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.