...Artist Statement Throughout most of the semester my work from Introduction to Sculpture can be described by the title of the class; introduction. Majority of my pieces are apparent baby steps to learning new skills. In each piece up until my final work I believe it’s evident that I strive for cleanliness and completion. I enjoy using color schemes that do not go very far from earthy brown, red, and yellow tones, whenever it was possible. I feel as if they are inviting and I am most attracted to them. It was not up until the final project that my conceptual ideas were formed. I am interested in the perception that people feel the need to create to be accepted. Especially with the degree I am in, I feel that I am usually surrounded by this need to impress everyone around you. Because it’s the art world and there’s this stereotype that you need to be extraordinarily different, it’s almost taboo to be even slightly considered what is “normal.” For my project I used transparent-like materials to create masks. The point of a mask is to become or look as if you’re something else. However I made masks that are mostly transparent, symbolizing this faulty disguise that most people think that you can’t see through. I find it strange that almost everywhere you go you will find this desire. We’re brought up in a way that makes our image so important, whether it is through your attire, attitude, personality, etc. I find it unnecessary, yet I still find myself doing...
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...names in art and music of their time, people still had a passion for the arts and had opportunities to experience them at smaller, less known, places. As society has progressed over the years, art slowly has become more and more accessible to the people- as it should be. In fact, I believe that without an audience, art cannot be truly considered art. “Art is a social label, a negotiation between the artist, object (or performance), and the viewer” (Best). Art should be made for the people and not be limited to certain audiences. An artist should create with the goal of connecting to as many people as possible through their work. As stated earlier, historically, art has been seen as something only the privileged could truly appreciate. This could not be farther from the truth! Art is something that everyone can enjoy, experience, and strive to understand. Art should not discriminate or exclude a certain audience, it should bring together all people to evoke a response, send a message, or to maybe just enjoy looking at. During class, we were given a presentation that featured an artist name Cindy Sherman. Sherman had a quote that exemplifies what and who art should really be made for. “When I was in school I was getting disgusted with the attitude of art being so religious or sacred, so I wanted to make something which people could relate to without having read a book about it first. So that anybody off the street could appreciate...
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...Kaitlin Waldera. Artist Statement: Many people only pay attention to their inner anatomy when something is wrong. To change this, my goal is to create pieces that draw people's attention to their own bodies and health. Ordinarily, the medical field can be an intimidating place, one that focuses on topics that make the majority squeamish. With this in mind, this feeling of unease can be felt in some of my pieces because I want people to confront their fears and know they don’t have to feel this way. I wish to convert this apprehension and worry into understanding and beauty. This is an important pursuit in this day and age where concerns regarding health care, such as antibiotic resistance, vaccines, prevention, and cures of X disease, run high....
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...Art and Culture The relationship between the artist and the audience is a crucial element to the success of the artwork in its historical era. Titian’s traditional Renaissance symbolism and style of painting made his work a masterpiece of his time. According to art critic Brand Hamlee Titian’s work met the “demands of an admiring public. As he was particularly famous for his portraits and mythological works” this created a positive relationship between “Venus of Urbino” and the intended Renaissance audience. The relationship between the artwork and the audience is also evident through the Renaissance symbolism throughout his artwork, Venus seductive glaze captured Renaissance viewers and the high quality of Venetian light and tone to perfection was a vital characteristic to the success of the artwork to its intended audience. In addition, using symbolism, which had significance to the Renaissance mythological style also strengthened the relationship between the artist and the artwork. The Spaniel represents a symbol of fidelity a strong theme in Renaissance art as well as the use of roses, myrtle tree and the Spaniel were traditionally associated with the goddess Venus. The Brush strokes and pale rosy and ochre colours luxuriously applied created the central tones of the Venus body is an essential symbol of Renaissance sensuality, beauty and desire that was praised by all audiences. Although the intended Renaissance audience understood the key symbolism, the relationship...
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...The Renaissance Artists: Self-Portraits Alvis Williams Professor Michael Briere HUM 111 12/02/12 Within the report of The Renaissance Artist I will explore the life of many artists who doing that period was known very well. I will attempt to convey the style of each artist as if I was the artist themselves by giving a first person view by depicting a self-portrait that will inform the readers of the composition that consist of color scheme, space , shapes and dimension of the piece. I will define in essence the self-portraits and what it means to me as an individual. So therefore from this point I am Don Julio and my style of painting is very similar to that of the renaissance era. Born in 1494 a young German artist living in Germany, I was trained originally by my father I was a natural born goldsmith after some years I migrated to Venice Where I improve my skills as a painter. My father while in Venice stayed eighteen months to enjoy the artistic delights of the city. He was impressed above all by the aged Bellini. A young man by the name of Albrecht Dürer, who later on became one of the most outstanding figures in Renaissance Germany during my time. However my achievements enhanced among the city and its originality in many differing fields of art. I very early in my artistic career was introduced to his extraordinary self-portrait at the age of twenty-two, in Louvre. So I begin to work on one of myself, as young man with dishevel blond hair...
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...This landmark exhibition has exhibited some of the most compelling works by many a local artist. An important milestone was created when this very same event was replicated beyond the shores of the country, bringing Malaysian Art to Karachi, Pakistan. A show that demarcates the objectives of Wei-Ling Gallery to promote contemporary Malaysian Art, previous instalments provided a platform to two dimensional art works that vetted specific matters. The artists strived to create dialectic works with characteristic impulses. In concurrence with the 5th instalment of the 18@8 exhibition, the gallery posed a new challenge to the participating artists and itself. A turning point for Wei-Ling Gallery is its initiative to orchestrate and curate shows based on its own direction, heartening the artists to widen their tangential perspectives with conceptualized shows. As the gallery is taking the road less travelled in more experimental and cutting edge shows, so do the artists. This vehicle (18@8) presents the artists with an avenue to work beyond the boundaries of individualistic concerns, transgressing beyond the norm of what we expect. With an exploratory ardour, Wei-Ling Gallery conceptualized and challenged the artists to partake in thematic investigations that result in art works that move beyond the constraints of the canvas. The encouragement to deviate from the propensity of the artists in conventional formats ostensibly creates invigorating impulses to re-think and re-shape...
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...already become an integrated component of modern society.Appreciating musics,paintings and other forms of art could relax mind and body, bring joy and peace,provide energy and courage to carry on the battle of daily life. Moreover, art could transcends individual difference and national boundaries, bring people with common interest and taste together, which in turn creates a peaceful and harmonious society. Furthermore, the economic value brought about by artistic works is no less significant. To begin with, they are often treated as commodities. For instance, masterpiece by talented artists could be sold at astronomical price.Some are even national intangible assets which are worshiped by millions of visitors from all over the world.Secondly,art is the soul of today's thriving creative industries,such as advertisement, entertainment, design, architecture,etc. Lack of support to talented artists and art education could...
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...Of course, it will be nice to be like Arcade Fire or Nirvana, having a debut album that blows the market away. But despite the fact that only a few musicians have the potential and ability for such success, the prime goal of an entertainment company is to monetize art, not like the purpose of the artist, which is self satisfaction by making great art - but how could companies monetize that? It is crucial to find the tricky balance between art and commerce, and mediating the inevitable conflict between artistic passion and corporate profit artistic passion in order to let the company survive. Let's start with artists. Artists are often egocentric, sensitive, emotional creatures that are strange in different ways, but one thing they got in common is that they don't like anyone or anything to interfere with the creation process. It's understandable - every creation is like a artist's child to them, and as mothers and fathers, you would not like to be told what your child should look like. Shareholders on the other hand, do not think the same way as artists do. They became shareholders to make money, and it is, the profit margins that they care about. If the artist's creation is not well responded by the market, the shareholders will not gain profit, so they will take any action they could - sometimes interfering the company's business structure, and offending the art creation process as well. In the Sony case, George Clooney argues that people who understand that the business...
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...The last leaf - Art for Human Life (Literary criticism essay) After reading the story, perhapsmany readers can say that American artists’ life is so poor. It seems be totally true. Nothing their property is. Their residences are bad too, “north windows and eighteenth-century gables and Dutch attics and low rents”. Sue and Johnsy are those kind of artist. However, Old Buhrman is the best exemplary one. So is it true that “The last leaf” was written in order toaccuse the misery of American artists? It must be NO. The profound meaning of the story, as the main sound of a song, is the deep-felt love between poor artists. That love wins poverty, disease. That love is more valuable than art. It makes art become alive. The time when that love is revealed is “a cold, unseen stranger” appears and touches his cold fingers on little Johnsy whose blood is going dry by wind from the west. Sue, herfriend, does everything for her with a big heart. Sue draws many more illustrated paintings to earn money to buy soup, wine. She invites doctor to come to see her friend. Shecooks, comforts Johnsy to eat and drink medicine. With Sue, the biggest hope of her is to see Johnsy become happy with her desperation, drawing the Naples guff.So noble that love is. But it is not strong enough to drown Johnsy’s desperation. Reading these pages, readers seem to be nearly strangled by her bigger and bigger desperation: “I want to see the last one fall. I'm tired of waiting. I'm tired of thinking. I want to...
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...The Digital Arts movement have transformed they way we think of an art today. Computers have set a new stage for the artists, as they are able to create artwork from their laptops using digital codes. One of the controversial artists of this century is Yasumasa Morimura, who shed light on issues of sexual and gender identities, as well as ethnic background in the late twentieth century art world. Portrait (Futago) created in 1988 is a color photograph by Morimura. At first glance we see a close resemblance to a famous and traditional painting by Edouard Manet, Olympia (1863). In the original painting Manet portrayed a nude French prostitute with a black servant standing next to her. Over a century later, Morimura takes the setting of this painting and changes a few details. First, he replaces the French woman with a picture of himself. It is obvious that the nude body is of a...
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...- On Ethics, Is Art Market Worse Than Stock Market? The debate ensues as to whether the art market is more unethical than the stock market. Those that have the opinion that the art market is indeed less ethical believe it is caused by the lack of regulation, the lack of transparency and the lack of barriers to enter. They feel that the art market is a financial market and believe this because galleries and dealers advertise it. Therefore, it is a business. Artists enter the market for different reasons than dealers do. Its uniqueness makes it difficult to regulate. They also point out that “rings” are created to promote an artist with the intent to drive up the price for a particular artists’ work. Those with the opposite opinion believe that art market is not a business; it is the making of art. The value and reward is much more than monetary. The value is emotional and intellectual as well. They believe that an artist is not in it for monetary reward. They also point out that art is not a peer commodity. Each side expressed their claim and stance on the issue. I do not feel that one side was more convincing than the other was. I am a numbers person and may have been persuaded if either side had presented more statistical evidence. Managers can use argumentation strategy on a daily basis in order to persuade a co-worker, direct report, or boss to his point of...
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...The last leaf - Art for Human Life (Literary criticism essay) 08/06/2009 08:17 | 1,819 lượt xem After reading the story, perhapsmany readers can say that American artists’ life is so poor. It seems be totally true. Nothing their property is. Their residences are bad too, “north windows and eighteenth-century gables and Dutch attics and low rents”. Sue and Johnsy are those kind of artist. However, Old Buhrman is the best exemplary one. So is it true that “The last leaf” was written in order toaccuse the misery of American artists? It must be NO. The profound meaning of the story, as the main sound of a song, is the deep-felt love between poor artists. That love wins poverty, disease. That love is more valuable than art. It makes art become alive. The time when that love is revealed is “a cold, unseen stranger” appears and touches his cold fingers on little Johnsy whose blood is going dry by wind from the west. Sue, herfriend, does everything for her with a big heart. Sue draws many more illustrated paintings to earn money to buy soup, wine. She invites doctor to come to see her friend. Shecooks, comforts Johnsy to eat and drink medicine. With Sue, the biggest hope of her is to see Johnsy become happy with her desperation, drawing the Naples guff.So noble that love is. But it is not strong enough to drown Johnsy’s desperation. Reading these pages, readers seem to be nearly strangled by her bigger and bigger desperation: “I want to see the last one fall. I'm tired of waiting...
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...application of the word. Self –taken pictures were specifically common on MySpace before Facebook became popular online social network in the beginning of the year 2000. Nevertheless, writer Kate Losse depicts that between 2006 and 2009 (when Facebook became well-known than MySpace) the “MySpace pic” (mainly “an incompetent, flash-blinded self-portrait, regularly taken in front of a bathroom mirror”) became a hint of a bad taste for users of the newer Instagram and Facebook social network. A “self-portrait” is a description of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist. Even though self-portraits have been built by artists since the earliest times, it is not before the Early Renaissance in the mid-15th century that artists can be commonly recognized representing themselves as either the primary subject or as important characters in their work with greater and cheaper mirrors and the approach of panel portrait, many painters, sculptors, and printmakers attempt some form of self-portraiture. The earliest known panel self-portrait was the “Portrait of a Man in a Turban” by Jan Van Eych of 1433. He painted a separate portrait of his wife,...
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...Artist Statement – Textiles Concentration A Gift She Never Touched When I was 17 years old, I stole my mother’s sewing machine – a gift she never touched. Instead of watching it gather dust, I taught myself how to sew. When I got hold of this machine, I instantly fell in love and, as I dove into the world of sewing, my creativity skyrocketed. I started off making pillows, then, I graduated to tote bags, dresses, shirts, etc. I even repaired two of my great-grandmother’s handmade quilts, which inspired me to create my own quilt. I took the sewing machine with me when I left for college. During my freshman year, I joined a modeling organization, and, to my surprise, I was able to create custom pieces for myself and other models to wear during fashion shows. Utilizing my ability to sew allowed me to be myself and express my creativity freely and in my own way. Most importantly, it allowed me to be confident in who I am and in my abilities as an artist. It didn’t take long to realize that I thoroughly enjoyed creating things with fabric. I’ve, since, become obsessed with intricate patterns and funky details, wondering how I can recreate what I see. One of my goals is to design my own original fabric/patterns to use to create messenger bags, dresses, pillows and many other things. I would also like to continue my great-grandmother’s yearly quilt-making tradition. These are only two of many goals, pertaining to textiles, which I plan to accomplish. Borrowing my mother’s sewing...
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...themes. This landmark exhibition has exhibited some of the most compelling works by many a local artist. An important milestone was created when this very same event was replicated beyond the shores of the country, bringing Malaysian Art to Karachi, Pakistan. A show that demarcates the objectives of Wei-Ling Gallery to promote contemporary Malaysian Art, previous instalments provided a platform to two dimensional art works that vetted specific matters. The artists strived to create dialectic works with characteristic impulses. In concurrence with the 5th instalment of the 18@8 exhibition, the gallery posed a new challenge to the participating artists and itself. A turning point for Wei-Ling Gallery is its initiative to orchestrate and curate shows based on its own direction, heartening the artists to widen their tangential perspectives with conceptualized shows. As the gallery is taking the road less travelled in more experimental and cutting edge shows, so do the artists. This vehicle (18@8) presents the artists with an avenue to work beyond the boundaries of individualistic concerns, transgressing beyond the norm of what we expect. With an exploratory ardour, Wei-Ling Gallery conceptualized and challenged the artists to partake in thematic investigations that result in art works that move beyond the constraints of the canvas. The encouragement to deviate from the propensity of the artists in conventional formats ostensibly creates invigorating impulses to re-think and re-shape their...
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