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.

The modern world, video review

1. I selected the first video Expressionism because it seemed like an interesting topic. I selected The Impact of Cubism second because that was the most interesting sounding than the other ones.

2.Expressionism- Emphasized color's emotional properties. "After the fall"was after the fall of Adam and Eve, was schanged to "Ashes" with different versions and expression, deals with probletmatic relationships and the mysteries of sexuality. "Ashes" caused offense to bourgeois mentality, the 1892 Berlin exhibition of Munch's work was closed shortly after because of the offense.
The Impact of Cubism-The most influential style of the 20th century. Coexisting of opposites. Cubism starts with shapes and planes and creates a real object from an abstraction.

3. The videos I didn't think helped the text be understood as much as the videos we have had in previous assignments. I feel like after I started watching them they did not seem to teach me more or keep my interest at all.

4. My opinion on the fil,s is that they were not bad persay but not as good as the others or something I would choose to learn a bit more about. I didn't enjoy learning more from them and I didn't feel they emphasized or elaborated on the text enough.

Mask Making

The Buffalo Threatens and Protects

Buffalo Mask
Nuna peoples, Burkina Faso
Wood, pigment
Hampton University Museum
Nuna animal masks follow a general stylistic pattern. They have large round protruding eyes, surrounded by concentric circles, and a short triagular shaped snout. Decorative geometric patterns cover the whole surface. The masked dancers perform at market days, funerals, and initiations. Accompained by drummers beating the special rhythm of each mask and greeted by the audience with songs, each dancer gives a solo performance, while the rest look on. The buffalo masker begins by standing motionless in the center of the dance circle while "staring" into the distance, as if perceiving a possible threat in the distance. Suddenly, the dancer moves forward, stamping his feet and violently tossing his head up and down, in defiance of any perceived danger. Performing before a large audience in this fashion is the way Nuna families and clans honor the powerful animal spirits living in the world around them and gain their protection and blessings.

Celebrating Femine Beauty and Cultural Pride
Female Mask, Okuyi or Mukudj
Punu peoples, Gabon
Wood, pigment
Admired for their delicate beauty, the famous white-face masks of the Punu people have appealed to Western museum collectors for over a century. The okuyi or mukudj mask portrays Punu ideals of feminine beauty: elegant coiffure, rounded forehead, highly arched eyebrows, almond shaped eyes, narrow face, and small chin. The sculptured line between the nose and ears on this mask represents an ornamental chain of jewelry. The mask's white color signfies both beauty and spirituality, for Punu femine beauty is associated with the whiteness of the spirit world. Worn by a dancer on six-foot tall stilts, the performer's graceful acrobatic feats of bending and twisting are admired by all. The mukudj dance is experienced as an awesome expression of mystical forces, performed by men who have obtained the power of spirits to perform their spectacular dances. Danced at times of public celebration and at funerals, one Punu elder has said that the mukudj dance "is the symbol of Punu culture that is eternal, that is enduring."

Brazilian Parrot mask

Carnival, Brazil, South America

6 inches, rigid papier mache, paint

Signed by the artist "Nivea Semprini" and the word "Arara." It is an excellent example of the colorful festival masks for which this large country is famous. Unfortunately, very few ever find their way to the USA.

I chose the first mask as my inspiration because it looked very uncomfortable and I was wondering what it represented and why they couldn't have picked a better more comfortable material for it.
I chose the second mask because of what it represented. I like a mask that represents something that is big in life.
My third mask looked very cool and that is why I picked it. it reminded me of the movie Rio and I thought that was very cool so i was interested in seeing what that mask was all about.

I tried to make my mask symmetrical no matter how I did it. I wanted to use bright colors to grab attention and then keep a nice calm but not too cluttered look.
I personally didn't like my mask, I wish I could have done something more creative but I have not been very creative lately. I would have liked to do something with glitter of feathers but it seemed like it would just be too much on the papaer plate that I used for my mask. I used hearts because I want this to be a good luck mask, for love and for hockey mostly which is why I put a grey cage over my mask, to represent hockey.

weel 8 video blog

African Art-
1. I chose this video because it is the first one that caught my attention. It seemed like it would interest me more than the others.
2. Key concepts from the video are that the African art is part of daily life. Important in tradition/African rituals. The rock drawings were thought to ensure the success of the hunt. Soon after this, Egyptian drawings and traditions evolved and spread. Art emerged as rituals.
3. 3. The video enhanced the readings more then all of the videos that we have previously watched.
4. 4. I like this film one of the most in regards to the other films that we have watched the first 20 or so chapters.
Chinese Art-
1. I figured it would be most like the video from Africa and be very interesting. It was not as interesting as I thought it would be but I learned some interesting things.
2. 2. The museum has pottery that was used for the tea bowls and the tea bowls are made of a dark, black color to enhance the pale teas. They added different depths of glaze color.
3. I read about pieces and ways that things are done, but I didn’t think this video helped the text much.
4. I didn’t think that this film was very good at all; learning about every single piece in the museum was very dull. I would love to see them in person but possibly to learn about these, a different approach would have been good.
The Great Wave-
1. This sounded like a cool title so I picked it.
2. Originated in Tokyo, where each layer is crossed over the next in print on a different wooden block. Artist changed style and his art very frequently. Mountain in back is Fuji, believed that this place is truly know but title is so confusing that it is debated.
3. This was more informative of one piece rather than the text itself.
4. I was most interested by this film. I wanted to learn more or figure out answers to the questions about this piece.
Hinduism-
1. This was my last video choice so it was the 4th most appealing video.
2. Hinduism is a stream of death and reincarnation. Shows millions, even billions of years of life and death. Hinduism can be worshipped anywhere and believe that we will all meet at the same point.
3. This again really just amplified the learning of a section of the text.
4. I thought this film was mildly interesting. It truly just emphasizes what our text says and although it adds depth to this religion, it doesn’t so much add depth of the concepts.

gallery visit #2

1. There was not a title to the exhibit, it was just a summer show.
2. The theme of the exhibit is just summer things most with bright colors and works that are either oil on canvas, water color, or acrylic.

1. There were very bright lights but there was not color about them, just plain white lights.
2. The walls were white too, I think this could be because the bright colors of the paintings would possibly be less vibrant if the walls weren’t white.
3. There were open shelves so pieces could be on top and in them as well as a huge open room with just a hard floor in the middle where the larger paintings were.
4. The largest room is in the back and as you walk up the stairs to the gallery, the pieces get larger and more colorful and interesting.

1. The art works are organized by artist. All of the artworks by the same artist were next to eachother in the different rooms according to media.
2. Most of the summer artworks are all very colorful and vibrant.
3. Each artwork has a different theme or something it is trying to show.
4. Many of the artworks are not framed and the ones that were had elegant frames as seen in the last photo.
5. Each artwork has a notecard to the side that says the media, artist and the title of the work.
6. Each artwork seemed closely related in proximity.

1. I think visiting the gallery and purposefully looking at the exhibition from a different perspective was a bit moredetailed. I had to sit and look at the piece to see if I identified with the artist and make sure there was an element or principle about it that I could see.

ART WORKS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.

Tim Orikri- “women on wheels”, mixed media
Madeline Long kerr-“suspended spheres”,watercolor on board
Timothy Orikri- “Detroit on my mind”, oil on canvas
Timothy Orikri- Butterfly Composition VI, mixed media
Mark Sedgeman- “Florida Cold”, oil on canvas
Leslie Masters- “Grand Canyon Fuchsia, acrylic on paint
Patrick Blakemore- “Rocky pool”, oil on canvas

Timothy Orikri’s “Detroit on my mind” was my favorite piece; also for sale for $5,000. This oil on canvas piece is a vision of the heart of Detroit and the GM building which is the downtown area. I loved everything about this, the way it hit home because he made Detroit look beautiful and the way some people talk about it and people that know it are aware it can and has had some pretty bad times. It’s almost like all the good times are captured in this still perspective. I loved how the focal point of this kept you right in the middle where the tallest building is, it’s a front and center view for the viewer. I think the artist here was trying to capture the beautiful night time of Detroit, no problems, just a great view.

“Grand Canyon Fuchsia” was my other favorite piece. I loved how it looks as if fuchsia was used in ever color for this. Even the darkest colors work with this because they have fuchsia in them which creates the unity here. This is acrylic on paint but it almost gives off the impression of a watercolor, it’s a bright and beautiful piece that gives the impression of the Grand Canyon but almost does not resemble the life like colors at all. I think again, the artist was capturing the bright vibrant feel of the breeze that would hit you if you were looking up from the Canyon, on this fuchsia day that was portrayed.

Patrick Blakemore’s “Rocky Pool” was actually a piece that I saw when walking out and decided to look at it a bit more. This piece was one of the most life like that was in the gallery. I love how it almost looks like a photograph it is so realistic. Made with oil on canvas, this is a scene almost from the bank of a river that has a very rocky area. Each rock is perfect in detail with the water and surrounding. I think the artist was trying to give the feeling of how still and perfect nature can be with all of the natural landscapes and in this case rocks that seem to form around the banks of this “pool”.

pictures to go withline exploration-week 7

week seven, exploring line

1. Using my hand as a subject matter for drawing was pretty complex. It was hard because I have very wrinkly hands so there were a lot of lines to try to draw and see and figure out where they go in reguards to another set of lines.
2. I used pencil as my media, actually a colored pencil to give it a little bit more life with the contours of my hands.
3.I felt very awkward creating the drawing with my non-dominant hand but as I was doing it, I realized it really was not all that bad, I'm not the best artist in the world but it came out way better then the 2 year old drawing I thought it was going to look like.
4. I never worked on drawing my hands much. Just for assignments, if I have free time I think it would be a fun thing to play around with and try to improve. I think as far as a playful assignment and trying to explore these things, they were successful.
5. I think if I were to do something a bit more abstract, it would be pretty cool to try and maybem lay a background down with my right hand and try to maybe retry it with a different media on top with my left and see where it could go.

week 5 ceramics blog post

1. Some of the key concepts I learned were that some of these are the oldest mad made materials and it is still being experimented and used today. Most of these materials are replacing wood and stone which was used long before any of us existed.

2. These videos put our readings into a visual. Many of our readings come to life and we can see people like you and I working with these materials. We can see how they interact with things not just read about it. We see details and beautiful end results.

3.I thought the videos were interesting. Coming from a family where my uncle blows glass, I've seen a lot of the glass work and learned about it, but from a different perspective is very cool. They touch on some things that our book does not have room to elaborate on, and it's sometimes better to go more in depth in learning about these crafts, fine arts.

week 5 architecture

1. Frank Gehry: Architecture as Art

They try to create something that Interacts with human responses and feelings. Many buildings should have something in them that expresses feelings. Sense of movement was found when you put feeling into a building. It connects with the people and makes it humantinistic. Everything has an emotional response.

Architecture: The Science of Design

Through this video, is it talked about that any building is not just build to stand up but to withstand certain aspects of our day to day life. Wind, water (both hurricanes and rain, earthquakes if you live in certain parts of the world, areas where years of these issues can be withstood. The scientific aspect of this also looks at the “smart houses” that do everything from making your coffee to heating and using electric to help you in your day to day life.

2. Again, these videos put our text into more detail. We learn to see things from a bit different perspective and have a different understanding.

3. I look at architecture and I never really think too much of it because I trust whoever made it to an extent. I never thought too hard about the types of weather they must be built to withstand, aside from a class or two that I have taken that explores these. After 9/11, I wanted to be built to create some structures that could withstand certain conditions of heat so high that it could melt metal pillars.

4. I chose my video randomly because I figured it would be okay whichever one I chose.

video review-blog

Explain why you selected each of the FOUR videos you choose from the selection listed above.

Leonardo da Vinci:
The Mind of the Renaissance- chose this because I have always teken an interest in da Vinci’s work. The title of video could mean so many different things, I thought it would be interesting.
La Primavera-
I chose this because I like Botticelli’s work and he was talked about quite about in the first video.
The Drawings of Michelangelo-
I chose this video one, because I needed another video and two, because some of Michelangelo’s works interest me.
The Night Watch-
This video was pretty much a requirement, I didn’t have another video that jumped out at me and this one sounded kind of cool so I chose it.

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance
Begins lines on right, left handed, writes mirrored. Unstable temper. Goes to school for art. Ideal model for Botticelli. Become a master of perspective, then know proportions of man and other animals. The greater your knowledge the more your work will be deserving of praise. If you have no experience, do not be afraid to draw from life. First to make an actual landscape a main subject of a drawing.
La Primavera:
People take different messages from all different art works. They are all interpreted different. Primavera has never traveled more than a few miles from the city. Scale makes an impact, 3 inch thick wooden panels and 10 ft long. Primavera means “spring”. All figure (9) drawn from classical mythology. Three graces, cupid, Mercury, wing God of West wind, wood nymph, the transformed into Flora, both depicted in the painting.
The Drawings of Michelangelo:
Many of his works were kept away from almost everyone. Michelangelo would be horrified if he knew we were looking at some of his works. Some drawings are essential ingredients to the drawings that survive. Only a handful of drawings survive because most were destroyed by him, it showed his second thoughts and his process.
The Night Watch:
11 x 14 painting recreated in acting. Western art, 1642. Weighing 337 kilograms, the painting is an object of pilgrimage. Slashed with a knife, acid has been thrown at it, and has been drenched with water. Painting shouldn’t really be called night watch. Rights museum in Amsterdam is where the painting is held.

3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
I realize I write this answer every time I do a video blog but in all honesty, every video we have watched seems to emphasize our text. It is always interesting to learn a bit more detail about the paintings that we read about and how they became so great at what they do.

4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
I thought the films were more interesting than the last few sets. A video that is 50 min long on something I don’t care to learn about is not the best idea but one that I’ve already had a glimpse of learning and I have some knowledge as to what the videos are talking about, it makes them a bit easier to sit for 40 or 50 minutes and watch. They do teach me very interesting things so I am not saying that they are not good by any means. They are very informative and very detailed.

week 6 video review

The Measure of All Things: Greek Art and the Human Figure
More Human Than Human Cataclysm: The Black Death Visits Tuscany
Cairo Museum

Video 1: I needed to pick another video that might interest me
Video 2: required
Video 3: Love renaissance culture
Video 4: Egyptian art is the most interesting to me


THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS: GREEK ART AND THE HUMAN FIGURE
portrait art
realism-produces movement
-impact of humanrealistic vs. stylistic
perfect form-idealized perfect form

MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN
unrealistic figures
trained to exaggerate certain female traits
Eqpytian art and the human body, art and consistency
Greek perfection

CATACLYSM: THE BLACK DEATH VISITS TUSCANY
Black Plague
dawn of the renaissance
Christian mosaicsfear in Europe
Giotto
Developments between 1200-1350-civic government

CAIRO MUSEUM
pharoahs
downtown Cairo
valley of the kings
the treasures of the Cairo museum


2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
In my opinion, I always prefer to watch something to learn about it, so when we read and I get to watch a video to learn more, I like it.

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
I always enjoy taking the little facts from the videos and putting them in my understandings from the reading.

Installation

A. Installation art is art that defines or takes over a space, it is all around you and its 3D art using the space around you.
Sometimes the materials used in installation art are from the actual place the art work is going to be. You can remove part of a gallery and make it a part of your work ("She Came in through the Window").
You can make installation art for many reason, my favorite reason for making it is that it forces the viewer to interact and be a part of your art work. The fact it is composed of a whole environment and not just one piece is another good reason.
D.I found the Ark Art Center piece one of the more interesting ones because of the swing boat; I thought it was very cool to put engineering into art. I also loved the Spiral Jetty and I have studied this piece before and loved it then. It is actually the inspiration to my installation art.
A.I felt a connection with the "Spiral Jetty" piece.
B. The theme I want to explore in my installation is nature/environment.
C. The materials I used are leaves, water, a fan and acrylic paint.
D. This installation would be in a park of some sort, a big part where many people could come to sit and watch the display.

I tried creating a piece like the ones I was more drawn to in project three. It was not easy I'll say but with a little acrylic paint to make the water a pure blue like we wish all water was and colorful flowers and changing leaves, I think with my installation and the changing of the seasons, if this were a real piece it would be beautiful.

I enjoy using nature when doing assignments that I can create my own "thing" because I feel we take it for granted so much that when it is right in front of us we don't see it but if it were and installation where you were part of it or had to view it as a beautiful thing, we would notice it's amazing features and recognize them more in day to day life.

Art Gallery Visit

The artworks that made an impact on me were 1, 2, and 4. These are the first works that caught my eye. 4 looks like it was a piece of fire caught in still form which is awesome. 1 and 2 I liked because of the way they looked, 2 looks like they captured a moving jellyfish which would be so neat, and one is more the composition of a full wall piece with writing and colors.

I feel a connection with ten and thirteen because of the bright lights and colors. I love the way all of the pieces are hanging with lights and you know there are at least 50 different pieces but they all create one interest and artwork. 13 is actually wood with holes cut for clear pieces to poke through, it is then lit from the inside and illuminated in different colors.

I would like to know more about the tin man with fish, 11. It does not fit the other art pieces that were seen, aside from the wood clipboards that look like they move in all different directions; I would like to know why this was made of clay and where the idea came from.

Many of these artworks were actually for sale and this is why I was able to take pictures of them. It is more modern day art and a book of all the artists of the pieces was available for purchase but I was not able to write times they were made or the artist, just simple take pictures. In this request, I was also asked to share this piece with the owner of the museum as well and will be doing so in the next few days.

Logo Design

Rough drawings of logo ideas.

Finished Logo.

1. In creating my logo, I thought it would be easy because I'm usually very creative and can come up with things to do pretty easily. In doing this however, it was hard to come up with a logo for myself that seemed like and actual logo and not a jumble of drawings that represent me.

2. I tried to think of things that represent me that could make up a simple idea by combining them. My first idea was create a slate that artists use and instead of doing colors on the palate, I would use things that represent me. When I finished that it looked nothing like a logo and was very cluttered so I redid the whole thing with simpler items, a star which is my favorite shape, in orange because that is my favorite color, and I made hockey sticks black because black and orange make Buffalo State colors and I wanted to incorporate that as well.

3. the most important discovery I made in my logo creation was that it really is not as easy as it looks and it really is hard to come up with some of the concepts and ideas that you need to simplify to make a logo that can be remembered and used as a symbol.

4.The most important information I learned from the videos, PowerPoint, and reading is that logos are one of the most important aspects of a company or team, whatever the logo is representative of, it is how you are remembered and associated. Logos can be very controversial but can also hold a huge part in your revenue and business transactions.

Week three, color scale

1. I like doing value scales and color wheels because no matter how many times you do them, the results will most of the time be different, you will never get the same color every time, unless of course you are doing the value scale, in which, the case may be that you gradually reduce the color in a different way or you learn to do it better every time.

2. I enjoyed working best with acrylic paint. Acrylic paint happens to be my favorite media of really anything and I really enjoy using it with water to get brighter shades, although I didn't do it this time because it wasn't the assignment, I really like experimenting with it.

3. the most important discovery in the creation of these studies, I think, is how much of each color you need to use to get the desired results. You know you're going to need less blue if you're making a blue-violet or a blue-green. Same goes for yellow if you're making a yellow-orange or red-orange, you need less orange and red.

4. the most important information I learned from watching the video for this project is that blue and red are actually too dark to be primary, which explains why teachers before this year in my advance painting classes have us by magenta. My opinion of the videos is like the other ones, I'm not too thrilled about watching videos on things I've probably seen a lot, but I learn new things so I take with me some knowledge.

Color Theory

For questions 1 and 2 the link said it wouldn’t be available until the 12th.

3.In the color video, the thing that made the biggest impact on me in regards to color and emotion is the fact that nobody used reflective light in paintings and when it was used it reflected everywhere just like in real life, so these paintings were more realistic. I also found it interesting that they had a contract and could only use certain amounts of color on the art.

4. In the feelings video, the thing that made the biggest impact on me in regards to color and its effects on emotions is the fact that human feeling wasn’t important but God's purpose was and that God's and angels were more important than the viewer liking the art work.

Video Review

1. From the first video, the key concepts that stood out the most to me were from Plato who said, "There is a beauty by which all things are beautiful." The concept that ideas are beyond the senses but one idea presents itself through reason, beauty. Plato also quoted, "What is beautiful in itself is not this object or that one, but that which conveys their own nature." The common theme I really liked was how beauty is portrayed differently to each person. Francis Hutcheson states that, "the ideas brought about in our soul by beauty and harmony delight us necessarily and immediately, just like the other sensible ideas. “Immanuel Kant had voiced that aesthetic experience makes possible the reconciliation of nature's determination with human moral freedom and that as long as nature and freedom are separated, the individual is torn apart. Kant said there is almost nothing you can't treat beautifully and sensibility and reason are brought together by means of the imagination. Lastly on his standpoint, is that judgment of the beautiful is not rule bound rather, it is based on a feeling and there is no description of what is beautiful. "What causes satisfaction in the judgment of the beautiful is pure form experienced in selfless contemplation." Points from the second video were that Changeux put an actual definition of art work and distinctly labels how it is explained or viewed. Changeux feels the human brain is a synthesis of multiple nested evolutionary processes. We process visual arts by processing bottom up and involving emotion and feelings. There are certain things in the brain that allow certain reactions to happen and feelings such as empathy for suffering or joy, etc. Ramachandran is more the science of art and feels the goal of art is to deliberately exaggerate or alter the image to produce pleasing effects of the human brain.

2. From the first video, the philosopher's theory that I felt is most important was Friedrich von Schiller (18th century). I first favored Immanuel Kant's theory that there is almost nothing you can't treat beautifully and judgment of the beautiful is not rule-bound rather, it is based on a feeling. As the video went on, Friedrich von Schiller, elaborated on Kant's theory and followed with the fact of educated people on what "beauty" is would develop more capacity for beauty. "When we develop our aesthetic capacities, we develop our moral capacities, so much that aesthetic education renders moral education superfluous."

3. I like the way that both Cahngeux and Ramachandran approach the thought of aesthetics and link them to the human brain. I like that because we view with our sense of sight and have a certain perception of art, we must be able to use our other senses which inevitably come from our brain. From Changeux's lecture I found the most interesting part the way he described the human brain and how senses are triggered from the art to have empathy for suffering and other feelings. From Ramachandran's lecture I found it most interesting that he thought the goal of art was deliberately exaggerating and image and try to make pleasing affects for the human brain. I found this most interesting because in all of these lectures and videos, we see art differently as we are all different people. In the first video, we all see beautiful as different but everything is beautiful but then by the end of the second video, everything is linked to senses in our brains and if this is true, why do we see things as less or more beautiful?

4. I feel the videos seem to cover more of a variety of opinions and information than the text. The text is part of a wide variety of topics so it can only go into so much detail before it needs to cover something else. In the videos you get information, charts, and quotes from numerous different people.

5. I happened to like the films although I was not so excited to watch them. It was hard to understand some of the people that talked but I tried to stop the video and go back and write things down so it took longer than I had assumed it would. As far as my understanding on the topics, I feel that the videos really did help and I really enjoyed the charts and visuals on the second one.

 

First blog!! :)

1. The process of setting everything up was pretty easy, if I had any questions, the power points helped. This is my first time setting up a blog and I was worried it would be a bit more difficult.

2. In this course I expect to broaden my understanding of art and the history of it.

3. I like taking online courses more so in the summer because of work schedules. I have taken online courses before so I don't think it should be too much of an issue. I will be taking more than one course and both are requiring a lot of new things I'm not used to so it may take a bit of extra time.