintings were known to present social and private lives of women.
Georges Braque
· Lived from May 13th, 1882- August 31st, 1963
· Braque is a cubist
· Braque described his cubist work as experienced beauty.
Josef Albers
· Lived from March 19th, 1888-March 19th, 1888
· Albers was considered a conceptual artist
· Albers work is a form of transition between traditional European art and new American art.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
· Lived from December 22nd, 1960-August 12th, 1988
· He was a graffiti artist
Robert Ryman
May 30, 1930-present
Minimalism, conceptual art
Ryman’s work is considered minimalistic and avant-garde because of his conceptual approach and his simple “white-paint on square canvas”.
Georges Seurat
December 2, 1859-March 29,1891
Pointillism, neo-impressionism
He developed a new technique of painting known as pointillism and altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo-impressionism(one of the icons of 19th century painting).
Wayne Thiebaud
November 15, 1920-present
Pop art movement
Thiebaud influenced the pop art movement by using heavy pigment and exaggerated colors to depict his subjects.
Cy Twombly
April 25, 1928 – July 5, 2011
Calligraphic style
His unique style blurs the line between drawing and painting and can be interpreted visually through shapes and forms and words.
Frank Stella
May 12, 1936-present
Modernism, minimalism, geometric abstractions
He used his knowledge of abstract expressionism to create unique patterns through different medias such as painting, printmaking, sculpture and architecture.
Maggie Nemecz
Sol le Witt
September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007
Conceptual art and minimalism
leWitt is considered the founder of conceptual and minimalism art
René Margritte
November 21, 1898 – August 15, 1967
Belgian surrealist
Margritte was known to make his work challenge the observers’ preconditioned perceptions of reality
Roy Lichtenstein
October 27, 1923- September 29, 1997
American pop artist
Lichtenstein was a leading role in the new art and defined the basic structure of pop art
Barbara Kruger
January 26, 1945 –
American conceptual artist
Kruger was criticizing the capitalist movement and gender roles with her use of advertisement in her feminist pieces
Édouard Manet
January 23, 1832 – April 30, 1883
Manet played a big part in the transition from realism to impressionism
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Art History Bench Research-Due Monday December 12th 8pm
Post the following for each artist. Use your own words and complete sentences.
-Dates they lived
-What movement they are considered to "belong to"
-Why your artist is considered important in the continuum of art history
This information will be presented with the final bench in March at the auction.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Self Evaluation
1. I feel that I was successful with the use of various colors that either stood out or blended well together. However, I don't think I was successful in trying to re-invent the piece that my mentor artists previously created.
2. Inspiration in art means to see something and think of another idea that relates to that piece but that does not copy the source of the inspiration. Imitation is to copy a piece and try to make it look as close to the original as possible.
Part Two
To be considered as a piece of art I think that time, technique, and an original idea are needed for a piece to be considered a work of art.
Part Three
1. I don't think this should be considered an extremely important piece of art since there is no technique and very little time needed in order to complete the piece. However, the piece dose meet the requirement of being an original idea.
2. This is most definitely a work of art since it took a very long time, an amazing amount of technique, and was a complete original idea.
3. This is art because it appears to have taken a long time to develop the idea, execute it, and then successfully putting it together. Although it is a photograph it does feature all the requirements that are need to be considered art.
4. This is art because it took a good deal of time and it was an innovative and never before done concept. The only requirement that the piece lacks is that it doesn't appear to have taken a great amount of technique in order to accomplish.
5. This is most defiantly a work of art, because it appears to have taken a great deal of time and technique in order to accomplish a piece of this magnitude. It also is a completely innovative and original idea that although looks easy to accomplish, is extremely complex to execute.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Self Evaluation
Imitation is simply copying something without making it your own, while inspiration is when the artist uses his/her source as a source of reference.
PART 2:
PART 3:
Research the following and evaluate whether or not the piece is considered "art" based on your criteria:
1. "1000 hours of staring by Tom Friedman
2. Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo
3. The Bowery in Two Inadequate Descriptive Systems by Martha Rosler
4. Jackson Pollock #8
5. Sol le Witt's wall drawings
Self Evaluation
2. For me, inspiration is looking at anything (photo, nature, painting, etc) and then creating your own work but incorporating certain elements from the inspiration. An imitation, however, is an exact replica of a photo, painting, etc. without any original thought or idea behind it.
PART 2:
PART 3:
1. In all honesty, my initial reaction to 1000 hours of staring by Tom Friedman was "is this a joke?!". My reaction still remains. I don't understand how this is considered art because it is literally just a white canvas. I don't feel any meaning, nor do I sense that a whole lot of effort was put into this, which causes me to look at it as nothing near art.
2. The Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo is definitely art. While I don't feel the time it took something is necessary in art, I believe that this took quite a long time to complete, but it was very skillfully made and has meaning. The religious figures in the ceiling painting are very relevant to its environment and obviously have meaning, which makes me view this as a definite work of art.
3. I definitely think that The Bowery in Two Inadequate Descriptive Systems by Martha Rosler is art but in a photographical genre of art. There is definite meaning behind this and its execution was great; instead of using photographs of people to portray the poverty, I think it was very clever of her to use absence in objects to personify this, which is very powerful. I think this work is a very successful photographic work of art.
4. I have a hard time with Jackson Pollock's #8. I feel that Jackson Pollock wasn't careless enough to just splatter paint composition board and that every splatter had a purpose behind it, but that deliberateness is hard to find. From doing splatter paint before, I definitely know that this took time to accomplish but I just have trouble viewing this as art. However, at the same time, his splatter paints have become so iconic that I can view them as art. He definitely pushes the boundaries with his works, especially #8, which makes it very successful.
5. Sol le Witt's wall drawings are quite interesting. I can't see much meaning behind them but I can tell that they were very well-thought out. To me, though, they just feel like doodles on a larger scale, causing me to overlook them as art. They are creative and artsy, but I can't say that I would qualify this as art, for I do similar things on my notes in class when I'm bored. I have a huge problem with Sol le Witt because I feel that le Witt shouldn't be given full artistic credit though. He would send different artists descriptions or images of what to do and those artists would execute them.
Self Evaluation
Part One:
1. I feel I was successful in some ways more than others incorporating Emil Nolde’s style into my piece. I think my use of texture and mixtures of color in the flowers reflected his work and the use of bright unusual colors. But I feel I could have done a better job with the tree aspect of my piece. I loved Nolde’s trees because of the false colors he used in them and I didn’t fully capture that aspect of his work.
2. If you imitate someone’s work you are literally just copying the same exact piece they did and calling it your own. If you use someone for inspiration, you try and use their techniques or color pallets but you make your own piece from your own idea.
Part Two:
There are so many different ways to view art but for me I think the most important aspect is either the skill/technique or the concept. I don’t think a piece that is just a colored canvas can really count as art, but I also don’t think every great piece of art needs to take tons of hours of work. I think a piece with a strong meaning behind it can be more powerful than something that took 50 hours. But the piece needs to have good craftsman ship and technique.
Part Three:
1. I don’t think 1000 hours of staring is art. There is literally nothing on the canvas. He may have stared at it for 1000 hours but he didn’t make anything and there is no meaning or technique.
2. The Sistine chapel is definitely artwork. It shows technique and has meaning in the religious figures. And even though immense amount of time isn’t always necessary, this ceiling definitely took time.
3. I think The Bowery in Two Inadequate Descriptive is art in the sense of photography. It had meaning behind it, trying to show the rawness of that neighborhood and it took technique to photograph each piece with no people in it to show who the piece is about. So in the photography sense I would say its artwork.
4. I can’t decide whether I consider Jackson Pollock #8 artwork or not. I realize that it is not easy to make splatter paint because it is very uncontrolled so it may take practiced technique. But if he had a meaning behind this, I can’t tell what it is and that makes it hard for me to decide if this is real art or not.
5. When first looking at Sol le Witt’s wall paintings I would say they are art because they took technique and are planned out and specific. But because of the fact that le Witt never did any of the artwork himself, but sent the description and had other artists do it, I don’t think it can be counted as his artwork. The pieces themselves are art, but leWitt shouldn’t get the credit.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Garrett's Self Evaluation
Part 1
1. I feel like I was able to successfully incorporate the techniques and style of my artist into my piece. I believe I was able to really capture the motion of the eagle’s wing. I could have displayed the wings motion a little bit better by painting the top of the wing over and over then begin to blur it. That’s something that I can take into consideration for the next project I work on.
2. When working with art there’s a big difference between “inspiration and imitation”. Inspiration is the use of techniques and style of other artists incorporated in ones work differently. It’s taking an idea and turning it into your own work. Imitation is taking an artists work and copying it without adding your own twist to it. In short terms imitating is copying while inspiration is using others work as a reference.
Part 2
The time spent on a piece to me is important. It shows the dedication of one to his or her work and usually produces a higher quality of art. Then again there are pieces that are just blue canvases that sell for millions, so I could very well be wrong. Another thing that should be considered in a art criteria is the skill and technique of ones piece which could show the talent of the artist. Also the idea comes into the criteria when judging a piece due to the fact of the complexity of ones idea.
Part 3
1. 1000 Hours of Starring by Tom Friedman is a simple piece that does not fit my criteria. The complexity of the art only comes from the mind of the viewer. The piece itself is simply made and does not seem to have much time and technique to it. The Idea is there in a sense but it does not follow the other 2 aspects of my criteria.
2. The Sistine chapel ceiling most definitely fits my criteria in every aspect. The idea is grand and large, the technique and finish of the ceiling is very detailed, and this piece being a ceiling most definitely took many hours of dedicated time.
3. The Bowery work does not fit my criteria because its pictures and text not any hand made work. So this piece does not fit the style and technique aspect of my criteria. The idea is an aspect that is present in this piece, whether or not this piece took time is questionable.
4. Jackson Pollock #8 is personally my favorite piece out of these five. It fits my criteria because all the different layering of the paint took time. The execution of his style and technique is amazing with all the different colors. People mistake this type of work to be easy and messy when really every line is thought out carefully by the artist.
5. Sol le Witt’s wall drawings can vary between being very complex or very simplistic. The style varies between straight lines and squiggly. The work can fit my criteria I believe.
Katie's Self Evaluation/ Reflection
Part 1:
1. I think that I was successful in using my mentor artist in my latest piece. I was able to in cooperate the same type of expressive paint strokes and movements within the image. An interesting part of his work was the way that he would blend the ends of the focal image into the background of the piece. For instance, in my ballerina toe points and extended arms I blended them into the expressive background of my art piece. In his artwork you were able to tell the main focus and were drawn to the image even though they weren’t necessarily painted in the middle of the canvas. In my latest art piece you were drawn to the ballerinas, though they stood off to the left of the canvas and even extended beyond.
2. The difference between inspiration and imitation is clear. Inspiration is when you, as the artist, are inspired or stimulated to create your own piece of work by your surroundings. When an artist is inspired you see an image and want to create it as your own piece of work, maybe by changing locations and colors, or adding your own experiences and ideas into the piece to make your own. Imitation is very different from inspiration. When you imitate an image you are just creating the same thing you see. You aren’t taking it to a new level by in cooperating new ideas as your own idea. You are trying to mimic the exact image you see in front of you.
Part 2:
There are a lot of opinions of what can be considered artwork and the time spent on the art piece. In my opinion time is crucial for art. Although there are many famous pieces of artwork that are blank canvases and not time consuming pieces, I think that the best pieces are the ones that take time to create. The talent and hard work are most evident when there is time spent on the pieces. A piece of art needs a lot of time to create to be well done with detail. Time allows the artist to be able to create the piece of work as well as thoroughly thinking about decisions. Time also allows the artist to have space from the piece for a little and come back to it with a fresh mind and motivated attitude.
Part 3:
1. “1000 hours of staring” by Tom Friedman: Based upon my criteria I don’t believe that this piece of artwork is true art. I think that anyone would be able to leave a white canvas plain and title it as something that dramatically seems like they took time into the piece. The title to me seems like the artist wasn’t inspired to make anything, and didn’t create anything from his imagination.
2. Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo: When I see this, I consider it artwork because of the time, talent, and dedication that it took to create this ceiling. There was a lot of time used to plan out that the different measurements and accuracy of the different, detailed figures shown.
3. The Bowery in Two Inadequate Descriptive Systems by Martha Rosler: In my opinion, I wouldn’t say that this was true artwork. I don’t think there is enough dedication and skill to be able to create what she has made. There is an interesting sense of creativity used but based upon my criteria. I don’t think that it is necessarily art because there is no hands on talent and work put into the idea.
4. Jackson Pollock #8: This is another piece of artwork based on my criteria that doesn’t show much craftsmanship or dedication. I think that many people could imitate this piece of work easily and has been though of by other artists. I know that he is a well-known and talented artist but to me this piece of work doesn’t show detail and hard work.
5. Sol le Witt's wall drawings: I think that these wall drawings are very interesting and take a lot of talent to successfully create. There was a lot of time to be able to make the designs as perfect as they seem to look. I think that you have to plan and visually see the creation before you start. I know that he had to have taken a lot of time to make them perfect, such as the wall with circles they have to be perfectly painted and spaced evenly. I know that it would take a lot of talent and dedication to be able to accurately create this. Sol le Witt had to have used a lot of time and patience to develop the talent put into the walls.
Maggie Nemecz
Part 1
1. I feel that I was somewhat successful at embodying Georgia O’Keefe’s style. I did not want to do a picture that would be exact to hers, and also since it was my first time painting a piece; I did not want to do an extremely challenging picture. I chose a picture of nature (like O’Keefe did) that had many almost blurred edges causing it to be a more expressional piece like I did with my picture.
2. Inspiration is taking the idea or technique from another artist and putting it into your work with your own ideas but some influence by the artist. Imitation is taking an exact copy from another artist with no self-expression or inspiration.
Part 2
I evaluate others artwork on a decent amount of time spent on the piece, not just rushing through it, but actually putting thought and having a main idea or concept of the work. And finally, I evaluate the skill level that is shown in the piece and how well the message or concept is portrayed.
Part 3
1. "1000 hours of staring” by Tom Friedman is not considered “art” based on my criteria because I cannot tell the meaning of it by seeing it. The artist would have to explain the meaning of the painting for a viewer to understand it. Also, it does not look as if it took much time or effort to create.
2. Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo does match my criteria because it obviously took much time and patients. Also, it takes much skill to be able to paint the entire chapel.
3. The Bowery in Two Inadequate Descriptive Systems by Martha Rosler, I would not consider it as a piece of art. The work is confusing and I cannot tell if it took much time or not. It is difficult to understand the message of it as well.
4. Although Jackson Pollock #8 is considered famous, it does not match my criteria. It looks as if it id not take much time. Also, if a viewer did not know what was possibly going on in the artist’s life, it may look like random splatter paint and there is no meaning behind it.
5. Sol le Witt's wall drawings I would consider a piece of art because it clearly takes plenty of time and skill to produce such a large piece of art. The larger scale drawings make it much more fascinating and interesting than a smaller scaled piece.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Self Evaluation / Reflection
PART 1
1, I feel that I was successful in incorporating some of Jamie Wyeth's stylistic tendencies. I placed the dog on the side of the beach instead of directly in the center, to follow Jamie Wyeth's tendency for how he executes the composition of his paintings. Also, he always clearly represents the texture with his brushmarks when he paints animals, which I felt I was able to capture somewhat in my piece with the dog's fur. Also he uses color to set a mood or scene in his paintings, which I felt I did in my painting because everything around the dog is more dull, and recognizably cloudy without having to look at the sky to tell.
2. When it comes to making art, imitation is an attempt to copy or closely reproduce someone else's work or style, instead of expressing and finding your own style. Imitation still of course takes talent, but it is not showing any form of originality or even creativity. Inspiration is when another artist's work encourages you to come up with your own ideas and define your own original style. Their self expression in art helps you come to discover your own individual self expression in art.
PART 2
Evaluating a piece of art should emphasis an equal focus of the time spent to create it, because that shows dedication, the skills evident in the work, because that shows talent, and the concept of the work, because that shows purpose, and I believe that a combination of dedication, talent, and well thought out purpose put into the art, makes it considered to be art.
PART 3
1. 1000 hours of staring does not match my criteria for being a piece of art. It is intended to inspire creativity, but other than that, dedication and skill were not incorporated based on my criteria. The artist may be talented but from this blank piece of paper, his skill cannot be determined. Dedication was not put into this because it is a blank piece of paper he stared at for 5 years, so therefore no time was spent actively executing the piece and actually physically creating it.
2.The sistine chapel ceiling is a piece of art based on my criteria because it incorporates dedication, talent, and purpose. The artist painted it all over a period of 4 whole years. The skill is evident because all of the paintings are professionally well developed. The purpose is it is said to be representing particularly 9 scenes from the book of genesis.
3. The bowery in two inadequate descriptive systems doesn't match my criteria for art. It has purpose and dedication but not skill when held to my standards, because it is a bunch of pictures and text, not hand crafted work showing her talent as an actual artist. Her work shows the talent of a writer or photographer.
4. I feel that Jackson Pollock #8 had skill, but not dedication or purpose, so it didn't meet my criteria for art. Although it looks childlike, he is said to of used a very complex method of executing the splatters. The work expressed his subconcious thoughts, but I don't understand what his purpose behind it was intended to convey. In terms of dedication, he didn't spend a long amount of time on it.
5 Sol le Witt's wall drawings don't meet my criteria for art. Dedication was put in, but not his own. He believed coming up with the idea was important instead of the actual personal execution of it. He doesn't fit my criteria for skill because he didn't make it with his own hands alone.
Self Evaluation/Reflection
3. The Bowery in Two Inadequate Descriptive Systems by Martha Rosler- I would not necessarily consider this a work of art. I don't think it is very complex, time consuming or innovative to take average photos and put them together. I do consider some photographs works of art based on how unique the subject is or how the artist used light, shadows..etc to create a vision. In this case however, I would not consider this a work of art.
4. Jackson Pollock #8- Although this may not agree with original criteria for "art", I consider this piece a work of art. I think this new idea and technique was very innovative at the time and although it may not seem very technically challenging to time consuming, it still takes skill and time to create a vision as distinct as this. Also his use of colors is successful, and I think that the placement of the paint may be more challenging than what meets the eye.
5. Sol le Witt's wall drawings- I think this definitely is considered a work of art. Although it is a different style, and is very geometric and measured, it definitely takes time and technical skill to carry out this vision as successfully as the artist did. I also think it is unique how the artist used entire walls and other large spaces for their art work. This makes the execution and impact much more successful than if they were to use a smaller canvas.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Self Evaluation/Reflection due 11/28 8pm 30 points
PART 1: For your last assignment, you were required to research a mentor artist and incorporate their stylistic tendencies into an original work of art.
1. Do you feel that you were successful in incorporating their style/technique? Explain, using specific concrete examples form your piece.
2. What is the difference between "inspiration" and "imitation" when it comes to making art?
PART 2: Are all aspects equally important? Can a piece be considered a work of art if it took 5 minutes to make? What if the artist does not actually make anything?
Construct your own personal criteria for evaluation in one sentence by addressing the following:
-the time spent creating the piece
-the skill/technique/craft evident in the work
-the concept (or main idea) of the work
PART 3:
Research the following and evaluate whether or not the piece is considered "art" based on your criteria:
1. "1000 hours of staring by Tom Friedman
2. Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo
3. The Bowery in Two Inadequate Descriptive Systems by Martha Rosler
4. Jackson Pollock #8
5. Sol le Witt's wall drawings
Monday, November 7, 2011
Final Concentration Topic Commitment
Post Due by Sunday, November 13th 8pm, 20 homework points
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Concentration
2. Architecture (exploring the shapes and designs within a structure)
3. Abstraction (with the use of Photoshop CS5)
4. Landscapes
5. Patterns (Repeating colors, shapes, etc.)