Assignment #11

MOMA P.S 1 in my perspective is an unusual but interesting environment that displays some of the most amazing art pieces. Each exhibit had its own meaning that spoke to its viewer in different ways. It was truly beautiful to see all the exhibits. However, in my mind set the “Zero Tolerance” exhibit by far was my favorite. The artist would address the freedom of expression in their work. In the museum the art work “Altindere’s Wonderland” it explores the lives of a group of children in Sulukule one of a neighborhood in Istanbul. This was a historic area that was said to be the home of Roman communities dating back to the Byzantine Empire. Unfortunately, it was demolished since 2008 due to an urban renewal project. It explores the great anger and frustration of this specific group. In my opinion you see the heard times these children had to go through in this particular neighborhood. You can’t judge a place based on what you see or hear but to go and witness what is happening there for yourself.



It showed me that in one side of the world everything can be perfectly alright but on another be people suffering and going through hard times. This exhibit changed the way I look at the world today because you can see how different people life’s can really be. With all the different artist in this exhibit working with the tensions between freedom and control. Most of the art works these artist created focused on elements of political demonstration and celebratory parades to discover a change of art in ambivalent nature.

Assignments #10

Bibliography:

1. "Bruce Nauman Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works | The Art Story." Bruce Nauman Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works | The Art Story. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014. <http://www.m.theartstory.org/artist-nauman-bruce.htm>.

2. Nauman, Bruce, and Robert C. Morgan. Bruce Nauman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2002. Print.

3. Bruce Nauman: Make-Work. Prod. Lan Forster. Perf. Bruce Nauman. 2000. Art 21 Exclusive Series.

 

Outline:

Slide 1

• Introduction Bruce Nauman

Slide 2

• The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths

Year: 1967

Materials: Neon tubing with clear glass tubing suspension supports

Slide 3

• One Hundred Live and Die

Year: 1984

Materials: Neon tubing mounted on four metal monoliths

Slide 4

• Rinde Head/Andrew Head on Wax Base

Year: 1989

Materials: Wax

Slide 5

• South American Triangle

Year: 1981

Materials: Steel and iron 

Slide 6

• Untitled (Two Wolves, Two Deer)

Year: 1989

Materials: Foam, Wax, and Wire

 

 

Assignment # 9

    Robert Gober

-          In the museum of modern art I got to witness the Robert Gober exhibit “The Heart is not a metaphor” which was very interesting and wanting me to learn more about his art work. Gober uses themes such as religion, sexuality, and politics that are drawn from everyday life. His work is an art of contradictions, intimate yet assertive, straightforward yet enigmatic. This art piece is where Gober uses existing sculptures and combines them to make a provocative hybrid art work. At first it can look a little usual then other art pieces but it is beautiful at the same time.

 Cubism

-          Cubism is the simultaneous presentation of multiple views, disintegration, and geometric reconstruction of subjects in flattened, ambiguous space. It shows the interwoven surface of shifting planes. Cubist used composition over some personal expression to represent color or brushstroke.  Georges Braque painted the “Man with a Guitar” that used a very special style Analytic Cubism. He experimented with different types of representation to show and challenge his piece with orthodoxy of illusionistic space in painting. He painted a nail and rope with a life like indecipherable human figure playing a guitar.

 Pop Art

-          This is a unique style of painting and sculptures that uses mass production techniques such as silkscreen and real objects in works that are generally more polished and ironic. Pop artist wanted their art work to challenge cultural assumptions about the definition of art. In this particular art piece created by Roy Lichtenstein in 1963 ”Drowning Girl” shows a dramatic painting were a women is cry her eyes out from a horrible fight with a character name Brad. It shows the pain and suffering of this particular women. However, at that same time even though she is truly upset still holds her pride by not contacting Brad.  She rather suffer then to call a person who hurt her to a point where she does not care.

Assignment #8

-Do Ho Suh was born in 1962 in Seoul, Korea. He has a BFA and a MFA in oriental painting from Seoul National University. In the art world he is best known for his unique structures which defy conventional notions of scale and site. In his art work he gets a lot of attention due to the fact of how his viewers occupy and inhabit public space. His structures would use dynamic of personal space or in some cases would be exploring the fine line between strength in numbers and homogeneity. In this particular art piece “Some/One” is an evolved work of “Mental Jacket”. The floor where the sculptures stood is covered with polished military dog tags. These dog tags were all put together to make a hollow, ghost-like suit of armor which is location in the center of the room.

   -He traveled all over the world getting inspiration everywhere he went. As the mention earlier about the art work “Some/One” is covered with military dog tags from former solders which is too resemble a soldier’s garment. One signal dog tag represents a brave soul part of the military. This art piece symbolizes how a solider has his own identity, yet is part of a larger troop or military body. This particular piece has a reflective mirror so that the viewers can see what they art work means to them. Each and every person that looks at this art work can view it in many different forms.

 

 

 

Assignment #7

Assignment # 6

1. Describe a Dada artwork?

     -  Dada was created to protest against World War 1 and stop their horrible actions. The Dadaists rejected most moral, social, political, and aesthetic values. In their art work they focused their attention on chaos and destruction. They strived to show the absurdity of the western world’s social and political situation. Marcel Duchamp was one of the most radical Dadaists in the twentieth century. He used ready-mades to illustrate mass-produced objects as artworks. He created the “L.H.O.O.Q. from Boite-en-Valise” which was Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” with a drawing of a mustache and beard face.  When saying L.H.O.O.Q fast in French and then translated in English you hear “she is a hot tail”. He showed his irreverence to one of the most famous paintings all over the world to make an attempt to help people out of their unthinking acceptance of dominant values.

 

2. What were the influences of Jacob Lawrence?

    - In the depression of the 1930s the Works Progress Administration (WPA) set up community that Jacob Lawrence worked and created his art. Jacob believed that art should be a quest for both personal and communal identity. He did not use the French Cubism of Braque and Picasso he did his own work on African art and made it in his own unique way. He used a special style that made his art work stand out from everyone else’s called dynamic Cubism. In this painting “General Toussaint l’Ouverture Defeats English at Saline” which was one of a series of painting. In 1804 the black figure in this particular painting led a revolt that made Haiti the first independent nation in Latin America.

Assignment #5

• Impressionism originated in France around 1870. These paintings of casual contemporary subjects were executed outdoors using divided brushstrokes to capture the light and mood of a particular moment and the transitory effects of natural light and color. This is a unique style artist used when painting that consisted with impressions of what the eye actually sees, rather than what the mind knows. They would paint regular scenes and landscapes. Impressionists would use small dabs of color that appear merely as separate strokes of paint when seen close up. However, when seen at a distance it still had a lively depictions of subjects. In this particular painting, created by Claude Monet “The Water-Lily Pond” his main purpose was to capture the cultivating aquatic plants. He took different views of this paintings in different lighting conditions. In this beautiful painting you can see an arrangement of reeds and willow leaves that makes this painting look stunning.  

 

 

• In the post-impressionist period artist was concerned with the significance of form, symbols, and expressiveness, and psychological intensity. It does not share a single style; rather, they built on or reacted to Impressionism in different ways. Post-Impressionist is not seeing what is there but to see through them at a point where there was more reality rather, then what appearance gave them. The “Wheatfield with Crows” a very outstanding artwork painted by Vincent van Gogh captured the nighttime nuances of light and shadow. In this painting there are two field patches with warm yellow and green colors that gets a sense of harmony and unity. In this painting there are strong color contrast.