Artist

Hunger Artist, a short story written by Franz Kafka in 1924. This short story is about a character known as the “hunger artist” and he is fasting while traveling around in Europe. This man is admired while he locks himself into a cage to prove to other he can fast for forty days. When the forty days had passed, he feels like he needs more and is decides to join a circus to make money. Once he joins the circus and realize that the crowd is not to fond and does not appreciate his fasting as much…

What personal attributes and skills are required to be a make up artist?’ Introduction: Have you ever logged into your social media account and come across make up application videos or images, and wondered ‘how do they do that?’ For a lot of people this is how their interest in make up begins and forms into a dream of being a MUA. To be a make up artist there are requirements that are in place which either make or break your future career. When wanting to be come an MUA you need to think about…

strive for improvement as an artist. My education is very important to me because it influences my work. My skill level as an artist and my knowledge has improved greatly. As semesters passed and I took more studios, I realized that I enjoy taking studios because they challenge my skill as an artist through new mediums, techniques, and ideas. For me, a BFA isn’t just a title but a way to explore and experiment with other mediums while also focusing on yourself as an artist through studio courses…

who could be labeled as artists; there are also quite a few of those people who could be labeled as successful and especially talented artists. There are only a handful, however of artists who could be labeled “super artists” by Martin Kemp, or individuals who could be labeled as “creative genius”. In his book titled Life of Raphael, Giorgio Vasari wrote that, “Nature created [Raphael] as a gift to the world.” As time looks back on the Renaissance, were these “super artists” individuals who…

The Bird Artist is a classy book that depicts controversial and cruel romantic narratives on the backdrop of profound animosity and pardon. The book features Fabian Vas as the main character and storyteller who sketches and paints at the Witless Bay (Norman, 1995). Fabian Vas lived in an era where the cultural worldview informed the social trends. The moral law was at its apex. Various art movements emerged at the dawn of the twentieth century. According to Fabian, painting is a God given…

I personally do not think it is far to criticize artists and the media for violent acts. One reason is that every person is responsible for their own action. Every law or rule created today has consequences based on peoples own actions weather the act is violent or not. How can you blame someone else when you run a red light? So then how can you blame the artist or media when you were the one who committed such a violent act? In this society we have been raised to take responsibility of our own…

very influential artist. She was born in Buffalo, New York in 1945. In 1966, she graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. In 1967, she went to Washington DC and studied at George Washington University and the Corcoran Museum School. In 1969, she moved to New York, she met and married sculptor George Traka’s from 1971-1979. The couple has a daughter, and her name is Maggie, she was born in 1972. Susan Rothenberg married the artist Bruce Nauman in…

world. One form of art that particularly caught my eye, was the art of 3-D chalk drawings on street canvasses. The way that these artists can portray depth and realism in their art work just baffles me. They can create masterpieces with chalk that I didn’t even think was ever possible before. The artist who predominantly stood out to me the most is an American artist who goes by the name of Kurt Wenner. Kurt was born on June 22, 1971 in Ann Arbor, Michigan (Wenner). Kurt throughout his childhood…

World: Thancoupie is an Indigenous Australian artist with a strong Thanaquith background. Born in the late 1930’s the world in which she spent her childhood was rich in traditional customs. One of these customs was to use clay for ceremonial purposes. When Thancoupie was a young girl she knew that clay was sacred, Thancoupie said that where she grew up, ‘The men used to keep the clay in a special storehouse and we kids were not allowed to touch it’. The artist goes by her totemic name of…

The Artist was filmed in a stunning black and white. It took me back in time when men wore suits, women wore hats and when a simple dance could lead to love. It was uplifting, heart-warming, and hilarious. I loved this film from the beginning to the end, and I fell in love with every character. Charming performances from Berenice Bejo and Jean Dujardin, who provide all the charm and moving moments in the film. The Artist is different from other silent films I have seen because it contains more…