art gallery visit #3-self portraits

Self Portrait with straw hat
(1887-1888), Vincent Van Gogh

Self portrait of Giorgio de Chirico, oil painting

Frida Kahlo, self portrait with monkey
oil on canvas, 1938 (16"x12")

My self portrait

Drawing of my self portrait. Pencil


1. I selected the inspirational pieces because they are each different in some way that makes it easier to find out how I want to approach my self portrait. Did I want to include anything in the background, did I want to use color? And lastly, I grew up only doing side portraits because I hated drawing a nose; I took a chance on this assignment and did a front view, which is why I chose the side portrait as one of my inspirational pieces.

2. I find I cannot paint a portrait of anyone, I am not very good at drawing a portrait but in this case, I felt pencil would be the best bet to get the result close to what I was aiming for.

3. Making the portrait look realistic. It's hard to shade a face without looking like I have abeard so I avoid a lot of shading as well as lines in the face as it would lok like a child drew the portrait which, in this case I still feel I am far from good at portraits.

4. The photo I used to recreate the self portrait for was when my hair was long and the color I am naturally. I love everything about this photo so I wanted to recreate this specific one. I did not recreate it the way I had hoped but in certain parts of it I can't say I am not happy.

5. Realism. I used a lot of value given it was black and white, I centered it on the page just the way most self portraits are.

6. I did enjoy working on this project. It's not often I get to draw because I am always so busy. It was a wake up call that I cannot draw a sekf portrait and could use some practice.

7. I would rate my art work a 6 on a scale of 1-10, but I am my biggest critique and will always go lower so I try to improve next time.

art criticism article reflection

1. I reviewed "It's a Black Thang", "Green", and "I Want to be Inspired".

2. The exhibit I selected to critique was "Green". i chose this exhibit because from the sound of the title it could have been all green art or something about going green and changing the world, this interested me so I chose it and it ended up being all scenery or art of mother nature.

3.I felt the only challenge when writing the critique was not writing enough because I had never been one to tell people how to do things correctly. I feel every person creates in their own way and perhaps someone created the exhibit the way they wanted people to view it so who am I to say that it's not correct or should be changed.

4. I felt fine critiquing this because I wont say much negative things, anything I said was in a contructive way and don't intende on my peer listening because I am no professional.

5. I would like to read what my peers wrote about my work because I know I could always improve what I do and I would like to see what would appeal to different people. I did my exhibit in dedication to someone so I feel most people may not be as harsh as they woulod like to be because it's made the way it reminds me of the person it's in memory of.

6. I think my article would get maybe an 8 or 9. I follwed all the requirements and posted both positives and negatives so I feel that it wont be taken the wrong way but in a good, contructive way.

7. I didn't enjoy workibng on this project because it is, after all, a project, but it was enjoyable to see my peers work and see how mine measured up or what inspired different people.

reflection of AED 200

1. My initial expectations according to my blog were that I wanted to broaden my understanding of art and the history of it. According to my first discussion post, I said I did not want to expect too much in fear that the course would not fulfill that. I do think that any expectations I had were met, I really did learn a lot from this course.

2. Art is different to everyone. People perceive different things in different ways, I bet in each posting from this class for this question, unless reading straight from a textbook, art is something different to everyone. My initial posting was an uneducated idea of what art was, now, it is far from the same and I feel that each person has a different description as to what art is and how it is produced or viewed or critiqued.

3.My favorite artist in my initial posting was Salvador Dali. There is no difference no because I am and always will be a fan of his works from the first time I saw "Melting Clocks". I think it is the same only because I have seen all different art pieces now in all different forms so I can say that I have a wider variety of art to choose from and he is still the one that stays in the back of my mind even when looking at other work.

4. I still have no objectives to an online course. I enjoy the flexible time and I have pretty much the drive to do the things on time with some exceptions where I procrastinated and something happened where I could not complete something. I like having that option to do it whenever you get a chance and get ahead a little. The answer is still the same, I do not mind online courses and I would recommend them for people who are strict enough on themselves to stay up to date on the work.

week eleven video review

An Introduction to the Italian Renaissance
1. Giotto brought back the realistic style of the Romans.
Renaissance was a rebirth of a great era and following this was the collapse of Rome (dark ages).
Artists during this time were not allowed to mimic God’s handy work or make works too realistic, in time works became flatter. Giotto changed this with his linear perspective and made art works appear to have depth.
2. No the video does not relate to the creation of my art criticism project. Giotto has nothing to do with this project, more so, it does not have anything to do with the project that I am critiquing,
3. I thought this film was hilarious. The acting first off, was horrible and it made it almost unbearable to watch. The monotone speaker at the beginning did not seem to help in getting my attention. I did however find a small interest in the video because I have taken both art history one and two so I am well aware of much of Giotto’s work and found that this did add some depth to my understanding of some of his art works not the criticism though.

The critics: Stories from the inside pages

1. This video told how critics serve the community by giving fresh ideas and suggesting fresh ways to look at something. Critics also open up works so people can see it in a different way.
“People that don’t know how to do, critique” –Method Man, I feel this is a good quote because it goes along with the quote, “people that can’t do, teach.”
Critics get people to think.
2. The video relates to the criticism project because it explains in depth how and why critics do what they do.
3. This film was pretty interesting, I enjoyed getting a lot of different quotes and perspectives throughout the whole video so it never got boring. I did feel like this video added depth to my understanding.

Greenberg on Art Criticism: An interview by T. J. Clark

1. Writing about visual art is tougher than writing about literature or music. It was said in the video that critics don’t need a sense of history but later in the video it was said that when art is good it is everything but it can’t be good without experience. I suppose experience is different than history but isn’t history what your experience is? Or is your experience your history? It makes some sense but at the same time makes none.
2. This video does relate to the critique project because it explains what you need to be a critique.
3. I thought this video was boring and both the interviewer and the interviewee were monotone and kept interrupting each other. This film did not add depth to my understanding except in the form that you don’t need history to be a critique which means anyone could be one, so in a sense, this project should not be too difficult given the tools I have now.

Art Curation- Project #4

I found this project very difficult to do. Combined with the passing of my friend and time, it was very hard for me to try to find the creativity let alone the motivation to do this project.
I feel this process was very time consuming but it could have been that I had funeral and viweings and fundraisers so ti was hard to find the time. I wish I could have put a little more effort into this but I did my best with what i had. This exhibit is in memory of Jevon "Hollywood" Hotchkiss.

Week 10 video blog review

Bones of Contention: Native American Archeology
1. This video talks about the collections of bones over 150 years worth collected and the controversy involved with the collection of them. Highway 134 in Iowa was built years and years ago but when it was built they came accross a village cemetery. The archeologist involved in this dug up 26 white people graves and reburried them, when they discovered a mother and child who were native american, they took these to a lab to study. One woman faught this issue and in 1976 there was a law passed that prtotected Indian burial sights and it was made illegal to posess native american and human bones. Archeologist on the other hand render that these studies are necessary so a vanishing culture could be saved.

2. The videos don't really relate to the creation of my art exhibit because they have almost nothing to do with the theme or my idea.

3. I did enjoy watching this film, I happen to be part native american so it was very interesting to learn these things and watch this video. This didn't add depth to concepts while creating this project but it did seem to add depth to my understanding of everything else involved in this.


George Eastman House: Picture Perfect
1. This video talked about the life accomplishments of Gearge Eastman and the timeline of photgraphy associated with him. Kodak was founded by George Eastman, in his 35,000 square foot mansion, there are over 400,000 photographs, 25,000 films, and camera and the technology to go with it from the first camera that was available tyo the public in 1839 to the first camera ever sold with it's proof of purchase. Eastman's goal was the make the camera as convenient as the pencil, and if he were alive today, he would see that he has succeeded beyond belief.

2. This video does relate to the creation of the art exhibit because many of the pieces that I am using are photgraphs of bright lights that are captured moving or that somehow depict bright and lively lights or situations.

3. I thought this film was verrrryyyyy interesting. I have never been too big on photography but as of recently I am more intrigued by it and I am glad I watched this because not only did I learn a lot but I am more interested in the thought process and evolution of photography.

modern and post modern video review

1. I chose Abstract Expressionism and pop: art of the 50's and 60's because art like that (pop art) is very cool to me and it interests me so I chose it as my first video. My second video, Andy Warhol: Images of an image was the second video that interested me because he always creates such fascinating and interesting work so I figured the video would be interesting as well.

2. Abstract Expressionism and Pop: art of 50's and 60's-
Abstract works between us and its surface. Color most easily sparks our imaginiation. I feel there were not very many key concepts with video because it was numerous arts that did not interest me ata ll and just told how the art was made and nothing about actualy Abtract expressionism.
Andy Warhol: Images of an image-
Started out being a commercial artist and tap dancer.Collected actor pictures, movie posters, news clippings, etc. Marilyn Monroe series made him famous. Many works were done by cropping, simplifying, coloring, nucoloring-very pervasive work. With Elizabeth Taylor, he made numerous large pieces including front page news articles blown up and pieces showing her as early as 12 years old in her first films.

3. I don't believe either video relates to the text. There was a huge piece on Andy Warhol but this was a very good video for dipicting him and his work. I would rather watch this video than most of the videos we have watched or read about. The first video, as I said was very difficult for me to get key concepts out of because it was not very subject pertaining in my opinion there for, I don't think it helped understand a whole lot of the text either.

4. The first film was most definetly not a favorite of mine, nor was I much of a fan. The second video I thought was awesome and I would recomend it to someone even if it were just for a better understand of Warhol's work. I learned more about Andy Warhol but as far as concepts from the book, I don't think either video helped very much.